‘The Idiot’ makes me want to do college over again

Of all the many bad decisions I’ve made in my life, one of the most baffling was my decision, at seventeen, to go to college in Indiana.

What was going through my mind then? What was I thinking — or was I not thinking at all? I did have a full ride — that played a role in the decision, sure — but it was a real culture shock, going from sunny, cosmopolitan Los Angeles to a tiny university in a tiny college town, where students walked around wearing shapeless khakis and fleeces and corduroy p...