By: Anonymous

Anonymous
Thu, 20 Feb 2014 02:39:51 +0000

This is really frustrating to me. College isn't supposed to teach you how to do your taxes, or go grocery shopping on time, or cook, or even negotiate a salary for that matter. In fact, there are a lot of people who are experts at these things that never went to college and never will. I'm not sure which handbook you read or whose opinion you took to heart that said college is supposed to teach you everything you will need to be an adult. College, for all intents and purposes, is for developing you into a thoughtful, empathetic, open-minded, and well-roudned human being. Especially a university like Ohio State. Yes, procuring knowledge is part of that but college serves a greater purpose than just getting a degree. But I'm pretty sure you had to work to get that degree. Becoming an adult is work, too. Just like your good grades didn't fall into your lap, neither will adulthood. You have to work for it. Learn things. Your college education may have not taught you to cook or do taxes, but it taught you a whole lot that no one else could. And honestly, it's your job to learn the rest.