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Off To College
t is indeed that time of veai-
again. As August fades and we
Seth Samuels
begin to count the sunny days
with all his
on our fingers. the dreaded back-to-
college stuff.
school signs pop up, signaling the
return to school.
Summer's slow pace of camps
and vacations become memories as
we slowly get back into the swing of
things. It seems just yesterday my
class's graduation hats were tossed
and we began putting a lid on our
high school careers, anticipating the
rears ahead.
Room numbers and roommates
have arrived and the rest of 2009
comes into focus for those or to col-
lege for the first time.
I began doing my school shopping
the other day. continuing the now-
routine trip to Staples and Bed Bath
& Beyond. xs I perused the aisles as
if preparing for my first day of kinder-
inevitably find themselves in those
garten. I couldn't help but think about
same situadons.
how different this time around felt.
While we may not always have seen
Glue sticks and crayons are now trad- it, these last two decades of learning
ed in for compasses and boring vellow
finally come to a focal point, and I think
paper pads, and the thought of equip-
I speak for most of us when saving I'm
ping myself with all of the right acces-
g.;ateful.
sories translated to making sure I had
This year Ns-ill be filled with surprises
enough towels, hangers and Sca_ntron-
for all of us — from new teachers and
safe pencils. I know my college experi-
classes, to new jobs and daily routines.
ence won't be defined by school sup-
And I think the time won't alls-ays riry
plies, but I did throw in a bright blue
like it has now.
mini stapler for good measure.
But if there's something to be excited
Ifs quite surreal, really. to think that
for amidst homework assignments,
I'm actuallv going to college! It seems
after-school activities and what may
only a few rears ago that that term Ns as
seem like endless driving from home to
reserved for my babysitters and older
school and back again, its that we are
family friends I looked up to. And now,
fortunate to have another year of learn-
I begin to take that step, thinking not
ing and experiences very different from
only of how my roommate and I will
those past.
mesh, but also about what career my
While I'll miss gold stars from my
studies will steer me towards.
teacher and a bedroom I can call my
I now must begin to think about
own, what we can look forward to will
what \ , , - ill actually be getting me up in
be the things that define our days on
the morning. seeing me through work
our own, away from home.
during the day and putting me to sleep
Mating your way into someplace
(or keeping me up) at night.
new and taking the plunge into the col-
So, my feelings are bittersweet. I do
legiate sea Ns-ill be eventhil. So happy
believe the good outweighs the had and
shopping to all, good luck settling in
ugly, but both will undoubtedly take
and make it a great year.
their tolls.
GO BLUE!
Yet I'm confident that all I've learned
\,-ill aid me in overcoming them. I wish
Seth Samuels, 18, is a freshman at the
the same for my classmates who Ns-ill
University of Michigan.
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