People say, "Just wait until you go into the real world!". I know that when I leave for college, I will be entering a new world. The real world is when you move away from home and learn how to live on your own. Moving into your very first apartment or house and starting to work at your dream job. Some people say it is easy, some people say it's hard, but I think it is just flipping to the next chapter.

I feel like my mom has been teaching me how to live on my own since I was very little. Chores represented a "job". If they weren't done when mom got home, you were in trouble. She taught me time management and learned to do things right the first time. She also said, " if it's worth doing it, it's worth doing it right" and I stand by that today. I feel ready to move on to college and to move on to the real world.

Moving into the real world is going to be hard but it will also be so much fun. You get to get a place of your own! Of course, you're going to have bills, car payments, and make your own appointments, but that's the fun part. You're moving on to become your own person. You're also going to get your dream job. I plan on becoming an English teacher in the next four years. If you want to get your dream job, then you have to put the effort in and that's a huge responsibility to take on.

To me, the real world is only a new view on life. So many more milestones to reach and so many memories that are going to be made. In the next few years, I see myself growing as a person and chasing my dreams. There is no need to scare teens about how bad the real world is. You are the only person who can make it bad. It is up to you to make the real world into a great world.