I can admit that sometimes I really hate having to go to college. The “being in college” part is awesome, but the school part is not. Sometimes the amount of stress that we are under makes us forget how important and awesome it is to be able to receive an education.

Every day we are able to go to school and actually choose what we want to learn. We are able to pick our absolute favorite things to learn about and go to school for that. In high school, I loved English. I loved writing and reading more than anything else at school, but I never really thought I could go to school for it. My first year of college I minored in English and loved it so much that I decided to change it to my major. Now, I get to go to college and do what I love every single day. Sure, I cry over the mass amounts of papers and reading that I have, but I’m still spending most of my time learning about things that I love so much.

This doesn’t only apply to those in college or even in school at all. We live in a world where knowledge is never ending and it is important for us to understand and appreciate all that we have been given. I understand how difficult it is to sit back and enjoy school. It is not an easy thing to conceptualize when you feel like you have infinite amounts of homework on top of everything else that needs to be done on a regular basis. At this point in the semester it is so easy to check out and hate attending school, but being able to choose your own path is an amazing thing.

This Thanksgiving, while everyone is thinking of what they are grateful for, add education to the list. Your family, friends, pets and Starbucks are all amazing, but so is having an education and being able to fill your brain with all kinds of knowledge. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!