College seems to be an important part of our lives nowadays. There may be people around us who probably have never attended university but have achieved success anyway. As an example of this, we can mention Leonel Messi who is one of the most famous footballers in the world but has never attended college before. However, college might be really helpful sometimes. It helps us to open our eyes and to see the different paths we can choose and it also helps us to prepare our minds and body in a professional way. We are helped by teachers and experts on every field so we are given the opportunity to know their experiences and to avoid their own mistakes. It is obvious that experience will also play a role in our professional careers as athletes, but college might also be a excellent way to start our professional lives as such.
The phrase that has a connotation of freedom and adventure is: "splashed on through the swamp"
Taking into consideration the context in which that phrase was written we can see in the words "splash" and "swamp" John Muir's perspective of life. He was a naturalist writer who loved traveling and who found freedom and adventure in his experiences in the wild life.
