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1.) My little sister is
in 7th grade (according to her she's just an inbetweener and has no grade till
August) and she's already stressing over college. No, I don’t like this. She
has talked about wanting to go to a boarding school for high school, which I
always thought stemmed from Zoey 101 reruns, turns out I was wrong. She made a
list, it's actually sitting on the table in front of me, documenting reasons
why. Her reasons:
* College Preparation
* Independent living
Now at first I was just
shocked she was 12 and cares about independent living...weird. But then, I
really thought about the first thing on that list, college preparation. She's
not even wanting this experience to meet friends like Quinn and Chase, and do
something crazy like make designer backpacks or a Banapple tree, but to prepare
for college. Now it's great she has that kind of foresight, but also incredibly
troubling and sad. 6 years before she even gets to college, 2 years before
she's even in high school this is what she's worrying about. We make college
this be all end all, and to me a 12 year old saying this, my sister writing
this, just breaks my heart. There's a huge flaw in the system, she should be
enjoying youth, not worrying about university before secondary school
beings.
2.) There's this huge
'Appblr' community on tumblr which I just discovered. Actually wish there was
an active community around like this when I was applying, because it's pretty
useful and informative. Anyway, someone a part of this community was talking about how he/she
has a summer internship currently. They are in the summer before they're junior year. Again, great that you have the foresight to
do something like that but, a bit troubling as well. I wasn't even 16 till the
end of the summer before my junior year, internships were the last thing from
my mind. And I’m glad, because 16 year old me didn’t know what she wanted to do
enough to have an internship. I think it's great people are preparing for the
future but so many kids are forgetting to live, to really live and have life.
They just prepare. They just do what will help them get ahead, tomorrow. We’re
not in tomorrow though, were here today.
I brought a book for
people to write in on the final day of high school. The College Guidance
counselor I volunteered with throughout the school year said this, "Live
in the present but with an eye towards the future. Be prepared for what's
coming next, for there is always a next. However we don't know when our last
next will arrive, so always be present, and live.” Just because there is a next
doesn’t mean we stop being silly, and youthful now.
People need to stop
preparing to live, and actually start living.
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