Why am I here?

In my opinion, higher education does have a great impact on the success of students in the work force. The average salary for a graduate student can reach $60,000 where as a high school drop out will most likely only earn a little more than $20,000. This statistic shows that continued, challenging, focused learning is necessary to be prepared for our world's job market. People my parents' age didn't always go to college, but today it seems like there is no question about it, everyone goes to college. Senior year of high school no one asked, "So what are you doing after you graduate?" Instead they asked, "Have you chosen a college yet?" or "Where are you going to school next year?" Education has become more available in this day and age, but it has also changed. Education is no longer teaching content, as shown in the second video. It is about using technology and developing fundamental skills in order to learn more content. We are in such a technologically advanced century that it would be almost a waste to not use it to its highest ability. Instead of keeping students away from computers, TVs and other devices, it is important to take advantage of those resources and use them to better connect with the students and therefore be able to teach them better. I want to further develop skills that were taught to me in high school such as critical thinking, problem solving, written communication and many more because I think these are skills necessary to succeed in life. It is important to not only know these skills but put them into action and take advantage of our resources in doing so.

As I said above, I felt it was a given that I would go off to college after high school, get a good education, find a job and settle down somewhere. So, that's what I'm in the process of doing. I'm at college getting a good education so I can one day get a good job. I still don't know what kind of job I want. Maybe I'm here to figure that out. I don't even know why I'm here at Saint Mary's. Maybe it's because I felt the most comfortable here or maybe because I knew I had to leave my securities, (home, friends, family, life as I knew it), and start over somewhere new. I want to find out who I am, and in turn figure out what it is I'm here on earth to do. I remember going on a Kairos retreat during high school and we were having a discussion about what we want to do in the future. I of course said I had no idea. Later I broke down and was crying to my friend, hating the feeling of being so lost. Not only was I lost in the sense of not knowing what my future holds, but also lost in the sense that I didn't even know who I was. She consoled me of course and said I will figure it all out and to just give it time. I am still unsure though.  Maybe I just keep waiting for someone to tell me the answer.