" College, after all, as those who like to denigrate it often say, is "not the real world." But that is precisely its strength. College is an opportunity to stand outside the world for a few years, between the orthodoxy of your family and the exigencies of career, and contemplate things from a distance. "

― William Deresiewicz , Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life