Allegory_Of_The_Cave_Vs_College_Freshman

Allegory Of The Cave Vs College Freshman Plato's Allegory of the Cave is incredibly relevant to the life of a college freshman. Prior to starting college, I believed that it would be a whole new world. This world would be one in which I could break away from everything I had known before, truly becoming my own self, without any pressure from my peers. Though this vision may have been a reality for many people from small towns who had graduating classes of 28 or less, for me it was a devastating disappointment. I discovered that from my graduating class of 439, over half my former classmates are now my current classmates. The rut that I fell into during high school is one from which I am still trying to crawl out. I cannot go anywhere on campus without running into people from my past. These people are not terrible, I just want to start again, make new friends, expand my horizons, and be my own person. When I was in my cave, I thought the new world would be glorious. Instead, it is gloomy. I understand that it is my choice to be around the people college, been, people, one, make, group, am, own, learned, groups, cave, school, learn, world, new, myself, life, frankl, dr, class, about, without, way, thought, though, out, now, native, high, friends, feel, education, completely, classes, both