When I ascend to the next plane of education

[cuddlefish]

Is there anything besides

1. Guessing what teacher wants

2. Hating admin

3. People thinking it's a good thing that teacher is a fucking moron because it's college, school for BIG KIDS

4. Turning into a frothing grades monster around exam time

5. Calculating grades by one's self

6. Discovering chronic depression

7. Discovering alcohol

8. Constantly being in danger of going home due to effects from either one

9. Being upset about it

10. Starving

waiting for me at college? If so, please explain to me what that is. I would love it.

I've heard a few too many stories of people getting screwed over.

Comments

[branchandroot]

It depends on what you want and where you go. If you want teachers who worry about you on a personal level, and occasionally get nosy, while making you read/do a lot of stuff with no immediate utility for the sake of developing your ability to see patterns and think on your feet, pick a small four-year liberal arts college. If you want teachers who leave you the hell alone and let you get on with jumping through hoops so you can get the degree you need for the job you want, pick a big state university. If you want interesting intellectual company that is not soused two thirds of the time, stay away from the Greek societies. And the swimmers and football teams.

It can be fun to be out on your own. It can also be damn scary. It's also usually really, really annoying, because your parents may still be a) paying the bills and therefore b) hovering over your shoulder.

You have to find the couple of profs you click with. They make up for the rest.

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

I think maybe the small college one, but none of it matters if they make me take something I don't like (this would pretty much be science, as a general SUBJECT, and nothing else. Just so you know I'm not THAT fussy). Also, the idea of being in an art class where anybody tells me anything about what they "want" me to do makes me run. I will have to examine in more detail which places do which the way I like it. (A huge part of my problem is that the only places around here that do Japanese are BIG places, or places with no art.)

I have very little fear about being out on my own if I have family taking care of the money. A lot of this time I've been taking off has been dedicated to training my parents into feeding me and hugging me once in a while without telling me to go to school or clean my room or stop playing so many video games.