The Efficacious Uses of Genius
It's surprising about how easy these college essays are. I think I've finished let's see. Three so far. And I started about two hours ago. Occidental, Williams and USD are all finished, JOY!! I can't wait to go off to college wherever that may be, it seems such an exciting experience and the fringe benefits are also highly anticipated. People seem rather surprised to hear that, especially here, it seems they actually have some kind of connection with this place, I think the most common reluctances have been, I'll miss my friends, and I'll miss my parents. Well having been seperated from my friends on more than one occassion I can say with chilling and rather cynical certainty, that these friends to be honest I'll probably never see them again, frightful to some, but comforting to me. And as to to missing my parents, I think my four years of high school have proven to me that my parent's aspirations for my adult life are a far contrast to that of my own. And frankly, I think it's my call on that particular subject. I suppose that's why I need a job so badly, I don't want to have to ask them for money, I just can't allow to lower myself again with them because they lord it over you. I'm not saying my pride would be hurt and that's the sole reason, but I'd have to put up with them for seventeen years and that was about ten too long, now I understand why the rest of the animal kingdom boots it's kids out early. I see it as a far more effective option. My parents say being in their position one day will change my perspective. And undoubtedly that is true, however, at some point parents need to understand that there is an age where children grow out of needing to hold their parents hand constantly. There is a point where a person's success is not measured by how much their parent is involved but by how much they aren't. Unfortunately it seems my parents have neither discovered that nor are they open to the possibility of it's existence. It sends the clear message to me that they think it is impossible for me to get anything done without there constant vigilance and supervision, because I have "impulse issues" well apparently they've been around for quite some time and it doesn't seem like their parenting has done much to decrease said issues if they still think I have a problem. It will be comforting to finally have my own freedom which has been so grossly hoarded the past years, which is why I need this job, since they've made it quite clear that they won't pay for a plane ticket back to the States in California. They question my resolve, I think.