Admit it. collegefolk...when you found out you were accepted to go to a university, you couldn't help but think about how you were going to do things new. Somewhere in that line of thinking, you were thinking about how you weren't going to make the same mistakes you did back in High School. I'm already succeeding partially in change, except I fucked up in a math class by making a mistake I haven't fallen for since middle school (enough about that.)
College is for getting out and doing new things. I know a few people who decided to stick with their high school friends off campus and have a little apartment for themselves. I respect that, truly, but they're simply friends...there's a reason why you don't live with your friends - you stay with them for too long and you end up hating them. You're supposed to visit your friends. All these dudes are doing are just being afraid to get out to do new things. Get out. College is a new time. A new life. I've been doing great so far, and one of the people I was talking about bitched to me about how it sucks that he sees the same people every day. The point I'm trying to make here is that you gotta let go of the past. Sure, he could solve his problem by just going out more, that's a bit more risky than it is just staying on campus and leaving your door open while you're in your dorm chilling.
Accept and welcome change. It builds character by increasing your life experiences. You'll become a more interesting person if you do. And yeah, I know this isn't the tone an Angry Black Man would typically use, but here's a picture of me at the moment. You can tell the rage will simply not go away.
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I agree with you. College should be about getting out into the "real" world, or at least something closer to the "real" world than you've been before, and part of being in the real world is that you can't just hang out with the same group of five friends all the time. You've got to do stuff on your own and meet new people.
I decided to just get a random roommate as opposed to sharing one of my friends from high school, and so far it's worked out great.
Even though I have a bunch of friends from high school here, I don't really hang out with them all that much. We see each other from time to time around campus, and that's good enough.
On a side note, I think the picture of emo Spongebob is pretty funny.
I completely agree with you in this...college does mean time for change. In high school it’s ok to be with your crowd all the time and never change friends and always do the same stuff, but college is different. College is the beginning of the “real world” that’s why it is important to network and meet as many people as you can because you never know, you might meet someone here in Carolina that will someday be the C.E.O of some big business and wouldn’t you like to have those connections? I know I would. That’s why I try to meet at least three new people every weekend; I did potluck and avoided rooming with my friends from back home, and I only hang out with my friends from charlotte once a week. Change is good and meeting people is great so I agree with you and say that it’s stupid of all those people that come here and stay with their friends from high school because they are missing out on the opportunities of making new lifelong friends.
I agree with you to a point. For someone like your friend, who is miserable living with his friends from high school, rooming with someone new would have probably been a good idea. However, I decided to room with one of my good friends from high school, and it has worked out very well. We share many common interests and know enough about each other so that we don't piss each other off. But as for not getting out into the real world, I think it can go either way. My roommate is outgoing and likes doing new things and meeting new people, so, because I hang out with him, I have had many experiences that I wouldn't have otherwise. I have several good friends that I met through my roommate, just because he is always talking to someone. Unfortunately, it's a little harder to study when there are four people in your room watching t.v. at night, but you can always go to a study lounge. All things considered, I'm glad I roomed with a friend.
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