One of my favorite television shows is Dawson's Creek. As cliche as many people may think this show is, I find it to be heartfelt, and it often resonates with my life. I have gained many a life lesson from this show. As I was chilling in my room today, I rewatched an episode that holds one of my favorite quotes. And it seems to connect nicely to my feelings about college.
Gretchen: You know Dawson, it might interest you to know that I did take one film class in college.
Dawson: Was it a monumental waste of time?
Gretchen: No, it was great actually. But you know what my teacher said was the most bogus line in Hollywood cinema?
Dawson: What?
Gretchen: "There's no place like home."
Dawson: Wizard of Oz.
Gretchen: Exactly. It's what everybody remembers about the movie, but it doesn't resonate with the rest of the story. Think about it. You know home is this desolate, gray, dust bowl of a place where some nasty old lady is trying to kill your dog. And Oz is ...
Dawson: Technicolor.
Gretchen: And sure it has it's problems. You know, poppy fields, flying monkeys, ...
Dawson: Talking trees.
Gretchen: But along the way you make friends. Good friends. With people that you never even knew existed when you were growing up. Straw people, tin people, ...
Dawson: And lions.
Gretchen: [laughs] Exactly. And you help each other realize that all the things that you want to be, you already are.
So as I celebrate my first semester of college, I have been able to look back on the incredible growing experience it has become for me. I have met so many people, made tons of new friends, and learned not just an enormous amount from my school work, but about myself as well. I feel that through college, or if I may the Wonderful Land of Oz, I have discovered a lot about myself, who I am and who I want to become.
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