Littlemindedness

Robert Frost said, "We come to college to get over our littlemindedness." Discuss in relation to your own experiences.

This is an interesting quote to try to interpret. Robert Frost says this to express the importance and purpose of college. I think what he's trying to say is that before college we are very naive and think of things on a small scale. In high school, we don't really think of the big picture, just what's happening then. Once you get to college, there is so much more going on. You are expected to take initiative and do your work without being told. The professors don't care if you come to class, or if you do your work. That's why so many people fall behind. You have to do things on your own. No longer do you have someone holding your hand and taking you through things step by step.

I've had a hard time getting to this stage. I'm really good about getting up and going to class. I rarely ever miss. The way I look at it is, I'm paying for it so I might as well go. If I don't go to class, I might as well just trow $10,000 in the trash can. However I must admit I'm not very good about taking initiative. Part of that I think is that I'm havign a hard time deciding what I want to major in. I honestly cannot think of a single thing I want to do for the rest of my life. It's really discouraging. I hate going to class everyday because I'm going to classes that I hate. They are general ed classes that I won't need for whatever I eventually do decide to do with my life. I hate it. Thus, I don't really try as hard as I could. I wait until the last minute to do everything and I pretty much half-ass everything. I normally manage to come out with decent grades though. This is how it's been my whole life. I just don't think I can be motivated to do something until I find something I'm really interested in. I do think I have grown up somewhat though and am past my "littlemindedness."