Spring Break
Professional dreams fail miserably
Emily Hemson
Issue date: 5/14/08 Section: Forum
When you graduate high school, the possibility of graduating college seems so far away and so completely separate from who you are; what could happen in those four years is almost impossible to predict.
Apparently I thought four years of college would alter my life so much, I would no longer posses both fear and a lack of tone.
Are four years of college really as long as they seem when you're 18 and graduating high school?
Have you given things up? Are you still following the same passions and plans you had when college seemed more like a possibility, and less like a chore?
This past weekend, while working on a project for a class, I was able to interview the lead singer of a band.
"Everyone's always saying how old they are," he began. "But they're in their 20s, and they're so consumed with this desire to make money and be grown up that they give up things they care about."
When he said it, I realized how very right he was.
Why is there such a pressure to give up the things you care about in order to make money when we're still so young?
If you wrote yourself a letter that you would get four years from now, how much will you have changed by the time you read it again?
As for myself, I have officially retired any plans I ever had of singing in a band.
I can only hope four years from now the plans I have for my future seem less like bizarre, random thoughts, and more tangible blueprints for life.
Emily Hemson is a senior in English. The opinions expressed in her columns do not necessarily represent those of the Daily Barometer staff. Hemson can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.
Apparently I thought four years of college would alter my life so much, I would no longer posses both fear and a lack of tone.
Are four years of college really as long as they seem when you're 18 and graduating high school?
Have you given things up? Are you still following the same passions and plans you had when college seemed more like a possibility, and less like a chore?
This past weekend, while working on a project for a class, I was able to interview the lead singer of a band.
"Everyone's always saying how old they are," he began. "But they're in their 20s, and they're so consumed with this desire to make money and be grown up that they give up things they care about."
When he said it, I realized how very right he was.
Why is there such a pressure to give up the things you care about in order to make money when we're still so young?
If you wrote yourself a letter that you would get four years from now, how much will you have changed by the time you read it again?
As for myself, I have officially retired any plans I ever had of singing in a band.
I can only hope four years from now the plans I have for my future seem less like bizarre, random thoughts, and more tangible blueprints for life.
Emily Hemson is a senior in English. The opinions expressed in her columns do not necessarily represent those of the Daily Barometer staff. Hemson can be reached at forum@dailybarometer.com.
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