\u201cYes\u2014Sure\u2014Of course\u2014Definitely\u2014Not at all\u2014Yep.\u201d<\/p>\n
These are the words that have slowly climbed the top of my \u201cMost Used Words\u201d list, and with good reason. College, as many have put it, is full of opportunity, and they are most certainly correct. College is indeed full of a variety of opportunities, and while on campus it is impossible to forget that very fact because said opportunity is constantly thrown in your face the moment you set foot out of your dorm.<\/p>\n
With this in mind, I\u2019m thoroughly convinced that\u00a0Dante Alighieri failed to mention the 10th<\/sup> circle of hell:<\/p>\n Advertisement.<\/p>\n College is full of walking infomercials yearning to prey upon first-year students who are so ready and raring to go that they say yes to anything\u2014like me. The word \u201cNo\u201d and I are natural enemies, and it seems that whenever a truce between the two of us would save me from a very uninteresting spiel\u2014I, instead of quoting Rosa Parks, say yes out of the social anxiety <\/span>kindness of my heart. While I would not be performing civil disobedience by rejecting their subtly desperate search for members, I still find it increasingly difficult to tell these eager beavers that I don\u2019t like wood that much.<\/p>\n Because of this, I now:<\/p>\n Support both Hillary Clinton and Rand Paul, am on the email list for the men\u2019s rowing team, own several unfilled applications, have sat through enough uncomfortable conversations to bore sloths and turtles alike, and possess an overwhelming amount of pens.<\/p>\n And the worst part of it all is that I have yet to find a single interesting group to join, so now I\u2019m stuck with this feeling of watching commercials that advertise something I will more than likely never purchase. The only thing is, I have purchased these things in a way.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve spent my time<\/em> listening to them.<\/p>\n I understand that I have quite literally been in college for less than a month, but somehow I\u2019ve managed to neglect myself already. I may not be joining these various groups and organizations, but I\u2019ve come to realize that I am almost scared to do so.<\/p>\n Am I afraid of free pens? No. (See? I did it!)<\/span><\/p>\n However, I am afraid of losing time\u2014time to study, time to relax, and time to be myself\u2014because in the face of all these new people and groups I rarely remember\u00a0to check in with myself due to my preoccupation with Hillary Clinton\u2019s College Affordability Plan which only further cements my fears.<\/p>\n Am I scared of affordable college tuition? No. (I\u2019m two for two.)<\/span><\/p>\n I am scared, however, of losing the money that is keeping me here. All of the money I received is directly tied to my academic performance, and my time is\u2014almost literally\u2014money, and I don\u2019t know whether or not I can consider myself a temporal Alexander Hamilton just yet. Once upon a time, I managed my time effectively, but now, having heard that college is so much more difficult and having money at stake, it\u2019s almost as if I\u2019m attempting to do the bare minimum. Heck, I\u2019ve never even had stakes before, and now my entire education rides on whether or not I can keep steady grades even if they don\u2019t live up to my standards.<\/p>\n Am I terrified of failing? Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. (I\u2019d be lying if I said no.)<\/span><\/p>\n I mean, the stakes are higher now. What do you expect? But I suppose that\u2019s what it means to become an adult.<\/p>\n But then I remember I\u2019ve only been here for less than a month, and that there\u2019s nothing wrong with taking my time. In fact, I highly recommend it. Sometimes time management isn\u2019t just knowing when to do what. Sometimes, I\u2019d like to think, it\u2019s knowing when to slow down as well, and there are just some things you can\u2019t see while in motion.<\/p>\n However, it\u2019s not to say that I\u2019m up to nothing at all.<\/p>\n I\u2019m learning a new language, I\u2019m learning to sing, I\u2019m writing (clearly), I\u2019m running a 5K in the coming weeks for a cancer research donation, and I\u2019m taking college one careful step at a time because I certainly won\u2019t be taking anymore hazardous strolls through campus where the club-buzzards lurk.<\/span><\/p>\n So, I\u2019ve become quite the yes-man, yes. (I\u2019m so punny.) However, I think I\u2019m going to have to forge an alliance with \u201cNo\u201d if I\u2019m gonna make it out of here alive in four years, but I suppose I’ll have to take my time learning how to do that as well. I should probably start by leaving this “Hawkeyes for Hillary” facebook page…<\/p>\n I do, however, support affordable college, so yes to that Hillary!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cYes\u2014Sure\u2014Of course\u2014Definitely\u2014Not at all\u2014Yep.\u201d These are the words that have slowly climbed the top of my \u201cMost Used Words\u201d list, and with good reason. College, as many have put it, is full of opportunity, and they are most certainly correct. 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