As I walked into my college, after a month long vacations and the god-forsaken exams, I noticed a sudden change. The change, not only in the air I took in, not only the new faces that I looked at...but also at the pace, style and the feeling of being a “senior”.
Yes! Welcome to the world of Second years. The new “seniors”!!!!
We, the second years, are the people “hanging” in the middle of college life. We have seen enough and at the same time, we have not seen all. On one side, the freshers comprise of the curious and gawking lots ready to make new friends, and on the other side the third years are the most “experienced” ones, who stay in their minute groups and are rarely seen in the college campus. But in a whole different stream, we, the second years, are the ones who have to be friends and guides to the fuchhas and at the same time have a cool rapport with the “super-seniors”.
In our first year ,we were like the cute mice behind the holes, curious, shy as well as ready to do all the work in the world to impress our seniors. The new found freedom, though gave us some wings, but we didn’t let them open.
But this year is totally different. This year, we open our wings and flutter, ready to fly. We get the comfortable feeling with our college. Amidst the hectic schedules and the boring classes, we enjoy, we explore and we live.
In the second year of our college life, we have the proficiency to get our ‘jugaads' done; we know the “proxy”routine. We know how to organize bunks. We realize the importance of being late in class. We understand that the books are to be bought a month before the exams, so no need of spending the money now. We have the resources of getting the notes of the “nerdy” people in our class. We know when to take a crash course and when to crash the course.
But in the whole ups and downs of life , there are those people who know how to turn their life around and know where they are going, and what they really want in life. The road being always two sided, there are also some people, who believe that we have to live in the moment and whatever life throws at us, we will drive through.
Yes! This is the life of us, second year “seniors”!!
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Kriti Anand is a second year student pursuing Economics honours from Shri Ram College of Commerce. She is passionate about writing and reading. You will find a good collection of books with her. She loves exploring new places, making new friends and loves chatting with them. She gets inspiration from the group she is surrounded by.