A lot of
people seem to have a negative idea about college for some reason...Either they are pretentious fucks, or all the students they know do arts.
College, or university, is a large institute of further learning which one attends after secondary school. Often, students leave
home and live on their own with other students, learning how to pay their own bills and keep up a
home on their own without calling mum and dad every time some little thing goes wrong.
While at college, it is traditional to consume large amounts of alcohol,
marijuana, and sex. Students must also attend lectures and, for the sart
people (ie those doing science and engineering) there are labs as well.
College is not like school. In school, the emphasis is completely on memorization, while in college, it is very much on grokking. Also, the lecturers are actual professionals (such as scientists, engineers, lawyers, artists, etc) rather than mere teachers.
After three or four years, the student graduates with a degree. An arts degree is
pretty useless, but most others are handy for getting a good job so that the former student may pay back whatever debt they may have accrued.
see also student
