Fresher's wish

 Whenever matriculation is near, fond memories come back with nostalgia. I remember sitting in the MBA hall in LASU, promising God and my parents [even though they were not there], that I would read for 6 hours a day and that I would have a perfect CGPA. However, it’s been 2 years, 7 months since that day and I haven’t sat down to read for 3 hours at a stretch [except for professional exams]. I begin to wonder where my determination is. Does that mean I have lost my focus and will no longer be an intellectual? Heck, no!  I hope to graduate with at least second class [upper] from my department and this should be the dream of every serious-minded student. Your dreams of being the best in your class may not have come true, but you can take your place in the class and walk tall especially when you have worked honestly from the start.
To the staylites who have not achieved their dreams, do not relent. Lots of people wouldn’t have given up at the brink of success if only they had known. Thomas Edison defined intelligence as “1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration”. You have to keep believing that you will reach the top and that you will make the news someday and truly, you will.
To the freshmen, this is the opportunity that you have to achieve greatness. Engaging in activities that will not help your stay on campus should be strictly avoided. Many have lost their studentship and even their lives to cultism, sexual harassment and its attendant results, expulsion and a host of other shameful occurrences.  The saying among students that, “The higher you go, the tougher it becomes”, is an adage that is very true. Many a times, I long for those 100 level days when all I had to do was cram objective answers and have my A’s, now, I can no longer have those. I must understand every underlying principle behind every account I am posting.
So, make the best use of the time you have. You can have an influence on your GP now than when there is little or no time to think of it. Abraham Lincoln said “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other”. A word they say is enough for the wise.