Are you a resident of your city?

                Sarah Idzik in Share or Die started out for college how many of us did. Easy A's in high school with lots of involvement but not too deeply challenged. It seemed college would be a breeze ...sound familiar? Sarah did the traditional method of school for four years then graduate. She had no internships or any kind of training for what type of job she wanted. In turn for her bills and student loans she had to take a minimum paying job that she hated and had no benefit to her at all just to make it. For her it was a great time during school becuase her teachers and friends made her adjust how she thought and really beacme more intellectual, but her job was not on the market for her when she graudated so it forced her to take drastic measures.

                As we have been talking about for the past few weeks is this good for anyone? I really don't think so. This falls on the college though for not giving any oppotrunity for internships or co-op programs. College enables you to learn so much information but fails to let you use the imformation for problem solving or collaboration with others for a new idea. It is almost silly to call a college a college today becuase the meaning and use of it has changed drastically.

                With whatever kind of eduaction you are going to college for it should pay dividends for you in the future not make you question if you can survuve until the next paycheck. If college eduaction was where it should be there would be less complainers and more doers in the world. There is no reason for college to be extremely expensive it only is because the people who run them treat it as a business and not an educational opportunity. Knowing that in today's society everyone tries college to either drop out or graduate but either side has huge student loan debt that they can't pay back.

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                If you go to college and get a wonderful education like Sarah Idzik but can't use the education then why go? Becuase of her hard times and troubles with her Chicago education she is going to move somewhere else and find her place in the world. That is what we must all do. Find our place in the world and make an impact. Some will finish college some won't but the  most important part is for you to do what you love and be happy. Find what you want to do and achieve it, find your interests and join a group and discuss it, and leave your mark for everyone to see. It's been said if you love your job you won't have worked a day in your life. And you don't need college for this to happen. College enables you to think in different ways just don't lose "your" own way of how to think. Think for yourself, nobody wants to be a conformist. Love where you live and participate and be a resident!