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                                                            by: Anonymous?

     Somewhere between the procastination and the homework and the incessant forwards and the new friendships and the nasty dorm food, and the phone calls home complaining about roommates and boyfriends, and somewhere between the phone calls to old friends, and the "I miss you's" and the "I love you's" and the "I can't wait to see you again's," and somewhere between all of the changing and growin, and somewhere between the classes and the skipping classes, and the studying for tests and the pretending to study for tests, and the downright not studying for tests... I forgot.  I forgot what it was like to be in high school.  I forgot what it meant to cry.  I forgot that pretending to be happy doesn't make you happy and pretending to be smart desn't make you smart.  I forgot that you can't just forget the past.  I forgot that you can't control falling in love and that you can't make yourself fall in love.  I learned that I can love.  I learned that good food doesn't really seem great until you can't have it anymore and I learned that even I would grow to love grilled cheese and tomato soup, and that I would look forward to chicken strip night because its the only night the food is distinguishable in the dorms.  I noticed that I get along better with my mother now that I ever did before, and that wasn't because she changed, but because I changed.  I learned that going to college means making choices and that making choices can get you into trouble.  I learned that it's okay to mess up, it's okay to ask for help and that it's okay to feel like crap.  I learned that sometimes the things that you want most, you just can't have.  I learned that the greates thing about colege isn't the parties or the drinking, or the boys.  It's the chances.  Taking chances and then making the most of them.  I learned a lot depends on first impressions, but that a lot of people are willing to give second chances.  I learned that people actually do go to their neighbors and ask them for sugar or hot chocolate or anything.  I learned that sometimes the things we want to forget are the things which we most need to talk about.  I learned that once you get to college, things don't automatically get better, but that I can make them get better.  I learned that letters are the most important thing and that sending cards to your friends makes you feel better.  I learned that making brownies and giving them away puts a smile on people's faces.  I learned that home isn't necessarily where I went to high school, but wherever I wanted to be.  I learned that my mom seemed to get a lot smarter once I started listening to her.  I learned that I miss my sisters and brothers. I learned that high school was good for me and that the challenges in high school are nothing.  Somewhere along the line, I learned that if you look for change you'll never find it.  If you look for love, you'll never find it.  I learned that some people will do anything to try and make you see their point.  I learned taht its really hard to explain yourself.  I learned that its easy to have views and easy to have both of them in the long run.  I learned taht I don't have to be the center of attention to have fun, and I learned that being the center of attention isn't always fun.  I learned that laughter is the best medicine and that friends who make friendship is the more valuable of the two.  I learned that sometimes it's not always possible to agree and that sometimes it's necessary to compromise..  I learned that chocolate is a girl's best friend.  I learned that everyone has a few problems with their roommates, and that everyone laughs about them later..  I learned that there is a fine distinction between friendship and love and that friendship is the more valuable of the two.  I learned that kisses aren't contracts.  I learned that I am my own person.  I found out that I am just starting to find out about me.  I learned that it's never too late to change.  I learned that change is good sometimes.  I learned that no matter what, someone cares about you.  I learned that you should tell people how you fell about them.  I learned that sometimes I need to be alone.  I learned about life and about love and about me.  I learned.  I learned that the some of the most valuable lessons in life are the ones you can't teach in a classroom.  I learned that no matter what I want to be, I will have to take a class that I don't like in order to get there.  I learned that there is so much that I have to learn.  I learned that college is different from everything I thought it would be and that no matter what how meticulously I plan out my life, it probably won't turn out that way.  i learned that sometimes we don't realize what we have learned.  I learned that life isn't always about me.  I learned that I should stick up for myself.  I learned that that is hard to do.  I learned that peopls should like me for me and that I should like me for me.  I learned that naps are good and that when I get angry, I shouldn't take my frustations out on someone else.  I learned that things change and people change and that it is not always possible to stay in touch with everyone.  I learned that some people are you friends for life, and that some people just forget about you.  I learned that that is okay.  I learned that friends make everything better and that I should thank all of my friends for being there for me and helping me learn."