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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