AN: inspired by lyrics from "Numb" by Linkin Park. Just a little look into Finn's character for season 3. I noticed a difference in how Finn took Kurt's advice from earlier in the season and the talk in the guidance office, and this is my take on his thought process between the two.
Walking out of the guidance office, Finn immediately let the college brochures fall into the trash can. Who were they to tell him he needed to college? Who were they to try to dictate what his dream was? And Rachel, it seems at times that the only thing she was worried about was that he came to New York with her. That his dream didn't interfere with hers. If he decided that he didn't want to go to New York he knew Rachel would be furious with him. What he didn't know is if she would stay with him or dump him for New York City and her own dream.
He felt pressured by so many people to decide what he wanted to do. Felt pressured to make a choice that would make them happy. Reaching his locker, Finn put in the combination and opened the door. Switching out books he came across the college brochures that Kurt had given to him awhile back. He had looked through them but as of yet nothing had jumped out at him.
Picking one up he wondered why he had trashed the brochures Rachel, Mr. Schue, and Miss Pillsbury had given him but the thought hadn't crossed his mind when Kurt had left these. Thinking about the conversation, it didn't take Finn long to realize the difference. Kurt's words and advice had come from his genuine concern for Finn's well being. His stepbrother hadn't been pressuring him to make a decision one way or the other, just trying to make Finn believe in himself. When Kurt had left the locker room, Finn hadn't felt as if he had to make a certain decision to make his stepbrother happy but had known that whatever decsion he made in the end, whether he approved of it or not, Kurt would be there for him no matter what happened.
Pulling out the rest of the brochures Kurt had given him, Finn decided to take another look at them. Perhaps something would jump out at him, he thought pulling them out of the locker. As he was putting them into his backpack, he dropped one. Retrieving it from the floor, he glanced at the cover. It was a brochure for The Actor's Studio. He zipped his backpack, slung it over one shoulder and flipped the brochure open as he started down the hall.