Nothing is ever easy, however some
things in life generally are geared towards making it easier. I would never in my life agree with the
statement "College is easy."
after my first two semesters at a big main university, I however would
agree with the statement that our school and my sorority do everything in their
power to make sure It's as easy as they can make it. I wish for everyone's sake that it were true
college were easy however, what would that mean for the future of our world if
just anyone could graduate with a degree.
And no matter how hard they try there are certain things in college no
one but you yourself can learn and do anything about.
A lot of what makes college so
difficult is that in large part college is about finding yourself. In as many ways possible.
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Your
religion: will you choose to continue on
in the ways of your parents or will you forge a new path with your new freedom
and find a new way.
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Your
career: will you do what you always
thought you would or will something else pop up that makes so much more sense
that, or maybe you will change your mind ten times before you can find what's
right for you.
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Politics: Will you take on the things that you grew up
hearing about? Will you go to protest
against what you grew up hearing?
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Yourself: Will you continue to hide behind makeup? Will you still be the quiet one in the
corner? Will you always tone down your
outfit afraid of what others think?
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Relationships: Do you want to stay with the boy from high
school that you feel you have outgrown and grown distant from? Do you want to boy hop from one boy to
another each week? Are you ready to
settle down? or do you want to play
hookie for a couple years before getting serious?
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Friends: Will you continue to be friends with girls
who you feel make you think less of yourself?
Or will you continue to be the girl that has to have every guy even if
it's your friends guy?
College is full of wonder and
deciding and finding one's self. But for
one moment imagine the time it is going to take you to learn all of this about
yourself. I myself am in my second year
almost third and have only barely scratched the surface of friends, politics,
my career and my religion. I have no
clue what I will find out about myself or about my relationships or any of it
in the last bit of time I have here at the university but I do know that this
is barely touching the enormous pressures of college.
The other things that make college
hard are as follow.
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Greek
life: Do you want to join greek
life? Are you willing to be labeled
shallow for "buying your friends"?
Do you want a sisterhood? Do you
want the commitment it takes? The hours
you put in? Is it all parties? Or is there more? Which one should i be in? What if i don't find one i fit in with?
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Parties: Oh no I don't have any friends Im not popular
I won't get invited to any parties! I
need to make friends. Oh no i don't
really know how to talk to guys will i still get invited? What do i wear?
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Sports: Should I tryout for a team? Do i have time to
be on a team? Should I join an intramural?
Should I join this team with my friends? What about studying?
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On
Campus Activities: There's a free movie tonight! Lets Go! Oh Gosh lets go out to that free
concert! But my studies? Or what if I
don't do it now and then I never get to?
So I realize this does not happen to everyone, but these are
generally issues I see all of my friends and I go through. Not one of us has not had one of these
thoughts or had to come to the other for help with one of these. But the biggest challenge you will face in
school is:
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Class/Grades
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Ditching:
should i ditch? Well i went out last
night maybe I should sleep in! Its only
one class! I'll be there the next day.
(until you're not.)
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Homework: Should i do my homework now or after that
game? What if i just go out for a little
while? Ehh there will be more grades. I don't need this one.
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Tests: I can get by with studying for an hour. Studies for six hours...fails the test. realizes you have a very hard teacher and
fails the test.
There
is so much to do in college and there are so many ways to change, get
distracted and to lose time. This
article was soely meant for more people to understand that college is more than
parties. A lot of what is above is
viewed as horribly superficial but it is the truth as to what goes on in
college. It is what happens in our minds
and it is what we constantly are thinking about.
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