Monday, April 25, 2005
If I knew then what I know now...
My boss is out today taking her daughter to what they both think will be where her daughter will embark on her college career. Watching this process has surprised me in that I am -- jealous. Not that I don't have a daughter with whom to go through this, which would be a more expected reaction. No, I am jealous of the 17 year old who gets to start college! However, I would only go back to being 17 and starting off to college with one caveat - I would only go back with the knowledge that I have now.
When discussing this with my sister, she challenged me by asking - "OK, knowing what you know now, what WOULD you do differently." (Geez. I thought I was being hypothetical.)
Here's a few thoughts on the matter:
1) I wouldn't assume everybody but me knew what they were doing
2) I wouldn't assume everybody was smarter than I was
3) I would have gone to a smaller school (somewhere where I didn't have to live in an apartment at age 18 and could have gotten to know professors better)
4) I would have gone to a school where the weather was better, and a bigger city.
The jury is still out as to whether or not I would have studied more, or majored in something else.
You?
When discussing this with my sister, she challenged me by asking - "OK, knowing what you know now, what WOULD you do differently." (Geez. I thought I was being hypothetical.)
Here's a few thoughts on the matter:
1) I wouldn't assume everybody but me knew what they were doing
2) I wouldn't assume everybody was smarter than I was
3) I would have gone to a smaller school (somewhere where I didn't have to live in an apartment at age 18 and could have gotten to know professors better)
4) I would have gone to a school where the weather was better, and a bigger city.
The jury is still out as to whether or not I would have studied more, or majored in something else.
You?
# posted by Suefunky @ 10:07 AM 
