In my freshman and sophomore years of college, I read dozens of books by the great thinkers of Western civilization. From Plato to Nietzsche, Homer to Shakespeare - you name it, I read it. At times it drove me crazy - picture reading hundreds of pages that sound like this every week: "All rational knowledge is either material and concerned with some object, or formal and concerned only with the form of understanding and of reason themselves and with the universal rules of thought in general without regard to differences of its objects." Come again, Kant? . Stefanie Weisman
I only want to write. And there's no college for that except life.
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Dodie Smith
Every year, many, many stupid people graduate from college. And if they can do it, so can you.
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John Green
College is the best time of your life. When else are your parents going to spend several thousand dollars a year just for you to go to a strange town and get drunk every night?
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David Wood
I don’t think it would have all got me quite so down if just once in a while–just once in a while–there was at least some polite little perfunctory implication that knowledge should lead to wisdom, and that if it doesn't, it's just a disgusting...
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J.d. Salinger
Self-education is lifelong curiosity.
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Lailah Gifty Akita
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As you work to become a better student, remember that learning is far more important than the numbers on your transcript. I know it can be hard sometimes to remember what you're in school for. In some places, students go crazy over a tenth of...
High school and college students like to torture their bodies. They pull countless all-nighters, continually skip breakfast, eat nothing but ramen noodles for dinner, find creative new ways to guzzle alcohol, transform into couch potatoes, and gain 15 pounds at the freshman dinner buffet. At...
A lot of high-profile companies are recognizing the benefits of power napping.. .. It's like kindergarten all over again.
Being a successful student is about more than reading, writing, and 'rithmetic. It's about being a skilled negotiator, a keen observer, and a master planner.
Don't forget that your happiness is the most important thing, and that you should never equate your GPA or school with your sense of self-worth.. .. If you're feeling overwhelmed, take a step back and remind yourself that you are not your grades.
