[Dialogue]

Officer: Is there a Zane Smith in here?
Zane: Yooooo! That’s me. What’s going on?
Officer: Okay. Okay. Today’s your lucky day son!
(Keys jungle unlocking cell door)
Looks like you’re getting out early!
Zane: It’s about time!
Officer: You come back and pay us a visit now ya’ hear!
Zane: No thanks, I’m good!
(Cell door slams shut for the last time)

[Monologue]

Fresh air feels real good. See I’m a free man now. I’ve got my degree, now the world is mine to discover. But you know, I’ve been thinking lately. College really isn’t for everybody. It’s another challenge that some choose to accept. They just throw everything they can at you just to see if you will quit or fight through it all. Can you pay the costs? Can you make it to class? Can you complete assignments? Pass tests? Use time wisely? Can you hold down a job? Just another challenge, another test just like life is. It gets challenging, but it’s not hard. The best part of college was that taste of freedom. No longer a kid. Not quite an adult. A slight sense of responsibility. The search for defining oneself. The discovery that only a few people are truly in your corner. The world is a lot larger than a university campus. For those reasons, no college isn’t really for everybody, but knowledge is. It’s so many ways that it can be obtained, most times without being paid for. There are many things that living and experiencing things can teach us. School, (huh) I’m done with that but my knowledge and growth will continue until the day I die. It’s sad but money runs society. If you’re not making money, you’re not a part of society. If you’re not a part of society, you’re homeless. If you’re not homeless, you’re a couch surfer (laugh). But seriously, everybody has to work if they want a roof over their head, clothes on their back, and food in their stomach. I know I have my views of education, but I do understand that everybody has to do something. Find a skill, learn a trade. Something. That’s basically what I did. I’m still quite unsure what I want to do with my life but I’ve got a couple ideas. But of course like they say, you never know if you never try