I was independent the day I graduated high school. The issue is the fights and arguments about not going to college after high school and knowing that I wouldn&#x27;t get help in life if I made that choice. It is ironic that later they tried very hard to persuade me not to give up the career they had previously opposed.<p>What is wrong with waiting until I was 26 to start college? I was not ready for college right out of high school.