College: a first step on a lifelong journey

The CAO offers for college places will be made tomorrow. There will be joy, relief, sadness and despair. Some dreams will be made; others shattered.

But it is important to put it all into perspective. The world we live in is changing rapidly, constantly morphing and redefining itself. While the course and college many students choose is obviously important, it is no longer the life-defining decision that it was for previous generations. Careers ...