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Hi, I'm new here. I just wanted express my feelings on how college is not always like its portrayed in the media. Girls gone wild, old school and all these other goofy shows that give people the perception that college is all about getting drunk, doing drugs, doing stupid honeysuckle and getting laid. Even if this were true, only 1/5 of the student body is doing it (Frats and Sororities) which leaves an awful lot of people to fall through the cracks.
I say this because I'm not a particularly social person, actually I'm a bit anti-social. But I have noticed this trend not only within myself but also within the close friends that I've have kept from high who are social people.
I got to school of between 32,000 and 33,000 students. Most per major classes involve 130 students minimum as they very often lecture halls. The only exceptions to this is English, Math, and laboratory sciences. As you may see, a lot of students fall through the cracks.
I as i'm sure many of you are, am Dostoevsky's "Invisible Man". I'm always watching, always lurking, but never there. I'm the guy you see in the elevator everyday, the guy pass on your way to your morning class, I'm there at the cafe; quietly eating my breakfast every Wednesday morning. I find myself at night lurking, 3am I wake up, head to the coffee shop, eat fast food, wonder around Walmart. Anything, anything that will clear my head. In a lot of ways its almost like I don't want to be seen, like I want to be alone within my own thoughts. I feel disconnected from reality, like the world is moving and I'm standing still, just watching.
I'm a junior now (just a third year student actually). I'm confident things probably won't change unless something drastic happens. In just a couple years most students have tied down their friendships and their lives/goals. There is not usually room for more. People here are self-righteous, very confident people. Women especially (as compared to women who went to the working world), they know what they want out of life and if you don't fit within their frame of your existence within their life, they don't want anything to do with you. Although, I'll admit, i'm just like all those other people. Self-Righteous, not wanting anyone to get in the way.
So, I just wanted to let everyone know that, their are an lot of people who fall through the cracks in college. For most of us its a lot of work, mentally and sometimes physically as often people have to work many hours to afford school. I'm lucky in this regard though, financially I've always been well off. Maybe that has led to things being like this....
I say this because I'm not a particularly social person, actually I'm a bit anti-social. But I have noticed this trend not only within myself but also within the close friends that I've have kept from high who are social people.
I got to school of between 32,000 and 33,000 students. Most per major classes involve 130 students minimum as they very often lecture halls. The only exceptions to this is English, Math, and laboratory sciences. As you may see, a lot of students fall through the cracks.
I as i'm sure many of you are, am Dostoevsky's "Invisible Man". I'm always watching, always lurking, but never there. I'm the guy you see in the elevator everyday, the guy pass on your way to your morning class, I'm there at the cafe; quietly eating my breakfast every Wednesday morning. I find myself at night lurking, 3am I wake up, head to the coffee shop, eat fast food, wonder around Walmart. Anything, anything that will clear my head. In a lot of ways its almost like I don't want to be seen, like I want to be alone within my own thoughts. I feel disconnected from reality, like the world is moving and I'm standing still, just watching.
I'm a junior now (just a third year student actually). I'm confident things probably won't change unless something drastic happens. In just a couple years most students have tied down their friendships and their lives/goals. There is not usually room for more. People here are self-righteous, very confident people. Women especially (as compared to women who went to the working world), they know what they want out of life and if you don't fit within their frame of your existence within their life, they don't want anything to do with you. Although, I'll admit, i'm just like all those other people. Self-Righteous, not wanting anyone to get in the way.
So, I just wanted to let everyone know that, their are an lot of people who fall through the cracks in college. For most of us its a lot of work, mentally and sometimes physically as often people have to work many hours to afford school. I'm lucky in this regard though, financially I've always been well off. Maybe that has led to things being like this....
