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Originally posted by AchtungBaby80
Of course college delays "real world maturity." That's what's so great about it! Who wants to be a hardened, jaded, world-weary person by their 21st birthday? Not me! I look at myself and the kids I graduated with who didn't go to school and got married at 18, and I'm thinking, "Whoa...glad I didn't go down that road"...because now those people have multiple kids, way too much responsibility, and they've never experienced anything except their hometown. College is a good thing!
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Amen!
Does college delay real world maturity? Hell yes! But....So what? We have the rest of our lives to be "adults" especially that our life expectancy is longer. These times should be cherished.