This is why college doesn't have to be a waste

I just so happened to be cleaning out old documents in my computer when I stumbled upon this beauty. Before I had to take my leave of absence in college, I was in the middle of a poetry class. It was probably my favorite class because I had a friend (Joshua James Palmer, if you’re reading this) in the class and the world’s best professor (Jenny Brown, who probably is not reading this)(also, I’m not saying that to kiss up, obviously. I didn’t even finish out and will never have another class with her again). One assignment I did was a poem that had to be 100 words long and one single sentence. I thought it was genius. I don’t know if anyone else will agree with me, but here: 

Furiously typing on my keyboard
and staring at the taunting blank page on the computer screen
does not make composing a one hundred word poem very simple
because I crave to have my emotions
and what I deem as brilliant and earth-shattering poetry
reach and grab at a whole new audience
to believe that I am some sort of creative genius
so that they may look at me and understand
that I am a sort of artistic Messiah
here to shatter the world of it’s inevitable monotony
and impassionate wit
and grant redeemable grace to those who wish to believe
in something more than the average words
on a more than average earth.

So that all got me thinking about the classes I didn’t get to finish this past year. This was the only one I truly regret not finishing. Not because I was good at poetry, by any means; but because it was the only class that truly felt liberal-artsy. Everything else felt forced and usual, and to be honest I almost fell asleep in at least half of them. I didn’t need this course for any requirements; I just wanted to take it. And isn’t that what college is supposed to be about?

I really truly wish our societal/economical standards held the same beliefs as the ones in the past, minus the complete boredom that sounds like what living “back then” entails. Not everyone went to college and it was okay. The people that went to college did so because they wanted to learn. I feel like now our youth just feels forced to go so they can get a degree and get a decent paying job. So kids go and take what’s necessary so they can get out. 

Well forget that. If I have the chance, I want to take things I care about. Of course when I get back I’ll probably rush ahead like I was previously doing. But at least for this one moment in time, I care.

(Also, in case this post wasn't light-hearted enough, here's a gif I made)