MY FIRST DAY IN COLLEGE
Today is my first day at college. I was ridiculously tensed about it. One reason is, I don't know where to go since the college is a huge one, and another reason is I am almost tensed at anything remotely terrifying. By the time I had my dinner the previous day, I had butterflies flying madly in my stomach, and by the the time I was ready to go I was close to tears.
My father drove me to college. At the entrance I was told that someone will be waiting to receive the first years, like I was a prime minister or something, but I did not find anyone. So, shaking like the idiot I was, I went to a couple of men who looked like they know something. I told them I was a first year, and asked them where to go. They looked around confusedly and showed me exactly opposite directions like the fat boys in Alice in Wonderland. God, these people know as much as I know. I started to panic. Everywhere around me there were seniors all staring at me. There was not a single first year. I stared around with an expression of utmost fear giving away my stupidity. Where now? After a little more of panicking and almost crying I got the directions. We were supposed to gather in the pharmacy block which is a short distance away. We drove up to it and then when I reached the block there were already some students seated in chairs. I caught sight of a girl I seemed to know. Then I breathed properly for the first time in the whole day. After we were seated, it took almost one hour for the people to start the meeting.
When the meeting did start, it was a bore. Everybody of almost some ten to twenty people said the same thing. I started to yawn and almost fell into my sleep full of dreams when some sudden microphone disturbance jerked me awake. Again it was the same old speeches. Attend the classes regularly. Don't think it's all settled. Nothing's settled. Work hard. Develop communication skills. Don't bunk classes. If it is said by one person one time, it is sort of okay. God but no, everyone of the ten to twenty people found nothing else to rant about. One professor, who's dropped out of IIT Karaghpur and is now teaching here, talked endlessly about nothing in particular. And it was worse because it was the last speech and my longing for the end was greater. He did not look like bit of a professor (let alone an IIT professor) except that he had hair like Einstein. He talked freely, made some occasional rotten jokes, and honestly I don't remember anything what he said.
So the my first day of college ended like that, uneventful. But it's a relief because I finally attended it and it is a known college now.
Today is my first day at college. I was ridiculously tensed about it. One reason is, I don't know where to go since the college is a huge one, and another reason is I am almost tensed at anything remotely terrifying. By the time I had my dinner the previous day, I had butterflies flying madly in my stomach, and by the the time I was ready to go I was close to tears.
My father drove me to college. At the entrance I was told that someone will be waiting to receive the first years, like I was a prime minister or something, but I did not find anyone. So, shaking like the idiot I was, I went to a couple of men who looked like they know something. I told them I was a first year, and asked them where to go. They looked around confusedly and showed me exactly opposite directions like the fat boys in Alice in Wonderland. God, these people know as much as I know. I started to panic. Everywhere around me there were seniors all staring at me. There was not a single first year. I stared around with an expression of utmost fear giving away my stupidity. Where now? After a little more of panicking and almost crying I got the directions. We were supposed to gather in the pharmacy block which is a short distance away. We drove up to it and then when I reached the block there were already some students seated in chairs. I caught sight of a girl I seemed to know. Then I breathed properly for the first time in the whole day. After we were seated, it took almost one hour for the people to start the meeting.
When the meeting did start, it was a bore. Everybody of almost some ten to twenty people said the same thing. I started to yawn and almost fell into my sleep full of dreams when some sudden microphone disturbance jerked me awake. Again it was the same old speeches. Attend the classes regularly. Don't think it's all settled. Nothing's settled. Work hard. Develop communication skills. Don't bunk classes. If it is said by one person one time, it is sort of okay. God but no, everyone of the ten to twenty people found nothing else to rant about. One professor, who's dropped out of IIT Karaghpur and is now teaching here, talked endlessly about nothing in particular. And it was worse because it was the last speech and my longing for the end was greater. He did not look like bit of a professor (let alone an IIT professor) except that he had hair like Einstein. He talked freely, made some occasional rotten jokes, and honestly I don't remember anything what he said.
So the my first day of college ended like that, uneventful. But it's a relief because I finally attended it and it is a known college now.
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