However, today in my economics class, my professor made some interesting comments and requests. He told us that universities aren't designed to prepare us for jobs. They don't teach us job skills. What they have an advantage in is teaching us to read and write critically, but more importantly, to think analytically. Universities are here to teach us how to grow in this world. They prepare us to learn quickly and effectively. I said in an earlier post that schooling needs to get with the surge of new media, but now I'm thinking that maybe they shouldn't, or not as much as I previously thought. They can incorporate it into how they teach, but we need to learn how to learn. Universities already have most of this figured out. And here I was, thinking I knew everything about what I need to know. I had no idea.
One last thing: my professor asked us to fall in love. Not with a person, but with an idea. He almost pleaded that we find something to love. We need an obsession. This life can be confusing, but if we have something to focus our lives around, everything suddenly becomes clearer. This university (and many others) is one of the best places in the world to be struck with wonder for something. Center your life around something you love, something that fascinates you. If you can find something that fills you with awe every time you encounter it, your life will be never be empty.
Find that love for something and you will have a lifelong companion, no matter what happens.
Thank you, professor.
