3rd to last entry

I'll tell you what's interesting to read: articles in the Dartmouth newspaper written by Freshmen. You read their articles, and you realize that they're good writers, but reads funny. It reads, well frankly, like a scared Freshman eager to not sound like ... a ... Freshman, really. It's full of references, saturated with any metaphor and half-clever line that they could stuff in there along with the story. It comes off as just too obvious; too overdone. Senior writers who are less astute and talented still write honestly, making articles more readable.

So when I'm in college, and a Freshman, will I be as shaky and scared as the Freshmen in the Dartmouth paper? Grabbing frantically at everything I can to be noticed and treated equally. How does somebody in that generality of being the baby of the school gain recognition on a serious level? Here at Hanover, we notice the Freshmen who can sing really high and we imagine the breakdown they'll have when their voice drops. As somebody as socially neurotic as I am, I don't know if I can handle being thought of in that way again. I guess ultimately I'll just have to chill out, but it's hard to go from being top dog to being the youngest again. Whatever.