Book Review
College is a confusing time for many. Upon leaving the security
of your parents’ house and plopping down in the middle of a campus
the size of a small town, it is easy to feel as though you are lost
in the streets of Tokyo.
The sight of a freshman standing in the middle of the plaza on
the first day of class, tears welling up in their eyes, schedule
gripped tightly in one hand and cell phone in the other with mom on
speed dial is enough to make you want to go up, hug them and give
them something to ease their mind.
Well, now you can. Next fall, when you see that freshman with
teary, puppy-dog eyes, go up and hand them a copy of “The
Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: College.”
Here I sit, six weeks from graduation and this book has answered
many of the questions and problems that have been nagging me
throughout my college career. Here are a few things I learned from
a quick read through:
1) I am a hippie, but I have scatterings of an intellect mixed
in.
2) The calories in a six-ounce bag of potato chips are the same
amount of calories as six mugs of beer.
3) Next time I am playing darts at a bar and one gets stuck in
my shoulder, I will know what to do.
4) A dirty pile of laundry can easily be turned into a beanbag
chair.
5) I can now open a bottle on a fire hydrant.
6) The easiest way to pull an all-nighter is to study while
standing on your head.
7) Lying down in the back of the lecture hall is the wrong way
to sleep through a class.
8) Napping in the library is easier if you build a
“sleepchamber.”
9) Child-size life preservers make excellent toilet seat
covers.
10) The summer after my sophomore year I may have mowed lawns,
but my resume will say I “landscaped for private clients.”
“The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: College” is a must
read. Do not be afraid to substitute it for class assigned reading;
there has to be something in there on how to get by without it.
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