Editor’s Note: This article was published in an April Fool’s Day edition of Student Life. Its content is not factual.
Looking back on this year, I’ve learned a lot. Today I woke up, and I was really tired! I realized that sometimes, sleep is important.
This year is my sophomore year. When it was my freshman year, I thought it was the most important year of them all. I thought the same thing my senior year of high school, back in Tinseltown, Indiana. But I realized when I woke up this morning that sophomore year was actually the most important.
Not only are you living with your friends, but you even have to pick a major. I don’t know what I want to do with the rest of my life. And then I realized, while I was clipping my toenails, that that’s okay. We should all do what we want to do.
But then, as I walked to class and tried unsuccessfully to avoid acknowledging vague acquaintances, I realized that I am really busy. Boy! I hardly have time to comb my hair. And the real kicker is, I have a lot of stuff to do. What I learned is that Dan. U. students are very involved in activities!
But the funniest thing is, while I was walking past someone trying to give me a handout about clubbing baby seals, I noticed that there are lots of other problems in the world other than my homework. I sure worry a lot! But who knew that we were so insignificant? My problems are almost not important compared to the hardships many baby seals face.
But today, when I was sitting in the library studying for my underwater basket-weaving class, I looked around at all the people around me reading books too, and I realized, holy moley, I sure like college! There are a bunch of people just like me, and they’re smart too!
I can sit down and have a conversation about Plato’s relation to 19th century marine biology one second, and then binge drink until my liver explodes the very next second- with the same person. There sure is lots of funny stuff in college. I sure like it!
But what I really wanted to say was that, boy are we lucky, and college is hard, and funny things happen, and we should think about stuff sometimes and lots of things happen.These are the best four years of our lives! Oh boy!
Samantha is a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences. She enjoys piña coladas and getting caught in the rain. She also enjoys long walks along the beach and can be reached at [email protected] .