【College Activities】008+Some Stories from My College Years+Traces in the Sky

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This post was last edited by Traces in the Sky on 2015-9-10 07:59. Time flies; it has been 7 years since I graduated in 2008. Even now, when I recall those days, my college life seems to have happened just yesterday – it’s so vivid and unforgettable. After the college entrance exams, I didn’t choose a university outside the province; instead, I opted for a science and technology university within the province. As a child of farmers, my parents believed that my admission to university represented their hope and their pride. They even organized several banquets to invite relatives and friends to celebrate – it was the result of years of hard work on their part. Amidst excitement and anticipation, the start of university arrived. My father went out of his way to take me to the school to register. I didn’t want him to do that at first, but he kept saying, \"How can you carry all this luggage?\" In reality, he was just worried and also wanted to see what the university I had been admitted to was like. After the excitement and enthusiasm of the start of school, comes the rich academic and club life in university. At the beginning of their freshman year, with the academic workload not being very heavy, there was plenty of time for extracurricular activities; unable to contain their enthusiasm and excitement, students joined various club activities. At that time, I was involved in the English club activities as well as the tech creation club, and we competed for awards in the technology competition held by the college. Abundant after-school time, a carefree life without supervision, and the temptations of various activities led to a complete change in my years of disciplined lifestyle. My first QQ account was registered during my freshman year, and the excitement and joy of chatting with net friends for the first time are still vivid in my memory. The joy and passion of surfing the Internet continue to stir my fragile heart. By their sophomore year, many students began to buy computers. For children of farmers, a cost of two to three thousand yuan was roughly equivalent to half of the tuition fee for one semester; at that time, the tuition fee was only 4,999 yuan. After scrimping and saving and borrowing money from various sources, they managed to get a computer. After that, things got out of control, and my gaming journey began – starting with battles between dormitories using Warcraft, moving on to various online games, then to watching movies and TV shows, and finally to some films from island countries (you know what I mean). Since the network in the dormitory always has insufficient bandwidth, back then it cost 80 yuan per month – think how expensive that internet fee was. Now one can use the service for several months, yet the speed is still poor and there’s constant lag. So, a few roommates would go to an internet cafe nearby; at that time, the cost for staying there all night was still low, only 5 yuan. So they would often wait until 12 o’clock to start their all-night session. Playing online games one after another is a waste of youth, a drain on one’s health, an obstacle to studies, and a source of pain for parents. Looking back now, what is revealed are only scars; without dreams and pursuits, youth is wasted. Colleges are not places for playing games, falling in love, or wasting time on things that distract from studies; if that’s the case, it’s better not to attend college at all and to enter society earlier to experience the hardships of life. College life is behind me; for my future life, I must work even harder to make up for the mistakes I have made. Students who are currently learning* and those about to enter college must be self-reliant, strict with themselves, and true to their principles, so as not to allow temporary indulgence to lead to regret and hinder their future development.