People who go to college are incredible.
 

We go to classes.  We read and absorb and are comprehensively tested on heavy amounts of varoius materials.  We sleep very little.  We drink ourselves into oblivion.  We kill ourselves with several types of smoke. We cough and keep smoking.  Someone is always sick.  Someone is always complaining.

We become attached to close friends.  We smother each other.  We lean too much.
 

We think often of the past and want to go back.  We know we cannot.  We all have separate lives, families, backgrounds and pasts.  We live totally different from how we used to live.  We are frustrated and sometimes want
to give up, but we never stop trying.  We disregard health.  We eat awful foods.  We are forced to think about the future.  We are scared and confused.  We reach out for things, yet we don't find them.  We try to sort out our minds, which are filled with studies, worries, problems, memories, emotions--powerful feelings.  We wander the halls looking for happiness.

We hurt--a lot.

We keep going, though, because above all else, we never stop learning, growing, changing, and most important dreaming.  Dreams keep us going and they always will.  All we can do is be thankful that we have something to hold onto, like dreams and each other.

Pass this on to your friends

*****

"Before I came to college I wish I had known..."

That it didn't matter how late I scheduled my first class, I'd sleep right through it.
That I could change so much and barely realize it.
That you can love a lot of people in a lot of different ways.
That college kids throw airplanes too.
That if you wear polyester everyone will ask you why you're so dressed up.
That every clock on campus shows a different time.
That if you were smart in high school--so what?
That I would go to a party the night before a final.
That chem labs require more time than all my classes put together.
That you can know everything and fail a test.
That you can know nothing and ace a test.
That I could get used to almost anything I found out about my roommate.
That home is a great place to visit.
That  most of my education would be obtained outside of my classes.
That friendship is more than getting drunk together.
That I would be one of those people my parents warned me about.
That free food served until 10:00 is gone by 9:50.
That Sunday is a figment of the world's imagination.
That Psychology is really Biology, That Biology is really Chemistry,That Chemistry is really Physics, and Physics is really Math.
That my parents would become so much smarter in the last few years.
That it's possible to be alone even when you are surrounded by friends
That friends are what makes this place worthwhile!!
Don't be dismayed at goodbyes.
A farewell is necessary before we can meet again, and meeting again, after moments or a lifetime is certain for those who are friends.

"We are young despite the years, we are concern, we are hope despite the
times."                                     ---R.E.M.

"You can make my life worth while, I can make you start to smile."
                                   ---Mr. Big