LETTER: Farewell advice for Aggies
Editor,
As I approach the end of my 6-year life at Utah State University, I am preparing to receive a master’s degree in audiology.
While completing my final externship just outside of Washington, DC, I just realized that I have never written a letter to the editor.
I feel so ashamed. So here I am, attempting to make up for lost time. I’ve come up with some words of wisdom that I would like to leave behind for anyone willing to listen.
Here goes:
* Remember to pay your parking tickets on time. Don’t play the victim, even if it’s popular.
* Missing one class actually decreases your test score by about 10 percent.
* Your great “5-year plan” may not be as great as something greater.
* Wear blue jeans anytime you feel like it, even if it makes a statement.
* Utah is not as different from the rest of the world as you think, so don’t be ashamed.
* The “freshman-15” can quickly become the “sophomore-15,” “junior-15,” and so forth, so watch the Hazel’s bread intake.
* Getting married young isn’t the worst thing that could happen to you – neither is having kids.
* Don’t say mean things to or about other people, it’s not nice.
* And six years (or four, if that’s your case) go by awfully fast, so make today as great as you are expecting tomorrow will be.
There, I’ve done it. I can only hope that I’ve somehow left my mark on the Utah State University campus. Thank you.
Mary Dallin Hunting