I applaud the president of Kilgore College for standing behind his theater department, but I think the people bashing this production need to ask themselves why they have chosen to focus their energies in this manner. Alan Melson is a senior broadcast journalism major from Richardson, Texas. When I was a freshman, Mom and Dad told me I had four years to have fun before I graduated and entered the dreaded real world. They also told me that I had better make good grades and behave myself while I did. Now, with barely a semester and a half left to go at TCU, I have been doing some reflecting on the whole college experience.
Education is central to a person's college experience.
Although the knowledge you gain in the classroom is important, I don't think that is where you really learn how to live in the real world. When I go out to live on my own and work for a living, it will not be some long-winded scientific theory or the underlying metaphors in an outdated novel that will ensure success. It's all the little things that go along with college life, such as getting along with people, living on a college budget and juggling your time between class, activities, clubs and free time. There is a place where I have learned all of these things. Not in the library or a dorm room, but at the University Pub.