Why University is Awesome

Today was not a good day. I had some problems with finishing projects, caused a slight bacterial outbreak in my lab that caused my TA to squawk (not scream, but like a bird call)loudly and found out the test i thought i killed...killed me. DOH!

Oh well, for some reason when I return to my room and prepare for bed I look back and think how great the day actually was. I may have screwed up a test, but thanks to profs that expect it to happen I can drop that test and write a 80% exam (Yay...I hope). I also did great in another subject that is taught by a German prof who could't explain 1+1=2 to a child without confusing himself. Victory is mine? Not quite but I'll take it because this is how University functions, they throw as many punches at you and see if you fall. If you do, well then you drop out and work as a manager at McDonald's, but if you can stand in there take the blows and come out with your head up you'll be rewarded with the ability to change the world by doing something you love. Ultimately, who cares if I nearly failed a mid-term I could still run for office and win, or find the cure to any disease out there.

I would be selling University short if I stopped there though, because its so much more and this is what makes any day great when I'm here. I had dinner with a friend and went over ridiculous stories from the weekend, bursting out in laughter and nearly sending a potato flying. Even in a lab in which I almost caused a centrifuge to explode by forgetting a lid, I got learn awesome things in my field of study with awesome lab mates who are as confused as I am. And when I got back to my dorm for the day, I was greeted by people who want to discuss the day. Again this is why University is life changing, a true nexus of social life and work life. The people you meet here are the close friends you have forever because you live, work, play, win, fail, laugh, run, drink, party and do stupid stuff with on a Saturday night. You come together to understand what's going on in this world and you discover that nothing is realer, more meaningful than the fun times you share learning about each other.

So that's life of a undergrad student, we're a mashed up network of people thrown together into a mess of school work and overlapping egos, but after 4 years we come out of that blender with a ticket to a job and a network of countless, life-long friends.

Life's Good...Cheers!!!