My Persuaders

After the in-class discussion on Thursday about MSU's way of getting students to choose them as their source of education, and being asked why I chose to come to MSU, I realized I didn't choose.  My parents did.

It was understood that after high school came college and I enjoy school so I was okay with it.  When it came time to start looking and applying to schools, I had high hopes of going out of state. I knew I wanted to study interior design so my search was pretty structured.  My parents had always had a say in everything I had done up until then because "while I was living under their roof, with them supporting me, I was to follow their rules." I knew my parents wanted to keep supporting me financially through my first year at college so I could focus on school, and not on making money to live off of.

I am realizing now that my parents had so many limiting factors as far as where I could go that "made the most sense" that I really didn't choose where I would go.  So while I am the consumer of the education, my parents are the ones that went through the pro's and con's and decision making process before the large purchase of my college education.

Surprisingly I do think my parents knew what would be best for me and while a part of me still wishes I would  have gone out of state, I am positive I would have ended up transferring to MSU eventually.