Do not forget college. Your high school experience was all mind-numbingly homogeneous, everybody took the same classes, followed the same curriculum, had to pa

Do not forget college. Your high school experience was all mind-numbingly homogeneous, everybody took the same classes, followed the same curriculum, had to pass the same standardized tests. Go to college and sample a variety of disciplines. Make acquaintances of people from different fields. Concentrate on your own studies, but hang with a diverse crowd. It isn't high school anymore. I grok your mercenary prime directive, and readily admit that a college diploma isn't an automatic meal ticket. But you'll be better for the experience, and if you learn for pleasure a well-chosen college can be a three-or-four year Candyland.