Many things they tell you about college before you get here are relevant and wise. For instance, changing your sheets more than four times a semester is wise. Also, on a serious note, making sure you make time for studying. The truest thing anyone can tell you, though, is that you have to prepare for diversity. They weren't kidding!
After class today, a classmate and I went to lunch at the hub. We went to Chic-Fil-A, a fast food joint that is one of my favorites. I would get it back home all the time. As expensive as it is (stupid meal point-$ conversion rate), He had never been, and that is like sacrilege!! Hence, the title..
We got talking about where we came from and our backgrounds. For privacy, solely because I haven't asked him, I wont use the name. I talked about all the opportunities that I had been given in high school to perform in various places. I talked of my trips to Europe and musicals I've been in, both of which blew him away. I don't always remember how lucky I've been to do that so early in my life. On the opposite side of the spectrum, I found it really interesting and cool that his school had a large section dedicated to the automotive industry. He conversed nonchalantly about how in class he would diagnose engine problems and work on body detail. My high school wouldn't have had the ability, facility, or the "cool factor" necessary to do that. If I had had that opportunity, though, I would have taken advantage of it.
This isn't the only example of differences in youth I have encountered. Simple things, like how my roommate enjoys sleeping with the television on. Or how one man on my floor requires that if you are to sit on his bed, (we are in East; it's that or the floor), you sit on the comforter. Now, I know my pants are clean. I promise. I know your concerned, but he asks that of everyone. I checked. I have been told that I have a quirky habit of hitting the "snooze" button on my alarm clock more then I should...say seven or eight times. In my defense, I don't think that I'm awake when I'm doing it, but obviously, somebody noticed.
The beauty of college is that it forces you out of your comfort zone. It is a blend of things you know and are comfortable with, and those that are so outlandish to you, you are forced to wonder how it's possible they are done!!
P.S. Anyone else who has never been to Chic-Fil-A: I forgive you. Check it out in the bottom of the hub. Next to Nathan's, you wont regret it....