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voice just to get the attention of
the person next to you.) -
But now, as a member of the
daily work force, I'd much rather
go out one-on-one with my girl-
friend to a nice dinner. And when
we do go out in a group, it's usu-
ally a small one, and never to a
basement.
As happy as I am with the way
things are turning out, I was still
curious to learn how my friend in
New York City can keep up the
pace. Why is working for a pay-
check so much more exhausting
than working for a letter grade?
I decided to do a bit of research
— starting, of course, with Andy.
He answered the phone with
the most groggy "hello" I'd ever
heard. Payback, I thought; it was
9 a.m.
He paused for a moment, ob-
viously wiping the sleep from his
eyes, before answering my ques-
tion.
"Splatt," there it was again,
"college is just a different kind of
stress. It isn't the real world, so
it doesn't have real world pres-
sures."
Andy was right. What pres-
sure is there in school other than
getting good grades? Everything
you do is basically for yourself.
And, considering either a bank or
a parent is footing the bill, the
money factor, probably the most
stressful part of daily life, is pret-
ty much non-existent.
Once you finish college, though,
everything changes. The future
you're working toward is much dif-
ferent. You have a job and re-
sponsibilities and a burning drive
to turn what you want into what
you have. What you went to school
for is here and now, and what's
here and now will determine what
comes later. This confusion is what
makes you tired.
"I think it has to do with losing
some of your freedom," explained
my friend Lisa, who's been a so-
cial worker for three years. "In
college, there was always a back
door. If you didn't want to go [to
class], you just didn't. But having
a job means you have to show up
every day, on time and ready to
go. It's not a bad thing, it just
means at the end of the week you
want some time to yourself."
It all makes perfect sense. Liv-
ing the college life is supposed to
be fun. It's supposed to be far less
trying than working in the real
world. That's why the five-year
plan was invented.
But, sooner or later, we all
must put that life behind us and
start living the real one. They're
both fun. They're just different.
I must say I had a great time
with Andy when he came to vis-
it. We stayed up past 3 a.m. and
did all the things we used to do
in college. The next morning, be-
ing the good friend that I am, I
woke him at 9 for breakfast.
Needless to say, I ended up eat-
ing alone.

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