Both of these students were phenomenally excited about the lure and the learning their respective Alternative Spring Breaks offered as what might be one of their favorite college memories. College is the time when you learn what matters most to you. My best friend died. Two college friends realized they had breast cancer. More friends than fingers on my hands had a parent go to a hospital with a stroke or a heart attack.
College is labeled a time when boys and girls become men and women.
I think of these students who learned their priorities, and it hits me. In college, we live in a manicured world. We have our food served to us, our lawns mowed for us and our bathrooms cleaned as well. We think we have control over life and are more than willing to explain to others how life ticks. The real world happens to you.