Seeing many of my friends coming and going, here and then gone, I recently got to think about what college really is, besides ungodly expensive. And look, I'm even using the analytical skills that I've acquired here at ISU to do it. College, I've decided, is not only about getting schooled in academia, it's about also about learning what it means to screw up, bite it, blow it. It's about throwing a monkey wrench in your own engine and getting your own hands dirty to get it out. I've seen a lot of dirty hands, including my own.
College is the life.
Working part time, no true commitments or responsibilities, no obligations. All the time in the world to travel, fall in and out of love, stumble in and out of parties. I honestly think it would be a mistake to disregard these things as an integral part of college life. In fact, I'm willing to wager that these are the most important parts of it. Well, we've come to terms with the fact that, for some, the four-year thing is a big, fat, jolly lie.