Eric Morgan-- Outside experience #4

College... What is the point? Going to class everyday in fear that you may get back a grade that is not adequate enough to further yourself in the world that we live in is not the proper way to live. Looking at just the grades that you get is not what college is about. It seems as if college is just a continuation of highschool and learning is not valued, but in order for one to really gain something out of college, the desire to learn must be there. Grades won't last for five years after you graduate college but the knowledge that you gain will, so why is that not focused on more. If we were not given grades then students like myself would not focus on them and therefore simply focus on learning and furthering the developement on ones mind. What I have done to try to gain this perspective is to no longer focus on the classes, but rather focus on my relationships with people. Through interacting with many different people with different view points on life have given me a new perspective on life that I will never lose. God has been presented through my friends here and has completely changed who I am and if people would stop focusing on just getting through these classes then they would really gain what is most important in life.