I am sitting in the classroom 1.5 hours before the session begins because I had to meet with professor and rather than drive all the way back to Kingwood; I decided to hang out here.
Wow, it's quiet! The type of institutional quiet that makes a person so sleepy. I could really use a nap right about now.
I walked over to Einstein Brothers for a cup of coffee and while on my way, I looked at all of the students I passed along the way. Which one of them will be famous later in life? What are the odds that one of them will develop schizophrenia within the next couple of years? Who will get their degree and not be able to find a job? Today's economy is making the Bachelor's Degree about as useful as a high school diploma was 15 years ago.
All these kids look so intent...immersed in their studies...making good grades. Sure, you see the occasional party guy...probably with an Einstein IQ...chasing down his buddies on the path, but for the most part...these people are making a difference in their life and the lives of all who encounter them.
I have to wonder what I would have been like had I gone straight from High school into a four year college. Would I have been participant in sorority life, and football games. Probably not...I am a loner by nature. I would have been as studious then as now.
Guess I am going to go...class will start in 25 minutes...weehooo...it's been a long Monday already.
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