L's to Lessons

College kids, our time is here. The craziness of a school year has come to an end. Some of us have finished our first year of colleges while others are graduating in a couple of days. But throughout all of this, we all have learned something in college that will prepare us for the future. I'm going to tell you guys some of the things that I learned this school year that I guaranteed will help me and possibly you for your next school year.

· Don't wait on your professor to tell you to buy the required material from the bookstore

I had ENG 101 first semester of my freshman year. It was multiple books we needed for this class, but my professor told us at the beginning of the year as we were reading the syllabus in class together that she will tell us when to purchase this required book for her class. Well... she didn’t, and I didn't buy the book because I thought she was going to tell us when to purchase it. As the semester started coming to an end, we needed the book for the class. So, I decided to go to the bookstore to purchase it. Too bad for me, this book was all out of stock and I needed this book for my last English paper which was worth 350 points by the way. The next day I had this class, I told my professor they didn't have the book at the bookstore, and you know what she told me? She told me not to wait until the last minute... Ain't that bout a bitch? Anyways, get your required material as fast as you can. When you first print, download, or receive a syllabus, get all the required material for that class.

· Don't order out all the time

The fast-food chains and the restaurants around your campus will be very tempting. It'll be easy for you to get because you can walk, ride a bike, or drive your car and you'll also have money. I'm here to tell you don't do it. I fell into a spiral ordering out almost every other day, I would literally order Pizza Hut as many times as I could, I ordered it so much, I had to ask my mom to send me money at one point. There is no need to order out that much to that point where you don't have any cash to yourself. You'll have a whole meal plan that you can use to eat food from your school's cafeteria and you'll also have spending money so you can order out sometimes but don't neglect your meal plan. Meal plans cost a lot of money and it'll be really helpful for you when you need your actual spending money for something.

· Check the weather before a tailgate

This was a mistake I made going to my first tailgate. I brought an umbrella with me but, me or my umbrella wasn't prepared for what was about to come. My friends and I were at a tailgate and we were going to go to a football game. It was our rivalry game against Western Michigan University. As we ate food, met people, and went through big crowds of people, we decided we should get ready to go into the game because it's about to start. I had a can of Pepsi and my umbrella in my hand, as I walk to go into the stadium to find somewhere to sit, one of the workers told me I couldn't bring in my can of Pepsi and I can't bring in my umbrella. I threw my can of Pepsi away and I put my umbrella in a friend’s car. Right as soon as I started walking back to go into the stadium. Hail started smacking me in my face, then it started raining cats and dogs. I had to run back to the car to get my umbrella and me and my friends had to run back to my dorm. We walked from my dorm to the tailgate and doing anything by foot, feels like a really long time. As we made it back to my dorm, we were all soaked, our clothes were soaked, we were freezing, and my straightened hair was now curly. Make sure you always check the weather before you go somewhere especially with Michigan's unpredictable weather.

· Get to probates or anything Greek early

A quick piece of advice, if you find out on a Wednesday there will be a probate on Friday at 7 o'clock. Get there at 6. My friends and I went to our first probate and we really didn't think it was going to be crowded like how it was, but it was crowded as hell. It was already so many people in the building and they were all waiting at the doors so they could run in and get seats. When me and my friends went in, we didn't think we would've had anywhere to sit because it looked like all the seats were taken. It was people standing on the back walls, on the side, and some people even lapped up with others. Going to Greek events are highly anticipated so when you find out something is happening, get ready to get there early unless you want to stand for the entire time or have to leave because you couldn't find a seat.

· Don't let negative energy affect your spirit

This was something I had a huge problem with this school year, I lived with someone I didn't like, and they had not only a bad attitude, but she also had bad energy tied with her. Me and my roommate would get into confrontations and I would tolerate her because we lived together and I wasn't going to move out, not because I was letting my pride get in the way but because we both pay the same tuition and I moved all of my stuff in that room and I'm not moving it out because of one person. I didn't think it was going to be as hard as it was but living with someone who is just a dark cloud it's not going to be good for you or your health. Waking up annoyed or doors slamming because you’re talking on the phone, that's not a healthy relationship. If something like this happens with you and your roommates, I'm going to tell you that you should move out. Don't let anything get in the way when it comes to you being happy or your sanity. Don't think it's anything wrong with you because a lot of times, it isn't your fault. When my roommate would walk in our dorm stomping her feet and slamming the doors, I always kept thinking I did something to her, when I know I didn't. Don't ever question yourself and think you did something wrong when you know you didn't. I recently saw a tweet on Twitter that said: "When a flower doesn't bloom you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower." Don't change yourself because your roommate is having mood swings, or they're frustrated about something just let them be and talk to them about it. But if it continues to happen, you should leave while you can. I'd rather have cool roommates to hang with and have a good relationship with rather than thinking about what this upcoming weekend is going to be like because my roommate will be going home for the weekend. Dealing with stuff like this is going to be hard but you gotta keep pushing and don't let the bad outweigh the good but if it does, by all means, necessary, move out.

Hopefully, you guys took something from this post, now college kids, comment on what you guys have learned this school year in the comments below!