So, here I am. Kansas State University, home of the Wildcats. I’ve been here for 2 days now, and I think I will like it here. Most of the staff seems extremely friendly and courteous, most of the students body seems friendly as well.
There are a lot of students though. I am in the Derby Complex, Moore Hall, Third Floor, Men’s Wing, Room #30. I am about to go out on my first day of classes, and hopefully I’m not too much of a number to my teachers. I would like to be treated like a student and a human being, not just a number and another “product” to make for the sake of the university.
Time will tell. Sooner or later, time will tell…
Hang in there. The first week is always the hardest. What a swirl of new faces and places it is right now but in a couple of months you will wonder how in the world you ever lived before you got to college. This is the beginning of a marvelous journey where you really slide over into the driver’s seat and decide who you want to be and where you want to go. You can become whoever you want. There will be people who influence you that you never could have imagined and the walls to your world will gradually expand to include ideas and thoughts that will make your mother shudder. (But that’s okay). Discard what doesn’t work for you and embrace the rest. We are thinking about you and about how exciting this time is. Good Luck this week and know that next week will be better. (except for calculus- how that could ever be good is beyond me).
Keri
Cole,
I’ve been wandering around in here for half an hour trying to find where I can “comment”. I still don’t know if this is the right place. Maybe I can become more “literate” by trying to talk to you, but it’s doubtful. Grandpa and I have been thinking and talking about you every day this week….wondering about your classes, your getting accquainted with the campus, the students, the faculty and remembering the way we felt going through the same steps. We are thrilled and excited for you and grateful that our experiences like that are done. Not that we won’t have similar experiences in other settings, but they are so much easier now than when we were 18. Now, we don’t give a darn. Hopefully, you won’t feel that way til much later……
The weekend will be here soon and you can see what that is like, too. The next week will go faster and we will see you Saturday. We think we will be there before lunch. Want to eat with us???
Love you
grandma