A Guide for Adults Going to College
I&#x27;m a returning student about to complete my degree at the end of this year. I went to an art school for a few years out of high school and ended up in customer service positions with some great companies. I didn&#x27;t want to continue in customer service, so I decided to go back to school. Started with two years at community college, and now finishing up my last two at university.<p>Some insights I picked up along the way:<p>- community college have great professors<p>- community college treats you like the adult you are<p>- community college is underrated<p>- university treats you like a child<p>- university professors are more selfish and self-serving<p>- university is busy dealing with so much extra-curricular stuff that most adults don&#x27;t care about, it makes you question your decision<p>- Different &quot;schools&quot; within the university do things differently<p>- as an adult, it sucks to work in groups with young students<p>- I picked up way more knowledge in the &quot;real world&quot; than I realized as a lot of what is being taught is redundant<p>- there should be 4 semesters a year, not 2, people should graduate in 2 years, not 4+<p>At the onset of this journey, I was enthusiastic to learn, but along the way I&#x27;ve been beat down to just wanting to get &quot;the piece of paper&quot; and be done. It&#x27;s been a long three years and each day forward is increasingly difficult to stomach since I realized I can learn all of what is being taught to me faster on my own.<p>I don&#x27;t think anyone needs a degree anymore to get to where they&#x27;re going. However, it does make it easier depending on one&#x27;s path.