四年时光：为何大学宛若天堂

time isn’t on my side. another year has passed, and the completion of my junior year is the essence of my thought. what a year it has been.
i ritually write a column summarizing the new theories of each of my years. now i’m a 20-year-old college student, bittersweet at having one year remaining. i have 10 points to share on my latest stop on my journey to commencement. here we go:
·the navigating one. why can college be so utopian, so realistic, but so unrealistic? i’ve been fortunate this year to get most things my way. but my encouragement to freshmen is stick to the fight. the race is given to the swift, but you must see the goal before you take off running. find your niche on campus, and maximize your potential in that domain.

·the prodigious two: academic and extra-curricular achievement is important, but communication skills and personality are a must! personality is everything. look at the world”s most famous celebrities—they have talent, but personality is the driving force in their success. if you don’t have it, you won’t make it—plain and simple.
·the third eye. know your value. you don’t have to be arrogant or overly cocky. never settle for less—in relationships, jobs or grades. a man must know his value in a world where he is constantly marketing himself. but don’t value yourself so highly you are unable to learn from others.
·the sniping four: don’t let your college experience overshadow your family. fall semester, i realized my college career was taking up so much of my life that i was neglecting my family. i quickly fixed the problem. habitat my need your help building a house, but don’t let your family’s framework fall apart at home.

·the oracle five: this is for those who make the laws and regulations we live by. please don’t be naive. just because it’s illegal doesn’t mean students are not doing it! students, dont’be naive and think crimewatch won’t discover you. we’re not immune to anything.
·nostradamus six. things may change, but we still have room to grow. downtown has finally opened up to the black students. we can have parties and events comfortably at a few of the downtown clubs—which has been lacking. all downtown clubs don’t have a welcome mat. they claim their insurance policy doesn’t cover “hip-hop parties.”
·the turbulent seven: never date anyone you couln’t see marrying or being in a long-lasting relationship with. the older you get, the more tiring relationship games are.
·ethereal eight: just trust the process! things in life happen for a reason. we’ve all had situations we didn’t enderstand. i’m beginning to see why god allowed certain things in my life to occur: they have made me a better, stronger, realer person.

·the illmatic nine: have fun here and everwhere! lately, i’ve had this desire to road trip. i realized this year that clasees are gonna be hard—so let’s roll down to atlanta for a party on a thursday night or jump over to south carolina for a weekend.
·the talented tenth: nothing in life is guaranteed—a college degree, financial aid, nothing. sometimes we think we’re giving 100 percent to a cause and we’ll fall short of the talented tenth needed to obtain what we want.

时间从不受我掌控。转眼一年又逝，而我大三的终结恰恰诞生了我思想的精华。这是多么丰富精彩的一年啊!
我虔诚的写下了这篇专栏文章，包含了我大学生活每一年所得出的新鲜结论。如今，我已是一名20岁的大学生了，感觉苦乐参半，因为只剩一年的大学时光了。当我开始大学生活的最后一段旅程并最终到达终点站毕业典礼的路上，我有十点小智慧献给大家。内容如下：

“一” 马当先：为何大学宛若天堂，如此真实，却又如此虚幻？今年我很幸运，大多数事情都做得顺心如意。而我对于所有大一新生的建议还是这一点：奋斗。生命的赛跑 永远属于先行者，但是要记得，在你起跑之前一定要有明确的目标。给自己在大学里合理定位并挖掘出你最大的潜力在你想要开垦的领域。
说一不“二”：学术成就和课外活动固然重要，但是人际交往和个性培养是必须的！个性意味着一切。看看当今世界那些著名的成功人士，他们有天赋，然而个性确实成就他们丰功伟业的原动力。如果你尚未拥有独特的个性，那你就不可能获得成功——言简而意骇。
冰冻“三”尺：不要过度重视你的大学生活而忽略了你的家庭生活。秋季学期里，我发现我的生活几乎要被大学学业给沾满以至于我都一度忽略了自己的家人。我很快意识到了这一点并迅速的改正了。家里可能会请你帮忙造一座别墅，然而千万别在那之前就让自己和家人分崩离析了。

眼观“四”处：明确自我的价值。不管是在人际交往，工作或是学习中，你都没有必要高傲自满或者过度自负，但也绝不能低估自己。在这个需要不断进行自我推销的世界里，任何人都必须明确知道自己所应当拥有的价值。然而要是你太高估自己的话，就可能失去了向他人学习的机会了。
三令“五”申：这一条是专门献给那些为我们制定法律和规章的人们。请不要太天真。有些事情明知是违法乱纪却并不代表学生族们就不会去做！同样，学生朋友们，不要天真到以为警察们不会发现你的恶行，因为，我们并非是真正的“天之骄子”，犯了错，甚至罪，都无法赦免。
“六 六”大顺：风水轮流转，世界总在变。我们也还是拥有成长的空间。市区里的娱乐场所也最终有向黑人学生们开放了。和过去相比，我们有更多的俱乐部可以舒舒服 服地举办派对和活动了。然而也不是所有的市区俱乐部都向我们热情开放，有些店主就用“我们没为店里举办嘻哈派对投保”为借口搪塞我们的到来。

“七”情六欲：永远不要和你认为不会继续发展长远关系甚至结婚的人约会。因为当你年岁渐增，你就会越发深陷感情游戏的复杂漩涡之中。
七上“八”下：享受过程吧！事情的发生总有其因果。我们总会身处一些不曾预料的困境。我开始试着去理解为什么上天赐予我一些生命中的挫折，是因为那些使我成为了一个更好，更坚强，更真实的人吧。
“九九”归一：无论到哪里，要及时行乐！最近，我爱上了旅行。尽管我知道未来这一年的课程将会非常难，但我还是想要在周三的夜里逃到亚特兰大来举办一场疯狂的派对或是蹦到南卡罗来纳去享受一个周末。
八九不离“十”：生活中，没有什么事情是理所应当的——大学文凭如此，经济补助亦然。有些我们认为已经为之付出百分百热血的事情会因为没有意识到这第十点而无法获得我们真正想要的。
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