well at least for me it does.

i was just online doing some skool paper/technical work for next semester and holy crap!!!

if i was crying from last semester and i didn't even have a full load, then what the heck is gonna happen with this semester's full load? at least i know how to deal with it now. i mean that 40 hour thing pulled a few weeks back (i.e. the 40 study as opposed to the 30 hr famine) proves that somehow, theres something inside that compels me to keep on track...even when there's only an ounce of hope left in my pinky-toe (that goes weee wee wee wee alll the way home).

but yea. this brings me back to yesterday in the breakroom at work. it was a bunch of university students at the table. we were talking about which years were the hardest. i said 3rd and 1st. i see im not alone on that notion. here's the breakdown.

YEAR I - transitioning from hiskool.
that means organizing and getting yourself motivated.
that also means putting your toe in the water and seeing what all that hiskool hype was all about, in terms of prepping you for post secondary studies and "being on your own".

YEAR II - knee high water.
slightly specializing, yet still taking elective courses that mean nothing in the long run but somehow, are forced down your throat.
youre more experienced yet you still dont know what to expect.

YEAR III - neck-high tide.
youre at that point where there's no turning back. in years I and II you could've switched your major. maybe it was a change of heart (i mean it happens right?) or maybe you were put on probation or maybe you just ran outta fuel; whatever the case, you could've switched or dropped or bowed out.
at this point, you've invested so much time, effort and cash that frankly, there would be no point in turning back.
now's when you should start thinking about what the hell youre gonna be doing after you graduate. now's the time when you should be thinking about your potential and the value of this big giant piece of paper called a degree that everyone's so jacked up about. year III. as i write this, this is where i stand.
year III and there's no turning back now.

YEAR IV - deep in the thick of it all.
i can't really speak on behalf of section as a credible source but i can input a thing or two based on contacts who have.
so youre finishing up. more or less, you've had all the core courses. youre just trying to make sure you got it all under your belt so you can get the hell outta there, already.
just a few more metres and youll be ready to either enter the real world or continue into supreme edumucation on the post-graduate level. praise be with you and good luck is all i can really say to all who make it here.
it was a long but swift journey into academia but hey...now's youre time. and your beautiful, tasty oyster is the world.
indulge.

soon, baby, soon.

like i said previously, a hop, skip and a jump.



i came in loving you now im doing a high-wire act on that thin line.

[the passion is still there though for kinesiology.
it's just the atmosphere and the whole routine everyday.]



[next pinnacle in line]

and im inspired daily by looking at the mantle over the fireplace, as i view my brother's electrical engineering degree.

let that be me.
(well not necessarily with circuits and what not...but let that be me in my own circumstances)


in closing...

value your university education.

you are society's 10% who make it this far.
the upper crust isn't store bought - it's made from scratch.


on another note...i dont think it was sucha good idea eating the way i did yesterday...drinking the way we did yesterday and going out the way we did yesterday.

it feels like a maggot is eating my brain from the inside out.
and my nose...it's like a really ghetto project apartment's leaky faucet.

see ya in church.