Taking the Want or Taking the Need

THE DILEMMA: Want vs. Need

I guess the first question you’re asking yourself is

WHY?

Why am I watching this?

Why am I here?

The answer is simple. Well kinda simple anyways…

College is an education. It’s something that nowadays we’re born and bred to do. The idea is a relatively simple one. Get good grades, go to a great college, get a high paying job, and file into a monotonous lifestyle that makes the capitalist world go around.

But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s backtrack a bit here. No we were talking about getting good grades. Making the grades. Now what does that mean. In one word: STRESS. The stress of making the grade and making it to the top. In high school, we barely know who we are. Let alone who we might become. But we’re told “work hard and become a doctor or a lawyer. Otherwise you’ll be flipping some burgers.

So you make sacrifices. You don’t hang out with your friends on Friday night because you want that 3.5 for the semester. Then you don’t take Art because a computer class makes you a more well rounded candidate. This is the beginning of the end. Well not really. But close enough.

College comes around and you have this great school you’ve gotten into.

So what the fuck do you do now?

Some students shop around for majors, milking the word “undecided” for as long as possible. Others aim big taking on Chemistry classes and sophisticated Business classes. But then they see this bright goal out on the horizon. A measure of hope in it’s grasp. “What is it?” You ask. It’s a skill. Something that’s been pushed to the back of your mind and you see that class. The question is: do you take it?