College, the teacher

What college has taught me:

- to cut stuff like bread in a straight line

- how to manage money

- what I like and don't like to eat

- I'm stubborn like a weed

- you don't have a clue what's good for you when you're in high school

- there's someone for everyone

- even people with PhDs are capable of learning from a common person

- if you're going with the crowd, you're doing something wrong

- you have to have fun every once and a while

- You can have really bad days

- Karma is a concept, not a reality

- everyone has something they're good at

- It is possible to write a fifteen page paper and for it not to suck

- the things you love most in life will rarely be something that most other people love

- good friends make all the difference

- it is possible to get along with the person you're dating

- you can really stretch a dollar if you need to

- happiness is a product of the absence of stress, and the addition of good company

- alcohol does not substitute for a bandage

- some of your best and most passionate work (as an artist) may be something that you can't show your professor or employer