The quotation from J.D Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, relates to what I believe the meaning of college is. The author is trying to tell us that college will show you what you are destined for in life. It will show you how your mind will accept and what it will reject. College will be the beginning of the rest of your life.
             J.D Salinger is trying to show us that if we just stick with college it will show us what we, as individuals can except. It will allow you to accept and reject certain ideas that will be forced upon you in your college life. It is the time when you decide for yourself what you will do for the rest of your life. Salinger say's " If you go along with it any considerable distance, it'll begin to give you an idea what size mind you have. What it'll fit and, maybe, what it won't." (Pg.). Salinger is trying to show us much more with this one quotation however.
             Once we have decided what our mind will accept, it is time to start blocking out those ideas that don't concern us. We need to use our God given talents to the best of our abilities, and now that we have discovered what direction we should head in life we should stay on that path. We have to realize what we have been put on this earth for and we need to head in that direction. That is exactly what college will do for us; head us in the correct way on the path of life. Salinger say's " After a while you'll have an idea what kind of thoughts you particular size mind should be wearing. For one thing, it may save you and extraordinary amount of time trying on ideas that don't suit you, aren't becoming to you." (Pg.). This quotation is trying to give us a purpose in life and a reason to succeed in college. There is one last step in this learning process on our way to success though.
             We have decided now what we want to do with our life. We know what we need to do to succeed and ...