You aren’t that dumb when you aren’t acting the troll. For someone I know only as a name on a computer screen, I can say you seem pretty smart.

That people get so caught up in this college lifestyle thing without knowing the satisfaction of working a little at something is discouraging.

I think the only reason I caught on however much I did is because I’m gullible. I believed all the warnings adults had for me and I wasn’t about to try and blaze a new path on most crucial life decisions.

The No. 1 advice of my school bus drivers — yes, I asked — was to go to college. So I did. So-called unenlightenment does dawn on some people, at least.

I’m not sure I’ve found my calling — the experiences of student teaching is a whole other blog — but I do know that nothing worth having is easy.

Cliches are true, sometimes.

You aren’t that dumb when you aren’t acting the troll. For someone I know only as a name on a computer screen, I can say you seem pretty smart.

That people get so caught up in this college lifestyle thing without knowing the satisfaction of working a little at something is discouraging.

I think the only reason I caught on however much I did is because I’m gullible. I believed all the warnings adults had for me and I wasn’t about to try and blaze a new path on most crucial life decisions.

The No. 1 advice of my school bus drivers — yes, I asked — was to go to college. So I did. So-called unenlightenment does dawn on some people, at least.

I’m not sure I’ve found my calling — the experiences of student teaching is a whole other blog — but I do know that nothing worth having is easy.

Cliches are true, sometimes.

Some might enjoy reading, but not everyone has to, even though they definitely should. And it’s never too late to change priorities, or figure “it” out, as you seem to suggest.

However, I think those who enjoy maybe more simple or trivial things should be treated as equals, even though their habits can be discouraging to instructors.

I think alcohol is like sex for a lot of people, an at times all-consuming phenomenon they need to get out of their system and experiment with. These are just kids, as basically are many college students. How can they know what to do with themselves on a profound level when the trivial stuff is still new to them?

While now is a good time to try to figure out what to do professionally and intellectually in life, it’s not make or break yet.

It’s not like one day one of these “unenlightened” souls is going to realize, “OH NO I’m 23! Now no one will hire me! If only I didn’t party so much when I was 19!”

I’m glad things are going well for you, but not everyone finds their calling so early and with such (apparently) little doubt.

And as far as dumb people, well I’m plenty dumb and there’s no avoiding us.

Some might enjoy reading, but not everyone has to, even though they definitely should. And it’s never too late to change priorities, or figure “it” out, as you seem to suggest.

However, I think those who enjoy maybe more simple or trivial things should be treated as equals, even though their habits can be discouraging to instructors.

I think alcohol is like sex for a lot of people, an at times all-consuming phenomenon they need to get out of their system and experiment with. These are just kids, as basically are many college students. How can they know what to do with themselves on a profound level when the trivial stuff is still new to them?

While now is a good time to try to figure out what to do professionally and intellectually in life, it’s not make or break yet.

It’s not like one day one of these “unenlightened” souls is going to realize, “OH NO I’m 23! Now no one will hire me! If only I didn’t party so much when I was 19!”

I’m glad things are going well for you, but not everyone finds their calling so early and with such (apparently) little doubt.

And as far as dumb people, well I’m plenty dumb and there’s no avoiding us.