Do you have a few minutes to talk about your future?

By Marriah Kornowa
Admissions Representative
Southwestern College


What are you doing here?
Why are you in school at this point in your life?
Think about it for a second. What is this process worth to you? Are you thinking about it? Or are you still reading? What does your future look like? How are you going to make your vision a reality? Do you think it is going to be easy? Would it really be worth it if it was easy? What is it worth to you? Are you willing to work for it? Distractions are all around us. Obstacles are going to be inevitable. So ask yourself, what is your determination? What are the steps that you are willing to take to reach your goals? How do you get here every day? What happens if that plan breaks down, do you have another idea in place or back up plan to get here? What about time set aside to study? What time are you willing to give up to get the work done? What is the attitude that you take toward the knowledge in which you are about to receive? Are you open to learning new concepts, or do you think you know it all already? What will define who you are when you look back at this time in your life in the years to come? Do you consider yourself open minded or a closed book? Think about the true efforts you are putting forth towards your future right now with your education. What are you willing to sacrifice to reach your goals? New mindsets? Are you willing you give up preconceived notions, your weekend plans?
Look who you started with in school and who remains. What separates you from another? We are all alike, yet all different. How do some of us rise above adversity and why do some of us fall? I don’t know. But it’s your path, your plan. Handle your business. Stop making excuses and get it done. There will always be something that stands in your way. Get over it, that’s life. That’s not to belittle life’s difficulties. Life is hard. However, that is not a newsflash. But you are not alone here. That is the glory of our school. Build a community here. Utilize the resources and Judge ye not people. Work together. Word to the wise, none of us are really any better than another. We have no idea what goes on after hours in someone else’s home. So stop playing games, you don’t need to prove here just how hard you are, that’s not what you are here for. We are here to grow together, learn together, to develop opportunities for our future together. That’s what I’m here for…a j-o-b. Right? Go back to your questions at the beginning and step your game up. Start representing the school as you want it to be remembered by.

Now is your time to stand up and come together as Southwestern College Students and Southwestern Staff and Faculty. Pull together, work together, and let’s make our futures a reality. It is our time to define and create our ever evolving culture here. Every six weeks we bring in new students and every quarter existing students graduate. Continue to set an example for one another. Raise the bar for what we can expect out of one another and what we should expect out of ourselves. You, your families, and as a community; we all depend on our success here. Let’s make it happen!