College Learning

Today I came across an article that basically did the research to confirm what I have said all along. Basically, the article went on to detail how very little college students actually learn in college. The ironic thing, a university researched and released this information. NYU to be exact, (one of the ranked teams Jeff's team beat this past weekend).

College Students Learn Very Little

I have longed supported this NYU study, while my thoughts were just theory. A theory largely based on my own collegiate experience. With that, I'd like to give you a run through of a typical day for me during college. I'd wake up at 10 a.m. and head to the cafeteria. Here I would have the choice between a plethora of breakfast foods, including a hot and cold buffet, all prepared by other who served me. Very realistic. Then, I'd head to class in my comfy sweats. I would drown out whatever blah-blah-blah the professor was saying with doodles in my notebook and eventually text messages to various people. 

After 30-45 minutes of doodling, I would head to the gym. Good thing I already had my sweats on. Here I would meet some of my friends. We would bulls%*$ with my basketball coach for a while and then go in and shoot around until we got hungry and decided to go get lunch. Another meal with lots of options being nicely prepared and served for me. Seems very much like my life now. Once reenergized, we would head back to the gym to play more basketball and watch any pick-up games going on. Then, I would usually have another class in the early afternoon to doodle through. 

At some point in the evening I would have practice, whether it was basketball season or water polo season. For practice I would be there and ready at least 30 minutes in advance to warm up for a two to three hour practice. After working hard and sweating, I would hop into my designated shower stall and sing show tunes to my showering teammates (who were in different stalls just to clarify!). Then I'd go with my best buddies to have dinner, again at the same place, prepared to order and served hot. My go to was grilled cheese. 

Majority of nights we stayed here until the cafeteria officially closed and they asked us to leave. We just enjoyed sitting there, talking nonsense, and quite honestly, by that time of the day, we were usually tired enough to not want to move. 

Back at my dorm room, Jeff would come over to visit and we would hang out, watch tv, and whatever else until we were too tired to keep our eyes open anymore. I knew when my alarm went off that next morning at 10 a.m., that I had a great day of mostly gym time ahead of me.  And I knew I would always have a good meal right at my finger tips.      

Beyond this, I knew there was a library on campus, but never really visited. I had school work sometimes, and squeezed in between dinner and my time with Jeff. I usually studied for any test, which were strictly memorization, at breakfast on my way to class. Surprisingly, I did quite well in college. I did learn a lot, but not what the real world was like. College was a fantasy land. Maybe that is why, it is considered by most, the best years of your life! Money, certainly, well spent.