I almost fainted writing the title for this article. Why you ask? Well it's because there is not a single fiber in my body that wants to graduate college. However, no matter how much I can deny it, this is the last ride. That being said knowing that you're graduating soon makes you think a lot about your time in college. It also makes you realize a few things about being the big-people on campus, and today I will be going over a few of those things.
Thing 1: Freshmen look like children
Ah yes, the ultimate sign that you are getting older and graduating soon. Looking at a wide-eyed 18 year old and thinking of them as someones 12 year old sibling wandering campus. It's weird though to think about how you never saw your freshman self like that.They all look so happy and full of hope and it breaks your heart every time, because you know that the reality of the semester will soon set in and they too will be full of pain and suffering. But hey, for a second it's nice to see those eager freshman to remind yourself how you felt your first year away at school.
Thing 2: You actually start to (finally) take classes for your major
Yes, the day you thought would never come, the day your classes are actually relevant to your major. No more sitting at your computer fighting against other students to get into a class thats actually in your major. No longer do you have to sit in another History lecture or a Psychology 101 class (unless, you know, that's your major). Is it a lot harder? Yes. Will it keep getting harder? Probably. Am I going to cry? Good chance. However, none of that matters because it will all be over soon...
Thing 3: The crushing reality that this time next year...you won't be at college
Welcome adulthood, I don't recall letting you in. But it doesn't matter because whether you like it or not in a short time you're going to have to be a real functioning member of society. Scary right? Almost makes you want to cry (actually does make me want to cry). No longer will I be able to stay out until 3am drinking 1$ beers and stumbling into class at 8am. No longer will I be able to take the recommended 2 naps a day. Pizza will more than likely no longer be a dietary staple, and coffee will also probably going back to being a beverage instead of a food group. Actually I take the coffee part back, that stuff is essential to all life.
So in closing I would just like to remind all of my college friends to seize every oppurtunity you can to enjoy college. After all, these are the best 4 years of our lives.
Yours Truly,
Ryan Jordan
