pardon the cliche, "college life"

the past couple of weeks has been tormenting, financially, physically, mentally, emotionally and socially as well. we have learned to deal with every idiosyncrasies there is and we have learned to battle against the the simple joys and pleasures of life namely sleeping and eating. i'm not trying to glorify myself nor my classmates because what we have done is no way a feat compared with those who are trying to make this world a better place as their way life. but among ourselves, we the struggling student, the end of this semester and making it out alive is a feat in itself, not only the subjects passed or the assignments completed an accomplishment but the valuable lessons learned in the process was the crowning glory of everything. just as i have always said and thought of while we are painstakingly trying to meet our deadlines, we are going to finish whatever it is that we are doing, one way or the other. some, quite satisfactorily than the other but nonetheless we are all going to move on and get past this stage, the more important thing is what have we learn in the process. did we become good people, or just one of those.... that is the paramount consideration here. years from now, we will forget all the lectures and activities and the grades that we got from all the subjects that today we glorify and made the center of our lives, but we will never forget the values ingrained in us by the experience, this will be our most potent weapon, once the day of reckoning arrives. this will complete who we are and what differs us from the other. so while we are laboring and toiling our souls out for our precious grades, did we still have our values with us or it just flew away with the rest of our morals?

so what i have learned?

1. sleeping and eating is a privelege.
2. you may study till the crack of dawn but the test will not be the one you reviewed or studied for.
3. it pays to study and listen for the whole of semester not only for exams and major test, believe me on this!!!
4. you'll never know a person until you see him in a great deal of pressure.
5. now you know the essence of sem breaks, before i didn't see the logic of it, now i know and i think i love it.
6. you can plan all you want but things will happen not according to what you planned.
7. after college you can make a living out of the xerox papers that you have.
8. you think that college has shorter days of school, indeed, but most learning are done after school hours believe me.
9. personal lesson: why does it seem that the sun rises differently on other houses?
10. education is an investment of everything, if you give up, its your loss.

...and the list goes on and on but no matter how difficult it is, keep thinking that we will all get through we just have to hold on to our values and look deep inside, what will i learn from this, after all your there for the learning, right?

Maria Francia Posted At 10:31:00 PM

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