The Lion's Pride vol. 1 (Fall 2013) | Page 28

25 know, those places that train people and spit them back out just as quick as they came, sending students off to the big bad world without barely any training. I am talking about the real deal, two to four year true college level programs where credits and GPA’s really matter. It’s an intimidating world, the world of a student. I myself am still working out the kinks as to how exactly to be a student and do well here in college. Having not been in school for some time now even the simplest of things seem not quite so simple, at least not as simple as they were when I was last in school. For instance, homework, studying and finding the peace and quiet at home to do just these two things can seem at times to be impossible. As I grow older I find myself wondering, will it ever get any easier? At the ripe old age of 29 I am staring at my next birthday just a few weeks away. It’s just another birthday, same as last year and the year before that. One year older, no more, no less yet this birthday feels different. It could be many different reasons I would presume, maybe because it represents a decade, maybe it’s the end of an era, the beginning of a new chapter or just the representation that I am no longer considered young. I have been slapped in the face with the fact that I am now getting older, funny how that works-everyone