"It's college."
I speak those words more than I should. On the phone with my best friend, trying to explain a situation I throw out these words as a cathc-all. It's not the real world. It's college.
But how much does that one phrase explain or excuse?
It's college. The world is a little topsy-turvy. 13,000 18-21 year olds set loose in a small, confined community and free to do whatever they please. Alcohol, drugs, and sex left, right, and center. It's easy to lose touch with the real world, get lost in the college of it all.
Let's put this to a test:
1. Get back from a party, still completely wasted, at 5, 6, 7 AM. It's college.
2. Blazed at 3 in the afternoon on a Tuesday. It's college.
3. Stay up until 2 AM and wake up at 7 the next morning for class. It's college.
4. Surviving solely on black coffee, cigarettes, and Welch's Fruit Snacks. It's college.
5. Hooking up with a total stranger on the dance floor. It's college.
6. See old, random hook ups in the dining hall, in class, in your dorm. It's college.
7. Walk back to your room, still in last night's party clothes, at 9, 10, 11 AM (12 PM?!). It's college.
Now a few trickier examples:
8. Sleep with a guy you've only known for a week. It's college?
9. Sleep with a guy you've just met that night. It's college?
10. Continue sleeping with a guy even though you know he has a girlfriend back home. It's college?
Sometimes, getting overwhelmed with the whole "college lifestyle" doesn't work out so well. One winter you're a Catholic school girl, guilty of nothing more scandalous than getting tipsy and making out with boys. A year later, you're living by the "It's College" Code.
The twist? I'm not making any apologies. It's college.
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