My Recent Confusion

I will never understand why the price of college has to be so high. I’m literally going to be in debt for so long after I graduate from UMaine. Why can’t it be like anywhere else in the world where they don’t charge you at all to go for college?

The price of college has been on my mind lately. It’s actually been a stressor. I know that there’s nothing I can do about it right now but save up the money I do have and fill out scholarships but I still have a weight on my shoulders about the stress I will endear later in life. If you actually think about it, college should be the same as high school. It’s basically the same thing, we go everyday but we don’t live on campus. It makes sense to charge for housing and meals but I don’t understand why books and class fees are so expensive!

I also need a new car since I’ll be living in Orono next year while working at EMMC. Coincidentally, that costs money too! So here I am, stuck in this huge hole that’s getting deeper and deeper. On top of this stress, I’m psychotic so I have to work out as much as I can too but I also have to write 30+ page lab reports and do every other assignment that each teacher gives me. My mind feels like it gets heavier with each task I think about. On the outside, I look like I deal with stress well or not like a crazy lunatic like I actually do in my head.

Either way, I’m feeling confused about why a seventeen year old girl has this much to do and hasn’t been taught how to handle any of it. High school doesn’t show you how to fill out college applications or scholarships and they sure don’t tell you how much college itself costs.

I feel like high school should have a “life” course that’s a requirement for all students to take.