getting a degree does not necessarily make you wiser.

it's only the physical representation.

what physical representation do we have for the lessons we learn in life?

the things we pick up by pain? by abandonment? by seeing the ugly and the underbellies of life. do we get a degree in that?

do we have a piece of paper representing our struggles, our insight?

all we have is what we have. and what we can make of it. what we can grow from it.

i'd rather have no degree but understand life on some level, people, pain, suffering, joy. i'd rather have all of that than have a degree and not have that. 

a degree is a piece of paper that helps you get a job OR proves to people that you have some proven level of knowlege is it not?

i probably won't want that kind of job, it would require too much conformation. perhaps that would be good for me, motivation, proper attire and words, goals.

but no.

oh whatever. i have homework. here's to the first and possibly last semester of college.