It's just a couple of week since I started my second semester of uni life but then I already can conclude something about.......various kinds of people that you can find in college, probably? (Hope this isnt too premature)
College or uni, isnt like high school at all (YAIYALAH) whether if you see it from how lecturers deliver materials by lecturing or simply on how to deal with many many many kinds of peeps. Well, maybe this post isnt really universal since I'm mainly talking about how it feels like to make friends with people from overseas but I'm pretty sure colleges are pretty similar, if it comes to comparing with high school lol. Maybe it's mainly because after the lecture time is over everyone just rushes outta class to do their own stuff; sleep at dorm, go to library, dealing with school's dean, having club's meeting for latest project etc. Or.....maybe...if someone goes to college, does it mean that they have a bigger curiosity compared to what they have back when they were younger, since the stereotype says that college is all about being mature? That's what I have in mind, at the moment. And my own thought leads me to questions and questions, how people can act so nice and pure, or even too evil and mean, or maybe being two-faced at the same time.
College's ambience in general (esp. college with dorms) automatically asks the students to kindly help each other, whether they like it or not. Of course it happens in places where you can find other people with same nationality as you. Here in my campus you will never wanna know how many Indonesians who are at least currently studying in this jungle university. It's a definition of A LOT. And most of them are so kind and helpful. Most of them care enough for other students to lean on. I believe it is all about having the same goals, purposes, feelings and understandings that one community may have, although for some reasons both-sides always exist especially in human's personality. People dont always love.
People who dont always love can refer to those who get judged easily by society, although the rest already know that rumors arent always true from the very first impression. But then other society (I draw out a lotta group of people in my mind hahaha since there are literally a bunch of cliques and communities in campus) silently agrees that it aint the 'dont love' that becomes wrong, but secretly deep inside they just hate the feeling of not being loved. Some people just feel like they need to be accepted, respected and etc. It's not only about "Damn she's so mean I hate her." but mostly about a lotta haters do feel they want a better treatment. That why (probably) some people hate the feeling of being hated, although those people arent hated actually, but those people just dont see the unseen spreading love that isnt shown yet. Like what I wrote about my thought earlier, college's stereotype is about being mature and somehow maturity needs acceptance.
And yes, I do feel so these years ever since I stepped in junior high up until now when I'm being in college.
It's not only me but people in ambience like this may feel like they surely love kind people, surely hate mean people, or even surely become two-faced also! But I dont blame (or support) in any sides not because I wanna be a neutral person cus somehow being neutral is boring. I choose being happy, and maybe the rest out of good-bad categories choose the same way. A happy person will automatically be kind if he/she is among kind people. Same situation also happens if a happy person is among mean people. You know, I learn this from SpongeBob's way of living that I found in Google: laugh out loud all day without any reason (it doesnt make you insane, trust me *finger crossed*) and annoy mean people with your happiness. Yes it does work.
I personally see things in my current living atmosphere in that way, maybe it is true or vice versa. I may have many people who are going to agree with me after finding out the piece of my mind but it doesnt mean that there are not gonna be some people who feel offended afterwards. Lol. Sometimes disclaimers are fun to deal with since all they can do is correcting us to be somebody better.
I strongly agree that college is not about digging broaden knowledge from textbooks, but also about this gripping social phenomenon.