It was the first time I was without some of my closest friends, some of whom I'd been going to school with since kindergarten. But college taught me more than just how to live on my own. I no longer take everything at face value anymore. I look for what's beneath the surface. My education made me more intelligent and knowledgeable, but it's my ability to think which has made me wiser.
College is also much more than just the pursuit of a degree.
And education is much more than what you find in a book. I learned more from my 3 a.m. conversations with friends than I did in most classrooms. If I sound nostalgic, it's because I am. Other seniors know exactly what I'm talking about. Our lives will never be the same again.