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First Days of College

The document summarizes the author's memories of their first days in college. It describes exploring the campus with parents, students getting accustomed to living in hostels away from home for the first time, and everyone waking up very early the first day out of fear of being late to class. It also mentions how people's true personalities began to show, friend groups started forming based on common traits, and many students unsuccessfully searched for relationships at first. The author recalls ragging activities to welcome new students and food becoming monotonous after some time.

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First Days of College

The document summarizes the author's memories of their first days in college. It describes exploring the campus with parents, students getting accustomed to living in hostels away from home for the first time, and everyone waking up very early the first day out of fear of being late to class. It also mentions how people's true personalities began to show, friend groups started forming based on common traits, and many students unsuccessfully searched for relationships at first. The author recalls ragging activities to welcome new students and food becoming monotonous after some time.

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First days of college


I remember the initial days of college. On the day of the induction
program I could see all the parents, exploring the campus with their
children who looked like miniature models of them. Everyone was
taking in the scenic beauty of the majestic hills that surround the
campus. Everywhere people were meeting each other, striking a
friendship with those who had something in common with them. They
were either from the same place or spoke the same language or
sometimes the parents or students knew each other.
I remember the very first evening in our hostel. I could see all my fellow
first years talking to their parents on their phones, pacing up and down
the long corridors, telling them how they were settling in. It was a ‘first
time away from home’ for most of us.
I remember how we all woke up so early on the first day of college!
There was a que for the bathroom at 6 in the morning and the mess
hall was packed with students as early as 7:30. The whole hostel had
had tremendous will power to be the early bird. The fear of being late
to class or being told off on the very first day was driving people to
drastically alter their sleeping patterns. I also remember how 2 days
later everyone got accustomed to their own comfortable timings. There
were no longer ques for the bathrooms or the mess hall at an insanely
early hour.
I remember how everybody seemed nice at first. But then slowly
people show their true colours. Certain people had extreme
personalities. I remember the initial gossip about these extreme
characters. Various incidents with these people would be discussed
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with enthusiasm and incredibility. You begin to wonder how different


and varied people can be.
I remember how slowly the gangs began to form, united by common
traits like language, academics, and sometimes things like laziness and
fun. As friendship is built so is some enmity. Both go hand in hand.
Certain grudges or hatred inevitably develop.
Oh! I remember how so many boys went behind the girls, thinking that
they were all grown up and ready to find their soul mates. In the initial
fervor of college, most had started searching for partners, falling prey
to the seemingly magical net of lust. By the end of the first semester
many had realized that it was far more trouble than it was worth. Of
course there were some exceptions. Some did find a lovely person, and
some are still behind the girls, persistent and ever hopeful.
I remember the ragging all too well. I remember how each and every
one of us were hi made to come out of our nice cozy comfort zones and
do something absolutely ridiculous. It was more like an on the spot
performance event. The things they made us do. It gave us all a good
laugh and a lot to talk about.
I remember how the food seemed nice at first. But then the monotony
of our weekly menu began to hit us. But after sometime, we didn’t
seem to care much. Our bodies had learnt to adapt.
We have all learnt a lot in those initial days of college. Those days are
now gone, but they still exist in our memories, never failing to bring a
nostalgic smile on our now slightly older faces.
- Ram Kokul.S

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