The future is my destiny

University is gratifying if:

• you are able to wake up early in the freezing, snowing weather, and you can’t even turn on your heater because its frequent sound wake you at night. Despite waking up, you need to walk in the extreme weather for 10+ minutes to class, which adds up to at least 30 per day (there and back). I’m not talking about regular snowing days, but extremely cold weather about -14 Celsius, and as low as -23, in the state that even with the heater on, your normal sweaty hands becomes cold. Not covering your head will make your brain freeze, similar to slurping too much Slushie.
• you can write thousand-word-essay(s) on a month to month basis on topics that require intense, elaborate information from variety of sources, and on top of that, electronic sources/media are discouraged because of its reliability. So does that mean outdated books, published dozen years ago, are still considered facts because it’s history? Well I believe up-to-date Internet sources from notable publishing companies, such as e-books, online newspapers and magazines, are equally as credible as outdated books.
• you keep up with multiple course textbooks that are sometimes interesting, but the information are frequently too detailed to absorb in the allotted time; reading becomes a chore.
• you think you are a smart person, until you realize you are barely passing the course because: a) the program requirement is demanding (70% average +), b) the people who mark your essays expect and assume that you are UNexceptional, giving you just a few points above the passing grade if you show effort, i.e. nothing is exceptional enough for them to mark at a first year level…
• you spend more time in studying, working on assignments and projects than staying in class (20hrs++), which leaves barely anytime for leisure, if you want the 10hr sleep, that is.
• you enjoy using the Internet a lot for school, not that you have a choice! And if you enjoy downloading your assignments, course notes, and important information off the Internet, at you discretion, with the aid of the “Help” section of the university webpage. Not knowing what your university e-mail password is until you discovered its default number with the help of your brain and FACEBOOK!? Not being able to download anything P2P, until later on you discover the tool that everyone’s been using to share media. Personally, I like the Internet, but sometimes the limit in what I do makes me annoyed. On the other hand, Internet is bad for the environment. A recent research indicates that a single click to a webpage produces on average 20mg of carbon dioxide! All technology pollute the environment in one way or another, but let’s look on the positive side…they are beneficial to us and that’s why they exist.
• you enjoy living in residence, or at your same-old parent supervised home. Either ways, you have to follow the rules. In residence, you can talk to many students, whom go to the same university as you, and may be even the same class, and major, but you can’t go to sleep when someone’s staying up late or may be they make noises that are usually unintentional, but end up annoying you. At home, you have the limited space factor, being in the same place for the years would make you bored, unless if you are a frequent mover, having a new place to stay every now and then. On the other hand, making friends is fun…I guess if you enjoy the excessive social atmosphere.