College offers insight beyond the knowledge of the world gleaned from a textbook.

Hopefully, one trains oneself on many levels in regards to budgeting his or her time and effort while in college.

Buying supplies, paying tuition and other monetary hurdles are also excellent practice for handling “real-world” expenses.

In taking ownership of one’s education, one takes on responsibilities akin to holding a job or supporting a family.

This entails being in a specific place on time, processing and applying information, and often working in a team.

One gains not only knowledge but wisdom, which is knowledge absorbed, analyzed and correctly applied.

Here, if nowhere else, one learns not only to take action, but to take the correct action based on all evidence for and against his or her decision.

Beyond preparing one for the more serious and daunting aspects of adult life, college is a growing experience.

The final physiological growth spurt doesn’t happen until age 25 in some.

At the very least, all college students have submitted themselves to an institution that offers education by qualified, specialized instructors.

So, no matter how diverse the schedules, majors and lives of students, they have the most basic part of the college experience in common-being thoroughly informed.

The shared experience of college offers a common platform for people to operate from while each developing a specialty-a skill or field of knowledge.

A basic college education puts people on a higher common level, brought together in an understanding of the world around them gained both in and out of the classroom.

Regardless of the exact setting, this growth, this molding of people into more logical, skilled beings, happens in college.