Victor Cruz of the NY Giants doing his imfamous cha cha touchdown dance.
For those of you who do not know, this is Victor Cruz, #80 of the New York Giants, doing the cha cha after scoring a touchdown during a game. Why is this my picture to describe my freshman year thus far? Well, I’ll give you my whole football-school analogy explaination.
Just like the game of football, college isn’t the easiest thing in the world. It takes a lot of hard work. It’s funny too, because people who don’t play the game, or attend the college, think it’s a lot easier than it ever is. It’s difficult with the different subjects you need to face, the amount of studying you need to put it can make it feel like there are not enough hours in the day, and sometimes, after a week, you feel more exhausted than anything. What are the comparrisons? Let’s say the different subjects are different teams, the amount of studying is all the practice time you must put in as a football player, and well, the last one goes without saying. Can you picture it?
Thankfully, our teammates, or peers make it easier because you have people enduring the same thing, trying to be the best, and they serve as both an aid and as motivation.
Oh, and when you do well on a test, get through your first semester with a favorable GPA, or graduate, you feel like Victor Cruz does with those touchdown dances.
Oh and don’t get me wrong, it’s totally a lot of fun, and it is by no means unbareable. There’s a lot of people on the team and yet it doesn’t feel that way. Regarding the time constraint, I admittedly do have a lot of free time, but at the same time I don’t – simply because I also work.
The analogy makes sense right? Attending college for me is like playing professional football. It’s difficult, it has it’s ups and downs, but in the long run, it’s worth it – especially when something really good happens where I want to get up and cha cha. Nothing’s surreal, I’m just playing a game and winning.
I think its best to leave the image to the end of this blog post because I think it’d create more suspense. Honestly, the transition between college and High school was not a huge one. I realize that a lot of people who come from smaller schools feel a bit overwhelmed or excited. Honestly, I cannot say that after come from Brooklyn Tech, a school with over 5000 kids in 2011-2012 and around 500 faculity. However, the change was without a doubt, a significant one. It’s funny knowing that we have reached the end of the education system. Perhaps the image for job is still not in this picture but I’m sure in a few years it will become the last part of image, because that will be the finish line for now.
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