The moment I start thinking of college life, I start gushing about the happy memories and the happy-go-lucky lifestyle. You don't just learn what's in your syllabus, but a variety of other life skills during the course of your college life, which may serve you more than the books that taught you.
Reading and Writing:
Communication was different those days in college: it was all about reading bulky books and rewriting them in examination halls. You would have discovered that you are capable of reading 300-400 pages in a very short time the day before the exam. Writing lengthy essays and doing calculations which you hardly come across in your career. Yet these prove as the fundamentals to all that you go through in your career.
Insights from experts:
Lecturers and professors not just tell tales, but give unmatched stories of expertise for your betterment from their previous experiences. Be them kind or strict or disciplinarian, they work hard to make you go further. Even the most friendly co-worker of yours may not be willing to share you knowledge like your professors do.
Networking:
When you step into college, you should remember that: you are about to meet future engineers, doctors, professionals who are going to live in different places in the world. The best thing is that they reside with you, spend a whale of a time with you helping each other, devising plans, learning from mistakes and all that. When you are out of college, you may end up in different places, but you have created a powerful network. The contacts come in handy when you are needy.
Living on a budget:
Ward to the rich or ward to the poor, you are restricted in terms of money. There are limitations which you don't suffer as a career person. When you're all out of pocket money: you tend to think of ways to spend little and gain the most. Sounds like economics. Whenever you are running low on cash or on savings mode you discover the shopping guru in you. In fact, that is a life lesson you get taught yourself only in college.
Library:
“When in doubt, go to the library”, is what we learned from Hermoine of the Potter books. I see much sense in this line. A college can offer you racks and racks of books to save you from racking your brains. You only have the internet at the office, not the library. It adds value to your education.
Peer Pressure:
Competition starts way back in schools and not end in college. Peer pressure begets low self-esteem which in turn begets depressed college life. For some, this becomes a major part of college life. A wise student would snap out of it when the need arises.
And of-course Gala:
The genuine fun you had when in college can always beat your little fun at office parties and social drinking meets. Less egotistic friendship while at college leads you to good memories.
Overall life at college brings out the best out of you in every possible way. Graduation comes next when you are ready to take on the world with the experiences from college.
Note: This blog post was written as an assignment in the interview process for a certain company.
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