Why does education determine everything?
I loved school, from my infants, to my junior, to my high school. I listened, tried hard and never had a detention (yes, I was that kid) but, I have got some problems with education and how it controls your entire life. In 2019, I will be expected to go to university, it's something that is assumed in sixth form, that you will spend weeks writing a personal statement and you will go to university. I am currently having a problem getting my head around this, why is it assumed that we won't get far without a degree in our back pocket? I have sat and read every prospectus I have, I've visited countless university's but I still don't know what I want to do in the future. I'm 17. I need to decide what I'm going to do until I retire. HOW? Don't get me wrong, I do want to experience university, to meet new people, get a new type of education and also be free to get drunk every night. But, I don't know what career I want to follow. Personally, I ...
