Information empowers you no matter where or when you obtain it. But when you attain the information in the crucial moments, it makes you one step ahead of the game. Junior year is one of those crucial
moments in life where information is key.
I have thought about attending many colleges, all out of state. I think I was definitely born in the wrong state. I am the most northeastern person that you will ever meet; yet I live in Texas. I
adore hot tea and cold weather. Just that feeling of sitting down in a huge comfy chair with hot chocolate steaming up your glasses, as you read a classic entices me beyond words.
The front-runners for the college I want to attend as of now are, McGill University in Montreal, Canada, Boston University in Massachusetts, and Mass Art also in Massachusetts. McGill calls to me
with the flavor of the French Canadians and the bustle of city life. And Boston with its amazing atmosphere and there are tons of things to do. But the sad truth is that I'll probably end up going to community college with all the same people that I've spent my entire life with. I am determined to get out of this small town that I'm just so sick and tired of. It's all the same drama and I can't get away because it's all the same people. It is the same schools, the same disgusting cafeteria food, the same fights. The same drone of voices in the hall. It's always the same close-minded robots that look at me and think I'm the aspiring artist that will never make it. I'm the one that's going to be stuck here the rest of my life. But I'm going to prove them wrong.
Even my counselor pushes me to join the banking class for fear that I'm not good enough and I should have a back up plan. No is all I can say to the masses of my school. A forceful angry no, that echoes throughout the crevices of the halls. I will not be you, ever. I do not fit into the mold and I never will. For goodness sakes, I listen to Backstreet Boys and Underoath in the same day and want to be with a girl. I don't fit into many people's molds, let alone middle class Texan molds.
But the point is that I have choices and I'm going to choose them without your input, thank you very much. These decisions are my own. The more knowledge that you have about your choices, the more confident you will be in them.
I still haven't decided what I want my major to be or the college where I will attend. But I will in due time. This isn't a decision that can be rushed. It's one of the biggest decisions that I have ever made in my life. Once again, information is key to making these decisions. That key opens the door to success. If you think about the possibilities instead of the woes than you will make it to the end of senior year, and the beginning of college.
Kindell.
