So I would like to redo yesterday's post, if possible. I had just gotten back from an impromptu doctors visit, and I didn't know what to write about, and I was watching Freaks and Geeks so I decided to write about that even though I couldn't really write about why I liked it. But now I have thought about an actual topic, so I'm going to write about that, and then maybe we can just pretend that the other post didn't happen. By we I mean myself and Mr. Mayo. So basically what I'm saying is I would like you to grade this one instead, please. Here it is.

Basically I'm writing about the future, more specifically my fears about it and even more specifically my fears about college and then getting a job after that. I've been told for so long that I can do whatever I want to, when I grow up I can be whatever I want because I'm just so amazingly special. But actually, now that it's almost about to happen, it really doesn't look that way. It looks like I'm going to have to work really hard to get into college, work really hard and acquire massive debts in college, and then spend the rest of my life trying to find steady work and paying off college loans. My family is pretty well off, but even so, we're not well off enough to pay my way through college. I think I've got like 10,000 in my college account. That's enough for maaaybe a semester. And I want to be a neurologist, which means med school, which means at least 10-13 years of college, including getting a bachelors. I have to get my bachelors, then go to med school for four years for a medical degree, and then complete a three or four year residency. For the class of 2009, the average debt of a med student was $157,990, and 25.1% of med school graduates have debt in excess of $200,000 (Association of American Medical Colleges). And the average cost of going to medical school has risen 5-6% each year (also Association of American Medical Colleges). And then once I get out of college, I have to find a job. And currently, 53.6% of college grads, with a bachelors, 25 and under are unemployed or underemployed (I couldn't find one about med students) (Census Bureau's Current Population Survey and the Department of Labor). So that's not exactly comforting. And who knows if I'm even going to get into college in the first place. I can add that to my pile of worry. This is not exactly a good time to be going to college. Although, who knows. Maybe by the time I'm done with my 10-13 years of college, it'll be better.

Oh yes, and here is my media element. It is a picture that I found, that I think pretty accurately shows why I am worried and why everything is terrible no that last part isn't true but I'm still worried.