Phil Dunphy
"I’m the cool dad, that’s my thang. I’m hip, I surf the web, I text. LOL: laugh out loud, OMG: oh my god, WTF: why the face." - Phil Dunphy
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Welcome to the Future
Next year, I, the one and only Derek Stevenson,
will attend Grove City College. I know, shocking, this college does in fact
exist, located an hour south of Pittsburgh. I look forward to meeting a
plethora of new people and pray that some of my peers feel sympathetic enough
towards me to act as my friends. With this in mind, I would like to leave a
certain impression upon these unfortunate students. To begin with, I would like
my future friends to think of me as sociable. My tuxedo shirt already hangs in
my closet, waiting for me to strut my stuff in it, giving me the impression
that I strive for formality, but also look to party. Seeing that Grove City has
remained a dry campus since the age of dinosaurs, this goal may look slightly
different than most people imagine. After my first year of college, I hope all
the students in my hall view Derek Stevenson as a friend they can go to for a
hang-out, a serious conversation, or help in revising their English papers. As
seen from my parents and two older siblings, college friendships have the
potential to become strong bonding relationships that last past the few short
years of education. Secondly, I want my
future friends in college to admire my work ethic. College acts as a place for
learning, and I would bet my left knuckle that Jim and Barb will constantly
remind me of this fact. With the pleasant reminder from my parents and the
challenge set before me by following in my older brother’s footsteps, I will work
harder than a woodpecker in a petrified forest. In doing so, I must become
accustomed to hours spent in the library, creating flashcards and forming study
groups. Pride would radiate from my body if I could start college as a mechanical
engineer and finish the four years of college with this same title. Finally, I
would find it quite pleasing if my friends thought of me as an overall joyful
person. In order to achieve this goal, this summer I plan on watching and analyzing
the PBS legend, Mr. Rogers, along with the rest of his neighborhood, putting my
skills learned from AP English to good use. Red V-neck sweaters, along with
very young children, will become my new best friends. If I can accomplish these
few goals, I will enjoy the next four years of life and I hope I can positively
affect the lives of students around me.
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Derek, I have no doubt in my mind that you will fulfill all of these goals. Unless something really dramatic happens between now and the fall, that is. In my opinion, you've already mastered the necessary balance between sociable/joyful and academically-driven. On another note, I think that you effectively pinpointed the true purposes of college: to learn and create lasting relationships, values all of us should adopt these next four years.
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