Hey steemians, how are you? I'm José, although most of you know me as Jacks, a guy who uploads content to Steemit with the theme of videogames, but today in my blog I'll do something a little different, and today I'll tell you something that It happened a few days ago when I met an old friend from high school.
Recently on the campus of my university I happened to meet someone I had not seen for some time; a former high school classmate, as he had mentioned in previous lines. When I had not seen him for so long, I decided to talk to him for a while because I had some free time, it was a very long conversation in which we talked about many things, from those days we spent together in school to the situation in the country...We talked a lot, but in that conversation we gave our opinions about our university, and his opinion was something that left me thinking during these last days.
He told me that he was sick of the university and its teachers, that he disliked the idea of having to attend classes for four, five or six years to get a "good job". Besides, he mentioned another couple of things, but in a few words what he wanted to tell me was that he hated the university and that he would surely abandon it soon.
All these things he said, made me think how wrong our idea of the university is. We young people in general believe that university is a mandatory requirement to get a "good job", but the truth is that going to university does not guarantee that. And first of all, the university does not have that purpose. The goal of going to college is to acquire knowledge.
Personally, I am one of those who think it is necessary that we never lose our curiosity, or that we stop asking questions about everything that surrounds us, I think it is necessary that each one of us make our best effort to continue with our studies and our path towards wisdom, even after having obtained a university degree. And I highlight the above because very few people consider moving forward in their area of studies, either obtaining a master's or doctorate, let alone doing a second career since many consider this as "suicide" or "loss of time".
Young people must understand that the university is not a "requirement" for something greater, since the study itself should be something fixed in our lives. Although I understand that not everyone can attend a university for economic or work, but studying and reading at home should be a permanent activity in people's lives. I invite you to study on our own and not with the aim of achieving a "good job", but with the goal of being better citizens, in this way we will benefit all members of society.