2 posts tagged “school”
I've realized my frustration with society as a teen who works on the Internet. As of now, I've attended two major expos, the Podcast Expo and Macworld. At both the events, I'm probably one of the youngest people around save the inflated ego of Robbie Trencheny. This is a story of a kid who wants to grow up.
At these expos, I never fail to meet awesome people that I already follow via the podcasting world and some that I haven't. Some of these people have mundane day jobs, but others have incredibly awesome jobs. Now, I've already decided what the hell I want to do in college which I think sets me ahead of the pack. I'd like to major in something like broadcast or written journalism and minor in marketing. No I do not know where to apply and stuff, but hey, I got about a year till I have to really worry about that. Yes I know what I want to do with my life already from these experiences which I find fascinating.
However, let's take a step back for a moment again: I'm fifteen years old. I have till July 2009 to legally be an adult, and July 2012 to truly be able to do whatever the hell I want. At the San Francisco Apple Store Mac Podcasters' meetup, Merlin Mann and I talked for a while and he told me something that I believe to be true. He said not to believe the bull that people tell me about high school being the best four years of my life; high school sucks beyond all belief and is by no way worthy of a "best four year" award. He told me to just keep working through the grind and once high school is over I'm home free. These pseudo-inspiration words touched me. I'm not saying high school is terrible, it's just not a particularly enjoyable experience. I want to be "free" so to speak. I want to be able to get out and pursue my goals. What sparked this? It is probably an internal fear that I may be too late to the game. Sure I'm already "on my way" to achieving what I want, but what if someone passes me up? I don't want to fall behind that's all. Moreover, it seems like there are so many opportunities available that are just moving on. Who knows what's going to be on in 2009? I guess technology's always going on and I should stop worrying.
Nevertheless, I always have this feeling that school is in the way of what I want to do. But what the hell, nobody's going to hire a 15 year old for a full time job. Sometimes I just want to be a part of something bigger. There's so much going on in the world and school is just an incredibly small aspect of it, but people blow it up. We need to take a step back and realize that it's not the only portion of life and we shouldn't let it consume us which it feels like it is doing to me right now.
Sorry for the long rant,
Shooby
Lets face it people, I'm 15 and damn lazy.
