Purpose?

So in the 2 weeks I've been at college, looking back I see that I haven't really accomplished much. I've met new people, gone to class, made a little money, drank, smoked a lot of cigarettes, and played hacky sack. It kind of makes me wonder why people bother with some of this crap. Most of it is petty drama, and as we all know drama is pointless. Why can't we just skip to the learning? Why do we have to reorient ourselves with a classroom atmosphere? If you can't adapt, you have no reason being there. If you need a "refresher," you have wasted your summer. I'm not saying you should spend your summer in school, I'm saying that you should be actively learning every day. Don't think of being in class as anything different than what you normally do. Class is just time set aside for you to learn. Once you get into college, you get to choose what you learn. If you don't want to learn it, then don't take the class. Why can't people understand this simple concept? Granted I think everything is worth learning, but you go to college to get an occupation, right? If you spend all this time in a class you don't enjoy because of it's content (don't count the teacher, they can't all cater to your specific learning style), then you're not going to have an occupation. You'll have a job, most likely, but not an occupation. A job is something you do because you need the money, but an occupation is something you do because you enjoy. So many people hate the learning aspect of college because they don't enjoy the classes, and they see it as another loop to jump through to get some stereotypical office job so they can make their parents or someone else happy. Far too many people do things they think they should do rather than what they want to do. Do things because you want to do them, and enjoy your life. If you do things because others want you to (parents, friends, etc.) or because you've been brought up to think that "everyone does this, so I should to," you are going to have a bland, sedated life. Do what you want to do (within reason), and live for yourself. You want to know what the meaning of life is? I'll tell you. There isn't one, except for the one you make. There is no grand plan for all of us, there is no global standard of morals or ethics, and death will always be an unknown. The only reason to live is the reason you decide you want to live for, whether it be spiritual, logical, metaphysical, whatever. Just live life the way you want to live it, and not the way someone or something tells you to (I'm talking about societal and religious guidelines here, if you hadn't guessed). Be your own person, and you will be happy. Live for what you want to, and you will be happy. Learn and retain as much as you can, and you will be happy. Have one hell of a story when you are done, and you will be happy. Adieu. Josh