What’s the use of going to college?

College is just one of your many choices. It cannot determine anyone's life. So what is the use of going to college? Let’s take a look at the following article!

What’s the use of going to college?

When I was young, people in the village called me a college student, because they believed that children who loved reading would definitely be able to get into college. In their eyes, there are only two universities in China, one is called Tsinghua University and the other is Peking University. This is a good thing and a bad thing. The good thing is that for a long time, the image of me herding cattle on the hillside with a book under my arm was talked about and widely praised by the villagers, and they used it as a model to educate their own families. My child, I have already enjoyed the glory of passing the exam even before I passed the exam. The bad thing is that a few years later, although I was admitted to college, it was not Tsinghua University or Peking University, and it was not even the focus. This incident failed the expectations of our whole village, because in their eyes, there are only two universities in China, one is called Tsinghua University and the other is called Peking University. For the others, getting admitted is the same as not getting admitted.

When I failed the college entrance examination for the first time, I tore up my books and wanted to go out to work. At that time, the families in our village where girls went out to work became richer and built buildings one after another. I was the only girl in the whole village who was studying, and there were only several members of my family who were still crowded into small and shabby houses, and their clothes were all Pick up what others have left and wear it. I'm not willing to do it, let alone bear it. My mother didn’t try to persuade me earnestly, she just said lightly, you see how glamorous they are when they come back from work, you can’t see how much people suffer outside, they are uneducated, all they do is assembly line work, they are young, My eyes will go blind. A girl's youth only lasts for a few years. When she gets older, she comes back to find someone to marry, and that's how it stays for the rest of her life.

If you want to live like this for the rest of your life, just go ahead and I won’t stop you.

I know what it means to be like this for a lifetime, my best friend since childhood, and an exceptionally beautiful girl. We went to and from school together, and we agreed to go to the same university. She had good grades and was willing to study, but she couldn't convince her parents and eventually dropped out of school. A few years later, when I returned to my hometown, she was already married, breastfeeding her child with her breasts exposed on the mahjong table, and making fun of the men around her in a rough voice. She is no longer the gentle and delicate girl in my memory, but an ordinary peasant woman in this village. That day our eyes met, and there was a hint of embarrassment in each other's eyes. She smiled at me, tugged on her clothes, and then turned back to touch the cards.

I went to re-study because I was unwilling to give in. I am not willing to stay in a village all my life and be forgotten by time. In this world, there are towns beyond villages, and rivers beyond mountains. I want to see the rivers and towns outside, the land and the people, and I want to decide my own pace and speed. Everything in life should be my own choice rather than being forced to make a living.

Then, I arrived in the north. In September 2009, I dragged my luggage to Anshan and lived a dream for four years.

In October, I found my first *** job. It was a recruitment notice posted at the door of the library. I called after reading it, and the other party said, sorry, they have already found someone. After hanging up the phone, I was unwilling to give in and sent her a text message. Sister, I don't want to interfere with your decision, but if anything happens, please consider me. Then I actually got the job as an English teacher to a little girl, and I worked there for four years.

Looking back on those four years, I joined the student union, participated in clubs, participated in various activities and competitions, found more passion, and my life was filled to the top, like a fresh plant. The transplanted plants strive to dig every root deeply into the soil, with desperate paranoia and courage, trying to stand up quickly with their own strength.

Slowly, you can stand up, you can stand firm, you can achieve good results in the fields you like, you can make a large group of like-minded friends, and you can have a lot of time. , do whatever you want to do, you can meet Mr. Zhang after experiencing a failed relationship.

My four years in college were really wonderful.

I have always felt this way, even if they are nothing in the eyes of others, I know that I have lived hard.

Everything is deeply engraved in life, erected as a monument, and becomes a glory that can warm a lifetime.

At this point in the story, do you think that the next step will be a passionate and inspiring counterattack? I'm sorry to disappoint you.

In June 2013, I dragged my suitcase to Dalian, lived in a 5-square-meter cubicle, and interned at a crappy early childhood education company, doing marketing, planning, activities, translation, and The female boss wanted to do copywriting on a whim, so she worked overtime for free until 9:30 at night every day. After two months, I left and worked as a receptionist in Ted.

I still don’t understand why I was selected, because I clearly know that my appearance is difficult to convince others. Fortunately, Ted's front office is not a training vase. There is a lot of administrative work to do, and there are many opportunities for job transfer. I told myself, then calm down and start with trivial things, starting with adding tea, pouring water, and distributing express delivery.

I think it’s quite ironic when I think about this. When I didn’t want to repeat my studies in 2008, my mother discussed with me about arranging me to work in the postal service. At that time, I told her that I didn’t want to You can earn so much money in a month by distributing newspapers and letters every day. I didn't expect that six years later, this sentence would come true. For more than half a year, most of my daily work was distributing newspapers and letters, and I only made so much money a month to barely make ends meet.

Life is very strange sometimes. You think that if you show off your teeth and show your fearlessness, the world will make way for you, but fate only needs a contemptuous smile or a slap. It will slap you to the ground and reshape your worldview.

June 2014 is exactly one year away from graduation. I have been officially working in Tide for 9 months and have been in contact with all kinds of people. The university never taught me how to get along with leaders and colleagues, nor did it teach me what else to consider besides the task itself when doing a job. Sometimes I think too much, and sometimes I don't think enough. I can't always grasp the balance accurately. I seemed to have turned back into a child who couldn't speak. Every sentence I blurted out was wrong, so I had no choice but to remain silent.

After graduating from college, I did not choose an English-related major. The four years of accumulation slowly began to fade away, and I was not sure whether I should pick it up again or just forget it. There are too many concerns, too many bonds, and too many trivial matters. Many times, I watch time pass by in meaningless trivial matters, but I can't do anything. I suddenly questioned the value of all work. It seemed that everything was a waste. I thought I could refine time into a pure clock, but I clearly saw that there were too many impurities in it. Maybe it's true, nothing can be perfect, let alone life. Books seemed to teach me everything, but I seemed to have learned nothing.

I moved to Maritime University, which is closer to the company, and I have to set aside half of my salary every month to pay rent. There are also bits and pieces of royalties coming in, but not much. When dreams become something out of reach, how to make extra money and save up for next quarter’s rent in advance is the actual problem that needs to be solved. I originally thought that a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan was considered low, but when I walked out, I found that there were many people with a monthly salary of 1,500 yuan.

The world is suddenly full of college students, and dreams are becoming as cheap as college students and not worth mentioning. I did not find a high-end job based on my major, but became an ordinary white-collar worker in this world. Sometimes I think of my reluctance, and sometimes I suddenly think of all the people living in different parts of the world. I want to ask, is your life the same? However, just after graduation, I feel tired. In the long life in the future, I will have to How to get through it?

So, at this point, do you think this is a nagging and useless complaint about the university? I’m sorry, you will be disappointed again.

More often than not, I tell myself, don’t worry, take your time, while thinking about the way out. No matter how low my salary is, I insist on buying books, writing articles, and thinking every month. I remind myself from time to time to stay awake, not to follow the crowd, not to be numbed by the seemingly comfortable life, and not to become the person I once hated most.

Maybe I still don’t have the ability to live the life I want to live, but at least I have the ability to avoid the days I don’t want to live.

To this day, I am grateful for the four years of ivory tower life. To put it more utilitarian, four years of college allowed me to complete attempts in all dimensions of life at the minimum cost. In four years ***, I earned most of my living expenses. I was even able to buy some slightly more expensive clothes, go to some better places to eat, and live my life without wronging others or myself. Maintain a normal social life. During the three years of activities, I met many like-minded friends. Their simple persistence in pursuing their dreams made me feel that life is quite interesting. More importantly, the university allowed me to meet Mr. Zhang, which brought me good luck in my life.

Maybe if I had not gone to college and chosen to go out to work with a girl from the same village, maybe I would have a different life now. Maybe I would have married a primary school classmate from a neighboring village and have a man who can What a naughty kid! Maybe I can earn more than I do now. I have used my youth and hard-earned money to buy three spacious and bright large tile-roofed houses for my family, and I also raise a group of pigs in the yard; maybe I can stay closer to home, so that when my mother is sick, I can go back and take care of her as soon as possible, instead of just telling her to take medicine and injections on the phone; maybe there are too many possibilities, and every deviation leads to countless possibilities. Possible, and too many assumptions and possibilities are not enough to clearly outline another version of life.

There are so many choices in life, and every time you make one, you feel like you have lost too much. But how can you calculate the pros and cons clearly before making a choice?

Human nature is to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, but how can there be a life in this world that is guaranteed to make money without losing money? College is just one of your many choices, and it cannot determine anyone's life. It’s not that you go to college or that college teaches you, there will be some qualitative change in you in four years. But in your most reckless and brave years of youth, it opens a door to the unknown world for you. Here, you don’t have to shoulder the burden of supporting your family too early, nor do you need to learn the calculations of adults too early. It allows you to stand on the edge of the world and indulge in youth, knowledge, bravery, hard work, friends, etc. The beauty it brings.

After you truly step into the endless loneliness and desolation of life, you can use your original memory to light a lamp for yourself.

Because you know that you will never encounter those good things again, so you can wipe away your tears, be tough, straighten your armor, and sharpen your weapons.

Get ready to enter the adult world.