Blog #8
Quitting college and achieving a diploma, as well as being labeled as a college graduate has its differences. In the first paragraph of Brooks’ article, “It’s Not About You” starts off with the topic of success and middle-aged graduates, as for Graham’s article, “Confessions of a Quit Addict”, Graham goes right into explaining how she had given up on her academics all together. If you were to compare the individuals Brooks’ wrote about and Graham is that the only thing that is not foreign to one other is how they all had struggles and hardships. David Brooks makes the argument of how a college graduate should follow their dreams and Graham illustrates a picture of how she only achieved real happiness and success after she learned her lesson from quitting and giving up. To speak from a personal standpoint, I have always had the thought of abandoning my responsibilities more often than I should, which is why I can relate to Barbara Graham’s words more than the next person. Growing up...
