Due to the Ice Storm that took over Oklahoma and graced its presence over OU’s campus, I have found myself under a mountain load of make up work. Now, I am a full time student and a full time employee and more so than ever I have been asking myself is it really all worth it? I mean pulling the all nighters, always feeling like there is not enough hours in the day, never getting any sleep and some how always managing to pray that Starbucks will never go out of business makes me wonder if there was an alternative route I missed out on. You watch TV shows and see the “glamorous” side of college. The parties that never get raided, the idolized Greek life, and the transition that the ugly duckling makes and miraculous turns into a swan who some how passes all her classes and graduates a semester early all while dating the quarterback who goes straight to the NFL. Did I mention this is the girl who graduates on May 5th and starts work for a major corporation on the 6th? This is not the reality we all face. In fact, I really do not know anyone who has came close to making this their reality. Granted I know that getting my degree will benefit me in more ways than I can imagine, I wonder if all those Friday nights of me watching TGIF really helped or just distorted my idea of what growing up would be like? Whether you realize it or not, we all have this idea of what our lives should be like and the media has had an impact on that in some way, shape, or form. Matter of fact, the next time you’re in class I want you to see how many people have the new iPhone, Blackberry Curve or any new phone we all know the commercial for by heart?
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? GOOD.
Now even though I didn‘t get the Boy Meets World, or Sister, Sister edition of college life, I have to admit that these truly can be the best years of my life.
2 Reply to "Is It College Yet?"
Communicator on February 8, 2009 at 10:43 AM
You will be the last word on whether it was worth it. However,the last word from someone who has done it three times,you can't imagine what it would have been any other way, and sometimes you do experience the magic, even with the full-time job and the classes with no end. As a media consumer, I make my own windows of the world, that are full or real treasures and not media realities.
Kelsey on April 10, 2009 at 12:02 PM
You are not in this mess of college life ups and downs alone! I too watch the T.V. shows that all portray college life as completely effortless. When in reality the typical day is combined with studying day and night with the papers/projects that drag out for months....I think to myself, "Is this really what I want to do?" Whether it's my major, my new and improved "life plan" etc. There are ALWAYS those doubts and they become even more magnified when running on E from no sleep! But then I think how fortunate I am to have the chance to attend college and graduate with a college degree. I think about how the television shows are only fictitious and I remind myself to not get caught up in that unrealistic mold. There are other kids who would kill for the opportunities that are presented to me. Yes, the majority of the time the actual "school/work thing" sucks but it's what you do with it in the end that counts.
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