I always knew there was going to be a huge transition between high school and college, but I've actually started to realize it tonight.
I was sitting here, trying to figure out how our professor wanted us to write our chemistry pre-lab report, and I started to get very frustrated because I simply didn't understand. The instructions were vague at best and there was no specific way they wanted us to write it. What do people do when they get frustrated? They procrastinate, and their mind wanders. (Myself anyway!)
I started to realize that this is a feeling I was having a short two years ago. Junior year in high school wasn't too bad except for that dreaded chemistry class. The stupid class with the stupid teacher with stupid points. Who cares anyway?! And then it hit me. . . he cared.
Most teachers would baby you along and pretty much give you the right answer to each problem if you asked for it; he didn't. Most teachers would give you such specific instructions to an issue or problem that even a four year old could understand how to do it; he didn't. Most teachers would have simpathy for stupid little excuses that students came up with; he didn't. (Though I'm not trying to make him sound like an a**hole.)
This man, who I'm proud to say is my friend, taught me lessons that I wouldn't even use for TWO YEARS, but that I still needed to know. At the time, I just wanted to get through the class with an A because I really didn't care. Now as a college student, I understand what his mentality was behind all of this.
If I can say anything to my underclassman readers (which is maybe one person, but possibly not even), it's that you need to work for the things you're involved with. Don't take the easy way out of things because you will get blindsided very quickly when you move on to a different world outside of your comfort zone. Thank the people who make you work for things in life. I know it's hard now but the realization will come later on that they did make a huge impact on your life.
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