Tuesday, April 24, 2012

College vs the real world

College and the real world are two distinctive places. I have been in a community college which is not as distinctive as a university which is a fantasy world.  The real world is actually a better and more agreeable place.  Here is what I see the difference:

Living

College:  You live in dorms and apartments with people your age, but you may not like who you are living with
Real World: You live anywhere  - with your parents, on your own, in a mantion, a castle...way better than a dorm and you usually chose who you live with - the most part.  But you have to deal with your neighbors.

Food

College: Given to you by the cafeteria.  Not that nutritious
Real World: Whatever you can afford to eat - anything!!

Hobbies

College: Basically listening to music, maybe playing a sport, and getting laid
Real World: Hunting, fishing, golfing, watching football, mowing the lawn, baking, sewing, anything

Culture

College: You live in a multicultural enviromment where blacks, gays, Asians, blah blah blah hang together and sing Kum-Bay- Yah
Real World:  Mostly your culture is homegeneous, racist, pluralist conformist...barely any diversity.  A lot of segregation.

Intellectual persuits

College: Studying postmodern Darwinism or something like that
Real world: Watching some documentary about clocks on the History Channel

Music

College: Whatever you find at the coffee shop or off of iTunes
Real World: The local country station

Friends

College:  roommates, teammmates, classmmates, hook up buddies
Real World: in laws, coworkers, pesky neighbors, the bar

Sex

College: like any animal in a pen - with multiple partners possibly
Real World:  With your wife or you are having an "affair" and a lawsuit

Jobs
 College: That crazy job at the bookstore
Real World:  Executive assistant

Money

College:  About $50 a week  for food
Real World: $50,000 a year... but spent on things such as mortages, kids, phone bill, light bill, internet bill, and worse of all...the IRS.

Popularity

College:  Football captain
Real world:  CEO of a major corporation

 Happiness

College:  priceless
Real World: priceless

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