Get It Together!

Hello again, dear readers! Last night, I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth and getting ready for bed. While I was there, this girl walked in. From my angle, I couldn't see her; but it sounded like she was heavily overserved, if you know what I mean! Her friends were there with her, and she started yelling, "I wanna have sex!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Now, I am not here to preach, but when I witness things such as this, I feel like I have to say something. I don't know what it is, but something changes when most girls get to college. Maybe it's because they have a freedom that they never had before or they were always secretly wild underneath the image they maintained in high school. Whatever it is, this other person emerges from their normal self, and this person has way less self respect and dignity. This does not happen to everyone, but many people do fall into this. Honestly, I don't care if you are a girl or a guy, DO NOT compromise yourself or your dignity in any way. It is not worth it. College is a time to figure out who you are, not lose any and all sense of who you were. I know it's hard to feel like you are the only one who is not doing all of the things that everyone else is doing; believe me, I know. But there is no reason to compromise everything you are just to "have a good time" that you will probably regret later or not even remember. You are worth so much more than a one-night-stand or 15 shots of alcohol. There is more to who you are than the trivial actions on a college campus. I feel like there is such an epidemic on college campuses today, an epidemic of everyone feeling like they have to be a partier and a drinker and whatever else. This becomes the majority of the campus, and anyone who is like me (who doesn't like to drink, but likes to hang out with friends and go to dinner with them, etc) has two options: compromise your values and join in on the partying, or sit it out and ultimately have nothing to do and barely anyone to talk to. It's a difficult position to be in and many people choose the first option because "that's what college kids do." Who says that college kids HAVE to party and get drunk and do stupid things? Because Hollywood throws it in a movie and glams it up? Because that's what people tell us college is like? It doesn't have to be this way. Kids that don't want to be wild shouldn't have to be the minority on a college campus. I'm not saying that all drinking and all partying should stop. If people feel like they need to do that, then go do that. No one is stopping you. What I am saying is this: students who don't want to get invovled in that kind of activity should not feel that they have to become "like everyone else." I'm also saying that people need to get it together and learn to not compromise their values. And with that, my sermon is over. Let me know what your opinion is on this topic- whether you agree, disagree, or are just plain confused, I want to hear from you! Catch ya later- That Honest University Girl