<p>Sure, college is about preparing you for a successful future career, but that’s not all it’s about. Part of college is learning to expand your horizons and challenge yourself; to a point, it’s about discovering who you want to be, exploring, enjoying. College is not a factory that produces stable jobs and career-driven yuppies. I suppose that in the current economic climate peope are inclined to think of education in this way (though not to the extent that my metaphor suggests, or course) as a stable job is on everyone’s wishlist, but college is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, one that everyone should take advantage of.</p>