College can have a major influence in the shaping of one’s identity. Higher education comes with a number of factors an individual has to face. These include independence, freedom and self-awareness. Drifting away from high school life and family, from long-term friends to solidarity amongst strangers can give pressure to a student in various aspects.
“There is no better time to establish yourself than in college, you are bombarded with so much variety and confusion that you have to find a more comfortable you in the situation,” states Sakhile Ndlazi, a third year journalism student.
Ndlazi understands that when you do first enter this world of college, gullibility and shifting of conformation will be the inevitable but consoles one with the fact that after a maximum of two years, you would have found your ideal identity.
“Establishing this identity does mean that you will make a number of mistakes, you will be pressured to change a few times but that all forms part of the growing phase. You really are just an individual between adolescence and adulthood,” explains Ndlazi.
Once certain of your identity there is nothing more fulfilling. Having the ability to identify yourself and existence amongst peers is a sure sign of further maturity and individuality.
“I believe that I have found myself and I am ready to face the world outside college. My experience here has been absolutely amazing and I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world,” says Ndlazi
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