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Story Time: Take my advice — I don’t use it!
It was a beautiful morning in September (gee, this sounds like a love story!) as I entered my college. It was my first day here. Feeling all bold and ready to face the challenges of college life, I straightened my white uniform and stepped in.
Ok, so far so good. The scene that awaited me was quite ordinary. Old students roaming about here and there, the new ones trying to find their classes and keeping a safe distance from their seniors (for obvious reasons). Soon I spotted a friend waving at me. Phew! What a relief! At least someone I know is here! Joining my friend, we headed off to find our classes.
As it turned out, college life is really different from school life. Actually, I’d rather prefer the latter. Nah, seriously, I mean it. In school, everything is really simple. However, in college, it’s just the opposite and I’m not exaggerating. Here you just can’t depend on your teachers like a whining little schoolgirl.
I entered college with a completely ridiculous notion in my mind that everything is going to be so cool now. Life will be easy. College is just about having fun. Hence, I developed a really carefree and “to-hell-with-the-world” attitude. Surprise! Surprise! I was all wrong!
Man, college is tougher than school! Here you have to do everything on your own. At least in school you have proper books with “just-flip-a-page-and-learn-it syllabus”. But in college you gotta make your own notes, pal! And to do this, you just can’t afford to be absent or bunk important classes.
My carefree attitude in college cost me a great deal. I turned out to be a really bad student. Now this came as a big surprise to everyone who knew me since I used to be a straight “A” student in school. Anyway, so I suffered a lot in first year. I would bunk classes, not worry the least bit about compulsory subjects, fool around and just have fun. It was towards the end of the year when the board exams were about to begin, that I started panicking (well, it was about time!). The realization of how careless my attitude had been finally dawned upon me.
I was very confused about all my six subjects and just felt like dropping out of college. Really! Anyway, I managed to pick up pieces together and study. But alas! In a state of panic and confusion, I messed up a great deal. I would study all night before an exam, keeping myself up with tons of coffee. But even then, simply couldn’t cover my entire syllabus or the important chapters for that matter. In the morning, I would feel terribly nauseous, thanks to the tons of coffee (I’m being sarcastic here) and my exam would turn out to be really bad (like, what did you expect?).
I wasn’t surprised when I got my result. It was definitely below average. My parents had the shock of their lives when I handed them my mark sheet. Bowing my head low (and really, really low) I confessed. Yeah, I’ve been a very careless freak in first year. Oh, how disappointed my parents were!
It was then that I decided that I’ll be very serious about my studies from second year onwards. (Yeah, right!)
Wonder of all wonders, (not really) I ended up NOT following my second year resolution. I was so accustomed to being such a carefree girl that the thought of actually being serious about studies bored me to death. Needless to say, I suffered a bit this year too. But I guess my papers went better this time around since I was dead scared about messing up again (gulp!).
Dear readers, the joys of entering college life are unlimited. But if you don’t take your studies seriously, man, you’ll suffer a lot. Yours truly is one such example here. Whether you take up science, commerce or arts, it really doesn’t matter. You have to work hard in college yes, more than that you have to work really hard in school. School just prepares you for your college life. It shapes you up mentally for college. You are bound to take up a careless freak attitude in college if you don’t exterminate that weird little thought at the back of your mind. No way! Now that college life has come to an end, I’d like to pour out this strange little sentence going around in my mind right now. “Finally! After two years in exile, I’m free!” .
It’s cool being a college student and it’s a lot of fun too at times, plus, you make loads of awesome new pals but that’s just about it. Sure, bunking classes and hiding from teachers has its own thrill and excitement but you gotta control yourself. Have fun but do take your studies seriously as this will shape your future. Take my advice I don’t use it!
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