Unordinarily S(h)ane - The College Kid

By Shane Hill

Staff Writer

Growing up is something we often look forward to our entire childhoods. We used to dream of being princesses, astronauts and movie stars and letting nothing get in our way. The sky was the limit to what we could do. Somewhere, between puberty and life, reality happened and yet we were still optimistic about our futures post-high school. For some, it would be the work force, the military, parenthood and/or college. For others, though, our lives would be dictated by the very people who told us we could reach for the stars. And so I wondered, what happens when our parents make the rules? Will we ever be given the opportunity to mature to adulthood or will we forever be just college kids?

Most of us are new to bank accounts, leases and maybe even cell phone bills, and it is understandable for our parents or guardians to want to help us and in some respects we are still dependent. Although, restrictions on what we buy and what friends we hang out with can be acts of love, there are fine lines between love and dictatorship and some parents have already crossed enemy lines. These same enemies often assume we’re up to no good and give us little to no privacy and/or freedom, only they’re not enemies, they’re our parents.

Isn’t college a time to develop and become our own person? To leave the nest, fly with our own wings and hunt how we’ve been taught? Shouldn’t we think, act and be responsible for ourselves? This could be anything from getting that job to signing up for that class.

Sometimes it takes proving we can make it on our own, other times, it’s just doing it. Especially for some parents who play our lives like a game, I’d say, games are for kids. We’re college students, isn’t it time we made our own rules?

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