# Youthful Passions/Protests: Inherently Good or Bad?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youthful-passions-protests-inherently-good-or-bad/159763>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 7, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youthful-passions-protests-inherently-good-or-bad/159763 "2003-03-07T18:13:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youthful-passions-protests-inherently-good-or-bad/159763/21 "2003-03-11T22:07:46Z")

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Wasn’t there some famous person who said something like:

“College is not the place to change the world. College is the place to learn how to change the world.”

IMHO, more college students should subscribe to that philosophy. Put your passion into broadening your horizons, kid. Then, once you’ve figured out all life’s answers, go out and do something about it.

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