the purpose of higher education

in the midst of this fanatic nerve wrecking waiting of school decision, after all those weekend and evening hours squeezing out intelligent but sincere words of personal statement and sunken in the sweet but slightly annoying whirlpool of decisions, I seem to forget

what was the reason why I wanted grad school so badly?
I was freaked out of the idea of graduating at 32 with debt and no saving and with a lower paid job than now, but I knew that the sweet pursuit of knowledge would worth any financial means in the world, ok maybe shoulder to shoulder with the cost for travelling... but after these 2 things, no material wealth could compare.

ok while I am still a bit of sane, I would like to drop a few lines so that here will be the mental sanitary that I could come back to when I go drama again in the coming one month...

I go to grad school because...

I am addicted to the happiness when I crack something hard and got the 'aaarh'
I love going to lectures and be inspired and be aggressive in argumentation and be smartass every now and then
I would have time and space again to drill in books, lost in thoughts or have a wonderful nap in the midday sun when I study really hard
I would live, eat and travel like a student again, with little money but abundant in free spirit and fun
I would see and live a different continent (WOW)
I would get to know so many nice, arrogant, smart, stupid but generally interesting people (bonus factor 100% international)

hmmm seems I do have some good reasons!

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