Too bad I was expecting it to be difficult when it is actually just as easy or easier. I wanted college to make me feel intellectual and seriously make me think about old situations from new perspectives. I feel that college has almost been entering a smaller cavern of the cave that I was in before. This realization has shown me that I need to register for higher level classes. .
In the search for a major, the road has not been as rocky as I believed it to be. I honestly thought that finding a major would be the hardest decision that I would ever make in my life, next to choosing my husband. The career unit was helpful in that it taught me that there is nothing I want to do other than law and politics. My previous suspicion that political science is the ideal major for me was confirmed in my search. .
Upon leaving my cave there was one definite surprise ray of sunshine. My whole education depends on my own initiative. Not only is it my decision to attend class, it is also my decision to do the required reading and to study for the tests. Attendance is not taken in most of my classes. The professors could not care less if I was or was not present at any given class. I have learned this semester that, unlike in high school, the reading is absolutely necessary. Without it the exams make little to no sense. Too many of my friends have learned this the hard way: if you do not make an effort to pass your classes, you will fail. This commitment to my education is something I was hoping for before starting higher education. .
Dr. Viktor E. Frankl exited a cave of his own, as told in Mans Search for Meaning. Dr. Frankl was ripped out of his familiar and safe surrounding only to be thrust into a whole new world. In his case, his world outside of the cave was far worse than his former comfortable surroundings. However, it was not a completely horrible experience because he developed a new approach to psychotherapy which he is well known for.