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Debate: Which is better: school life or college life?
Among many debatable questions one of the most disputed one is “which is better — school life or college life?” People infer differently with their varied perceptions and experiences to rationalize this statement. While leaving school some students consider college life to be a paradise and have the same feelings of a prisoner being freed after years of imprisonment. They are anxious to know the world outside and experience the breath of fresh air. On the other hand some are depressed to part with their friends, their teachers and the environment that they are accustomed to for years. They fear the new environment that they would have to face and do not feel any excitement for the big change they’ll encounter.
If a comparison is made on an unbiased ground then we see that both college and school life have their merits and demerits. The main difference between the two, however, is that when you are in school you are considered a child and everyone is always ready to help you and guide you in every possible way. But when you shift to college, the same people that you looked up to for guidance become quite indifferent towards you.
You are then considered a grown up and are responsible for whatever you do. Children usually get puzzled by this change of attitude and perhaps are not ready to undertake such a drastic change within a period of just one year. But accepting challenges is what life is all about. So be ready for anything and everything.
The opinion of people might differ in this regard on the basis of another important factor which is the type of school or college you go to. Talking about private schools and colleges the scenario is more or less the same and students don’t find much of a difference between a school and a college. But when it comes to government schools and colleges, unfortunately the situation is the other way round. But this is another debatable question. So leave it aside and let’s come back to our real subject.
In my opinion school days, whether good or bad are the golden days of your life. The discipline, studies, atmosphere, friends, teachers and above all the memories are the things you’ll never forget. Fortunately I studied at a good school whose heritage I’ll always be proud of. What my school taught me will remain with me for the rest of my life. I still remember the day when we were bidding farewell. I saw my fellow students crying and thought that they were stupid to behave in such a silly manner but today I can understand why they cried.
Some students may agree with me while others may disagree. For example an 18-year-old Sana says: “Definitely college life is better. We can bunk classes, participate in extra-curricular activities as much as we want and the best part is that there is no one to question us.”
Rohail, another college goer while giving a sigh of relief remarked: “Thank God school is over! Life there was so strict and difficult that it was sometimes even difficult to breath. College attracts you with its freedom. It makes you more responsible and evolves a sense of fortitude, valiance, confidence and exposure. Whatever you have to do you have to do it on your own and students are in the habit of being spoon-fed are in real trouble.”
Bina a second year student said: “My school life was like an asset to me. I had a habit of being spoon fed in school by teachers but in college I have come across this bitter fact that whatever you have to do, you have to do it on your own. No one else bothers about you.”
Zohaib another quite depressed college-student quoted: “Alas! Before I knew the best part of my life had come, it had gone.” Another not-so-biased BBA student, Sara said: “Well, both are good in their own ways. It’s true that school days can never come back again but then it’s college life that makes you more responsible and focused on what you actually want to achieve in life.”
Many professionals including a banker, CA, doctor and an engineer when asked the same question, had a somewhat unanimous opinion that school taught them to learn while in college they actually learnt. However, all the academic success you achieve is some part to the work ethic and self-discipline that your school has inculcated in you.
Whatever you think, always make sure that whether it is your school or college life, live it well and enjoy every bit of it (but remaining within the limits of course). We’ll always remember both school and college days and these sweet old memories will always remain deep down in our hearts. Thomas Moore has said it all so precisely in the following words: “Long, long be my heart with such memories filled!/ Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled/ You may break; you may shatter the vase if you will,/ But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.”
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