“You had better figure out what you’re going to do with your life.” This came from my father who, at the time, was very upset with the direction my life was heading when I turned 19. I was young and probably very naive. Why did I need to go to school and earn a four-year degree? Why couldn’t I just work? Knowing now, I wish I had known the answer then. For what did I need that education? Or better yet, why do I want it? As Roger H. Garrison writes in his article, “Why am I in College?” “It is a difficult question.” (Garrison, p.285) At that point in my life, I knew I wanted to pursue a career in nursing. I also knew that I needed an education in order to achieve my end goal.
Like Garrison, school had never come easy for me. I was always the one that ended up with the “C” on my paper or worse, no matter how hard I studied the weeks leading up …show more content…
Like Garrison assesses, going to college isn’t necessarily going to guarantee your happiness or tell you what type of human being you ought to be, but it will set you up to be able to explore the nature of human life and its meanings for you. (Garrison, p.289) Whether it is a degree in Associates of Applied Science or Liberal Arts Degree, college will prepare students for the “responsibilities or mature citizenship through the disciplines of a broad, rich and extensive curriculum.” (Garrison, p.290) In addition, it teaches one to be an “effective participant in society,” (Garrison, P. 290), which, for some, is very important, and for others it’s hard to want to change. Garrison says, “To be educated is to be changed, to be enlarged and reoriented as a person. To change is hard. Most of us resist change, or being changed. “(Garrison, P. 291) However, if you’re exposed to it long enough, you will eventually crack and want to change for the better. The more and more I go back to school, the more and more I enjoy it. But I suppose that comes with the growth of
Like Garrison, school had never come easy for me. I was always the one that ended up with the “C” on my paper or worse, no matter how hard I studied the weeks leading up …show more content…
Like Garrison assesses, going to college isn’t necessarily going to guarantee your happiness or tell you what type of human being you ought to be, but it will set you up to be able to explore the nature of human life and its meanings for you. (Garrison, p.289) Whether it is a degree in Associates of Applied Science or Liberal Arts Degree, college will prepare students for the “responsibilities or mature citizenship through the disciplines of a broad, rich and extensive curriculum.” (Garrison, p.290) In addition, it teaches one to be an “effective participant in society,” (Garrison, P. 290), which, for some, is very important, and for others it’s hard to want to change. Garrison says, “To be educated is to be changed, to be enlarged and reoriented as a person. To change is hard. Most of us resist change, or being changed. “(Garrison, P. 291) However, if you’re exposed to it long enough, you will eventually crack and want to change for the better. The more and more I go back to school, the more and more I enjoy it. But I suppose that comes with the growth of