Survival Of The Fittest.

Mobb Deep got it right: "Survival of the fittest, only the strong survive." It's true - to varying extents. Whether or not the strongest chooses to impose their will immediately raises questions to this theory. Fact: I still have no idea how to go about this post-secondary life. The genius is there, the mind is elsewhere - I don't think it took three geniuses to figure that part out. Study the day of for a biology exam and get a 74, study the night before for a calculus exam and get a 33. Evidently you cannot always catch lightning in a bottle. A year off may actually have been what I needed to right the ship. This ship won't continue to sink, but the holes are evident and the captain stubbornly chooses to trudge along anyway. Freshman year, I called for a renewed commitment and a fresh start. Instead, I am faced with an endless barrage of information to be processed by a mind that rests 3-5 hours/day. My new mission statement for freshman year? Survive round one and shock the world in the subsequent ones. How to accomplish that? Back to basics. For starters, get some legitimate rest. Survival of the fittest? I'll settle for mere survival and four months to ensure the continued upward trajectory of this hurting soul.