"The thing that bothered me when I was in college was that I saw myself rejecting the way of life that got me to where I was"

Clarence Thomas' quote talks with the difficulty of navigating the shift from college to their adult years. He shares his disappointment with the disconnect in between the values and way of life that got him to university as well as the values and way of living that he was anticipated to adopt in college. He felt that he was denying the lifestyle that had gotten him to where he was, and also this bothered him. This quote talks to the problem of navigating the shift from childhood years to their adult years, and also the demand to locate an equilibrium between the worths and also lifestyle that obtained us to where we are as well as the values and lifestyle that we are expected to take on. It is a suggestion that we should not neglect our roots and the worths that obtained us to where we are, also as we strive to reach our goals.