What should I listen to? The voice of dissidence in my head that goes "Fuck college. Fuck college. Drop out. You can do better. You can find your own way. This is a detriment. It's a load of bs. Fuck college." Or should I listen to the voice drummed into my brain by society, speaking with a sense of cushioning around every syllable: "Put in your time. Follow the well-traveled road. The grass is smooshed down already by the contented ahead of you, providing the right path for you to be a successful engineer. And maybe you'll make it as a writer. If so then you can smoothly transition off of the road. You'll skip the bumps and brush on the path of the other road entirely. That's how life works. That's how everyone says it is. Or maybe you'll never make it. Maybe if you would make it, you'd know by the age of 9. Like Bill Gates. He dropped out of harvard, not just any college. Or Stanley Kubrick, who was a genius even though he barely made it through high school. You're not them. That's life. Dreams are only for a few people. The rest of us should embrace being employees." And I go with that voice for awhile. Until a few weeks later, it comes back again. "Fuck college. Fuck this waste of time. Fuck this waste of money. You can do it."
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