Life in College College is about learning. It is not as simple as learning whatever it is that is beingtaught in your required classes, though. It is about learning how to listen, how to speak,how to think. Learning who you are, who your friends are, the type of people you want asfriends. Learning how to trust your innermost feelings, and how to find those feelings inthe first place. It is about learning what is really important to you, and learning what youreally do not give a damn about. College is about learning how to tolerate, how to accept, how to like, and how tolove. Learning how to give as well as you receive, and how to trust that everything willeven itself out on its own (you buy a pizza one night, your roommate will the next night).It is about learning that your mom and dad actually do have the right answers sometimes,and that your younger sister is not such a little kid anymore. College is about learning how to treat people as people, not as stereotypes.Learning that sometimes a kiss is not just a kiss, that sometimes it means more, and thatsometimes it means less. Learning how to achieve, how to succeed, how to accomplish. Itis about learning how to not come in first place and still be proud, and about coming inlast and learning how to admit that you could have done better. College is about learning that loud parties do not necessarily mean a good time.Learning that loneliness does not go away in a crowd (worst, if you are international), andthat sometimes it is okay to be by yourself on a Friday or Saturday night. It is aboutlearning that your lunchtime crowd does not constitute your popularity, and thatpopularity is all a matter of perspective. It is about learning that boredom is simply lazinessof the mind, and that watching three hours of Thursday night ABC is not quality relaxationtime. College is about learning how to pack a bag, how to pack a car, and how to pack aroom full of way too much stuff. Learning ...
