Just a minute ago I was talking to this friend H about college. Well, he talked to me about Penn at first, and how his school is really competitive and stuff, and how he doesn't want to go to any thing "lower than Carnegie Mellon." I told him that I don't think bad colleges exist, it's just how you'd use the resources of these The moment. He responded with "do you know the University of Bridgeport? median SAT 1200. WORST college out there." The moment he said it I realized that we have nothing in common. I think college is just one little stop in our long long long life (okay, maybe a little bigger than "jusat one little stop"), and it's more important to use our time wisely no matter where we are and learn how to be a decent human being during four or more years of college life.
Well, one of my dreams is to teach the younger generation my philosophy, to tell them that college isn't everything, SAT and GPA are even less so. Your value as a person is determined by what YOU do and what you think, not some numbers or some prestigious name on your job resume. And furthermore, no one is the best in the world, so there is no reason to look down on anyone or any thing. You must be tolerant of others' faults and shortcomings in order for others to be tolerant of those of your own.
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You are so right. Dozens if not hundreds of people didn't go to the best colleges or get the most fancy degrees and yet, they were able to make themselves successful and get lots of money. That's what matters in the end anyway, right?
You are so right. Dozens if not hundreds of people didn't go to the best colleges or get the most fancy degrees and yet, they were able to make themselves successful and get lots of money. That's what matters in the end anyway, right?
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