I have often found myself in a great frustration with my schoolwork. I don't know how many times I've wondered what the point of college is. I mean at the surface it seems that I'm spending thousands of dollars to basically just get a piece of paper after four years which will tell employers that I am capable of learning, yay!

I would be lying if I said I hadn't contemplated making up a school name and designing a nice looking diploma to place in an expensive frame and call it a day. However, I don't possess the computer literacy it would take to pull that off and am too much of a rule follower to actually fake a college degree. With this sad revelation I have concluded that I don't want to be working a minimum wage job that I hate for my entire life, so I'm going to stick college out. Hopefully it will pay off in the future. (I mean this both figuratively and literally)

Once I move past the annoyance with all the work I have to do I realize that I have learned more in my semesters so far at college than I did all four years of high school combined. The things I've studied in college are actual real life stuff that I can use and enjoy. For example, in media writing we are studying microblogging and how social media (twitter) can be used in journalism. This is applicable to my life and to my future unlike the monotonous never ending flow of useless information I learned in high school.

If I can make it through these next three semesters, I will be able to apply all the knowledge I have acquired for more than minimum wage. The plan is to be working a job that challenges and excites me.

The moral of this story is the cliché don't give up. But really, a legitimate degree will be more fulfilling than a photo shopped paper in an expensive frame.