College: Yay or Nay?Up until the last couple days the prospect of college has been a far-off concept. Sure we had to choose schools, in some cases majors, and fill out the applications. Sure we had to go through the harrowing audition process, and then through the stressful time of waiting to hear the results. Now that's all done and most of us have a list of schools to choose from. Some of us have decided where we're going, while others are still trying to decipher their way through the mess of confusion.
Then early this week it hit me: in a couple months I'll be living in the city, miles away from any of my friends, living in practice rooms and rehearsal halls. As exciting as that sounds, it is also a depressing thought. Up until this week college has been a distant, but for some reason all week long it's started hitting us (or at least me). The thought of being far away from anyone who I'm currently friends with is a scary proposition. Yeah sure, we'll make new friends, and come back on some weekends and breaks.
But still, the daily occurrence of sitting outside the band room and socializing [somewhat] with our tightly knit group (and some oblivious outsiders), eating lunch in the band room with the same group, etc., won't be there. Instead we'll have breakfast in our dorm rooms, apartments, suites, or cafeterias. We'll head to classes, or the practice rooms. Lunch will be either on our own or with some new friends. Back to classes, practicing, rehearsals, then the same deal for dinner. Then some more rehearsals or practicing before going back to the dorms to sleep and maybe socialize with the room/suite/apartment -mates.
All separated from the tightly knit knot that we've become attached to and dependent upon. No matter what anyone says about making new friends, we'll still think back and miss this. Sure it's time to start getting used to real life. But in some aspects, teenage life as a high schooler seems better. Now it's time to start developing a new set of social/survival skills. Time to leave the nest and go find our own niches in the world.
Scary.
Sure its only April, and tomorrow's Prom. Sure we have the rest of the year. But that's going to fly by, and before we know it the younger portion of our knot will be going to Band Camp (as will some of us, but in a new role), and we'll be heading off to a whole new world.
4/10/2008 2:51:45 PM | permalink | Comments (1)
Then early this week it hit me: in a couple months I'll be living in the city, miles away from any of my friends, living in practice rooms and rehearsal halls. As exciting as that sounds, it is also a depressing thought. Up until this week college has been a distant, but for some reason all week long it's started hitting us (or at least me). The thought of being far away from anyone who I'm currently friends with is a scary proposition. Yeah sure, we'll make new friends, and come back on some weekends and breaks.
But still, the daily occurrence of sitting outside the band room and socializing [somewhat] with our tightly knit group (and some oblivious outsiders), eating lunch in the band room with the same group, etc., won't be there. Instead we'll have breakfast in our dorm rooms, apartments, suites, or cafeterias. We'll head to classes, or the practice rooms. Lunch will be either on our own or with some new friends. Back to classes, practicing, rehearsals, then the same deal for dinner. Then some more rehearsals or practicing before going back to the dorms to sleep and maybe socialize with the room/suite/apartment -mates.
All separated from the tightly knit knot that we've become attached to and dependent upon. No matter what anyone says about making new friends, we'll still think back and miss this. Sure it's time to start getting used to real life. But in some aspects, teenage life as a high schooler seems better. Now it's time to start developing a new set of social/survival skills. Time to leave the nest and go find our own niches in the world.
Scary.
Sure its only April, and tomorrow's Prom. Sure we have the rest of the year. But that's going to fly by, and before we know it the younger portion of our knot will be going to Band Camp (as will some of us, but in a new role), and we'll be heading off to a whole new world.
4/10/2008 2:51:45 PM | permalink | Comments (1)
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Sure, you'll miss your current friends. That's inevitable. But like I already said, you'll meet new people and they'll become your new "tightly knit knot." Here I have a tight group with 6 other people, and I'm never really seen without at least one of them around. "Maybe socialize"? It's more like...socializing 24/7. And I'm really not kidding.
And you may think that high school is the best part of teenage life (or life in general). I thought so too. But then along came college. You may not believe me right now, but college is the best part of you teenage life.
So college is going to be great. You're a little scared right now, but once August rolls around and you're at college, you'll laugh at yourself. There's absolutely nothing scary about college. So get ready for the best time of your life.