June 2, 2009
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What advice would you give to graduating seniors and why?
[cue pomp and circumstance]
1. If you don’t know what you want to study in college – and most people don’t honestly have it set in stone – community college is a really fantastic alternative.
I was unmotivated to go to school, didn’t really know what I wanted to do and didn’t like the idea of leaving home right after high school. For a year, as my friends packed up and went to school, I took classes and worked and it was the best decision I could have made.
It should be noted that people will talk and wonder why you didn’t leave for school. This is fine. Come June, your parents will explain later that the college you are transferring to in August is actually paying you to go. This is sweet.
2. Take as many pictures as you can. It doesn’t matter how dumb they are.
3. Buy and sell your books on half.com or Amazon. You should get about three times more than you would at the bookstore. If you need a book, like, that day, make a friend in your class. It is going to be weird having to talk to people. It’s worth it.
4. Turn off the BLEEP! BLOOP! noises on your AIM in the dorm. Encourage others to do the same.
5. STUDY ABROAD. You will learn more about yourself and another culture than you would in any classroom; having explored a country and owning a passport is a very good thing. It’s scary and expensive and so worth it.
Now throw your cap.
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Comments (20)
I’d just tell them to watch The Rules Of Attraction and then say “if you pay a bit more attention THAT SHIT WON’T GO DOWN”.
Not that, you know, it’d work, but…
great advice!
Great post!
I agree about #2; there is little to document my college experience, and I feel a bit of regret over it. But on the other hand, most photos would have been of the library, ha, so maybe it’s for the best?
I like #2! and lol @ #4
GREAT ADVICE!!! makes me wish I was a senior in high school so i could have taken some of them
MY ADVICE: find a hobby, or else you’ll be bored to near suicidal urges *_*
Perfectly put. Bravo.
Totally agreed. #2 is true. I love photosssss
Also, dont procrasinate, which i am doing right now. Facebook is a distraction as well as messenger or any other type of electronic devices.
Adivce: Read the Dread Pirate.
Why: Because if you read and donate heavily…you will be a success!
*grin*
Sail on… sail on!!!
do your work. always.
put your fullest effort into everything you do.
follow your passion, don’t let go.
I wish I knew about selling my books online before college!
Sound advice all around.
Great advice!
Good points, all. You might also add that there is something to be said for following your heart’s desire, but that doesn’t mean you have to follow a boy/girlfriend to the ends of the earth. Who knows if you’ll still be together at the end of four years, and who wants to be locked in to 4 years @ Sesatchwan U when you had really wanted to attend Florida State?
#5. STUDY ABROAD. good advice.
It is very actual for me )
Of course you know I am all about number 2.
Thats great, thanks
POMP IT UP!
Do your work with full dedication and alwayzzz try to put your best efforts….