donderdag, mei 08, 2008

University is about learning.
It's not as simple as learning whatever you're taught in your classes though.
It's about learning how to listen, how to speak, how to think.
Learning who you are, who your friends are and the type of people you want as friends.
Learning how to trust your innermost feelings,
and how to find those feelings in the first place.
It's about learning what's really important to you,
and learning what you don't really give a hoot about.
University is about learning how to tolerate, how to accept, how to like and how to love.
Learning how to give as well as you receive,
and how to trust that everything will even itself out on its own (you buy pizza one night, your roommate will the next).
It's about learning that your mom and dad actually do have the right answers
sometimes,
and that your kid sister isn't such a dumb kid anymore.
University is about learning how to treat people as people, not stereotypes.
Learning how to achieve, how to succeed and how to accomplish.
It's about learning how not to come in first place and still be proud and about
coming in last and learning how to admit that you could have done better.
University is about learning that loud parties don't necessarily mean a good
time.
Learning that loneliness doesn't go away in a crowd, and that sometimes it's
okay to be by yourself on a Friday or Saturday night.
It's about learning that your lunchtime crowd doesn't constitute your popularity,
and that popularity is all a matter of perspective.
It's about learning that boredom is simple laziness of the mind, and that
watching three hours of cable TV is not quality relaxation time.
University is about learning how to pack a bag, how to pack a car, and how to
pack a room full of way too much stuff.
It's about learning that people probably like you a whole lot more than they'll
ever tell you, and that it's your responsibility to make sure your friends know
how much you appreciate them.
It's about learning that simply doing what you're supposed to do isnt enough,
and that you need to put forth twice that much in order to fully grasp
whatever it is that's sitting in front of you.
University is about learning how to miss people enough to not relegate them to
the past, and how not to miss them so much that it keeps you from moving
into the future.
Learning how to motivate yourself and how to motivate others.
Learning what the phrase, "make do" means, and how to use it to make it seem
as if you're not simply "making do."
It's about learning to make people smile.
Indeed, University is about learning.
Learning to live.


Thanks.

i think its 10:17 a.m. now

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