I'm seeing the old familiar refrain that going to college is about job training. There are many reasons to go to college, that's just one of them. There are many reasons apart from the mind-sharpening and focussing skills learned in classrooms.
Getting to know people unlike those you grew up with is one. Socializing. Networking. Exposure to many points of view. Exposure to history, culture, ideas. And on and on. Exposure to kinds of work that you would otherwise never know existed.
Work is what you do so you -can- live. Life is what you do outside of work. In college you can learn about ALL of your opportunities. People who just go to college to close-mindedly garner a skillset they think they need are cheating themselves out of the big picture.
Noone can tell you what you -really- want to do. You have to figure that out yourself. Else you're just better-trained to do something else. Tragic.
Getting to know people unlike those you grew up with is one. Socializing. Networking. Exposure to many points of view. Exposure to history, culture, ideas. And on and on. Exposure to kinds of work that you would otherwise never know existed.
Work is what you do so you -can- live. Life is what you do outside of work. In college you can learn about ALL of your opportunities. People who just go to college to close-mindedly garner a skillset they think they need are cheating themselves out of the big picture.
Noone can tell you what you -really- want to do. You have to figure that out yourself. Else you're just better-trained to do something else. Tragic.