college is NOT for the faint at heart

I cannot help but think about how much CRAP me and all my friends have to go through in this thing we call college. THIS sucks. I mean, yeah, it's fun... when you aren't doing work for your 37 hours of classes... but seriously... how can ANYONE say that college is the best time of one's life when YOU ARE HERE FOR AN EDUCATION... not for friends... not to find an r-thingy... not for a greek organization... not to get drunk... but for an EDUCATION. I think I believe in this even more than the run of the mill college student because I am an education major, and I am serious when I say that education is the foundation for EVERYTHING. You can't get friends if you are a dummy that no one wants to be around... you won't find an r-thingy if you are stupid and you don't know how to treat other people... fraternities and sororities are college organizations, and what is a COLLEGE organization without COLLEGE (education)... and the whole drinking thing... well, I suppose it doesn't take a rocket scientest to be able to get drunk.

But anyway, I am just thinking about all the stuff I have to do this week. I am procrastinating, 'cause I should really get up and get dressed. I'm supposed to be in Greenville for an eye-appointment at 11:30. I don't want to go. I wish I could get rid of all distractions and just do what I am supposed to do so I can get the hell out of here... CLEMSON. I'm ready for a little bit of a change. I'm ready to stretch my wings. I seriously feel like I am ALWAYS stressed out. But the thing is, I should really never be stressed out about anything besides school. I gotta go to school and get my work done, or else I will become NOTHING. I have huge goals... and the thing about me is, I want to achieve them. I recently decided that being a classroom teacher wasn't good enough for me anymore. I have decided to go into Educational Psychology, and I am really excited. I know it's more work, but in the end, it will all be worth it... just like what I said last night, "the best things in life are worth waiting for."

So... I really need to focus on school... and look away from all these things pulling at me from different directions. I also need to realize that all this hard work will really pay off one day. I doubt that working in the real world is this hard at all... I mean, you will get to do what you know the best... you will have majored in it... in my case, I will have MASTERED it... and I will do it all day long to the best of my ability. AND, I'll get paid for it! WAY different from things now.

So, with that, I start the week. And as Tex says, I'm gonna get my ducks in a row. This whole thing called college is not for the faint at heart... it's for the ambitious.... hmm... Ambition. What a concept.