Then begins the true preparation for the 'real world'. We are forced to work hard. We are put in situations where the challenges demands new levels of achievement and thought. We stretch ourselves intellectually always trying to reach the expectations without the guarantee of success. College is the first opportunity many of us have to experience people devoted to academia.
Professors live for a certain topic.
This dedication is hard to find in teenagers so it always hits the unsuspecting student quite heavily. We can then share that hope of finding some topic that we are equally in love with. Even if we fall in love with Classical Civilizations, we are determined to make something of it. College can be a tragic place for those who choose to use it as a four year party. Then the growth is the 'college 15', pounds that is.