This article talked about how different people have different beliefs on what success is. Some want to be in executive office suites while others wants to serve their country. Neither or these things correlate with each other except for the people feel fulfilled and happy about what they have achieved.
College is a must these days unless you want to be a flopper. Society has beaten the youth over the head that going to college is the only way to get ahead in life. You will not be able to get a descent job or be completly happy unless you have paid for that title in life. Yes I want to go to college to be successful but it comes with extra stress and money that I don't have. I want to feel accomplished and I know I will when I graduate. You are automatically judged when people ask what you are doing after high school, and if it doesn't consist of going to college you are looked down upon and labeled. Graduating is successful to me but not to every one else. My brother did not go to college but he went into the military. He is very happy and successful at what he does. There is not right answer to what success is or should be.
I have failed plenty, and I have found that it is the way that I have learned best. People can tell me not to do something but that doesn't mean I will take their word for it. How will I ever know for sure unless I make the mistake and find out for myself? Making bad decisions is sometimes the best way for a person to grow and to figure out what they need in life. Failure is also different for each person just like success. To me getting a "C" in my class is failure because I have to have a certain GPA to be accepted to the Nursing Program. Getting a "C" may be success to someone else but personally I do not want to be here longer than I have to.
Everyone has different goals, dreams, successes, and failures. To me they should all be respected. No two people are alike in how they think and feel about things. Like Zinnser said, " Nobody has the answer." We make up our own answer as individuals.
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Hey Baely, I really liked how you related your experiences with Zinsser's story. You provided a lot of details and a good explanation of how our society has defined success. I agree with you that now society has made college look like thats the only way you'll get ahead and be successful in life. A college education is so emphasized today that if a person is not attending college after high school they are looked down upon, like you said. I read a book in sociology and it mentioned how a group of guys had pursued a college education, but did not make any successes from it. So then again maybe, college isn't the answer for some people, like you said, your brother did not go to college, and yet he is still successful. Like you said, everyone has different goals, dreams, and their definition of success, as long as they are fulfilled by what they do.
I agree with you when you say that often making mistakes is the only way to learn and you have to learn for yourself and not always listen to what everyone else says because we are all different. I also agree that success is different for everyone and no one should be judged just because not going to college is not for them.
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