What is college lacking?

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<p>What is college?</p>

<p>When I was in college I fancied it (college life) as a cocktail mix of learning, discovering my identity, and romanticizing with the opposite sex.</p>

<p>Once I graduated and started working in the real world, my perspective on college changed abruptly. The reality of the situation terrified me.</p>

<p>College in America is an expensive business facilitated by massive loans where upon individuals try to gain a career in the real world upon graduation. There’s nothing evidently wrong with this as it simply shows ambitious youth trying to attain upper middle class White Collar jobs in America. Companies use the GPA factor, resume, and the interview to screen out prospective candidates and then make final selections. </p>

<p>What I’m concerned about is that students in college are not studying for the sake of learning but rather to just get by and get into a professional career. They spend hundreds of dollars in textbooks but most do not actually read through the texts. Many skip classes. Many are under the impression that you have to be “smart” to get a 4.0 as if their human brain is somehow wired less efficiently. I feel that students don’t communicate with their professors enough to make sure they know how to study properly.</p>

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<p>You’re just figuring this out?</p>

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<p>^^ No wonder… lol.</p>

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<p>Breaking News - Birds can fly!</p>

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<p>Not all birds. Penguins, ostriches, kiwis, etc.</p>

<p>Most of why I’m going to college has to do with personal issues: independence (maybe not financially yet, but still), being clumped together with other intellectuals, the experience, etc. What you just described is true for both college and high school; what I described is unique to colleges (at least, the more selective universities).</p>