What I have learnt from University

I've just done some reflection as to what university has really taught me. Have I become better at maths? Not really. Am I better at drawing up financial documents?  Then I realised that leaving home and going to university is as much about learning about yourself as it is about learning the subjects you're being taught. So what have I learnt about myself?

I have seen in movies and heard from people; university is all about ragging, alcohol, fraandship, bunking to cls, labs but mostly about the first two. I came here and realised how little I care about either. The government has vilified ragging but in our clg it is not, and coming to alcohol it take whole session to write about. I was not going out of my way to find either - and I was content. I imagined my mums face if I caught by police for ragging my juniors or something. That kept me on a steady keel. The image of my mums face. Gosh, I really am a kid

I am the most pragmatic person. I know I am so proud for what I am. I love telling people about the lovely things back home. I love how different everyone is here; I was never a reader I read roughly 5-6 novels. I realised how average I am at studies. Anyone who's been on this blog for more than a few seconds will know what I am. I was one of the better among the group of boys..

On a somewhat similar point, I found out that I'm happier spending an evening alone at home, with good internet speeds. Facebook, chatting with frnds, hangouts on g+ …. You don't appreciate people till you leave them. I only really understood how cool my parents were once I left home. They
do stuff on time, they plan things out, they know how to handle people and navigate situations....I have some way to go. When you go to a new place you realise the value of home and people who will be there no matter what. It's that unconditional love I crave.

I guess above all, university teaches you what life alone is like.

• How to do laundry? 
• How to wash dishes? 
• How to 'cook'?
• How to be friends strangers?
• How to plan one's day and more importantly, one's work?

How to spend wisely and how to save bugs wisely - and how to face the consequences of not doing both. It's about creating a second home, somewhere else. I seemed to have made good ground in learning all those things.

And the other thing I learned is Photoshop from my friend Santosh, English words from Jashwanth, framing sentences with those words from Pradeep, Math from Sashi, How to ppr for xams from Swaroop, laughing big for a small issue from Phani and thing from many other….

How well I've learnt the things? I was supposed to learn much more. What my next few months of college will be like, I don't know. All I do know is that I can't wait to get out into the REAL world and start working and buying a motorcycle and all the other challenges that come with the next step of the way.

Ragging phase

I got my admission in University college of Engineering (K.U.) .I was accustomed quite well to the hostel environment and everything seemed to be so perfect and exciting. There was no cable connection at our hostel and internet connection was out of scope. There was not even a single cyber cafe in the entire college campus and the few cafes in the city, used to charge about 20-30 rupees/hour. It was not considered as a crime, if anyone wouldn't have known some of the terms like MP3, Email, URL, and Browser etc. When I was in my school dys I thought, Engineering clgs are the place whr there iz Wi-Fi for 24/7, I thought it would be like Happy days(Telugu flick) the entire scenario was changed.

The ragging phase was going on. Almost one week completed with all these thoughts. One dy in mess I was sitting in front of my senior and he started me asking some freaking questions.

Senior: What iz ur name?

Me: Sravankumar Sripadi sir (Sir at last Mandatory)…

Senior: Which branch?

Me: Computer Science and Engineering sir.

Senior: I think itz the reason for ur show off..

Me: No sir..

Senior: Okay, you so fair which cosmetic product u r using?

Me: No sir, I use ntg sir.

Senior: Say yar, I should also get fairness like u. Which one Fair and Lovely, Garnier, Fairever, Fair and Handsome ….

Senior: Okay, say “I am jersey buffalo” then I will leave u.

Me: Sry sir, not Jersey buffalo it is Jersey cow.

Senior: what an attitude sir jiii, come with me I want to know more abt jersey cow.

Me :( I thought I was screwed up)..

        
        I was taken to his room, there are abt 5 seniors. They are very hungry and I became food for them. All of them rounded me(Ragging started ), they asked me to remove ur shirt I did(If not situation will be out of my hand).

Senior1: what will do u without senior help?

Senior2: Oh.. He knows more abt cows and buffalos can u teach me?

Senior3: U r get 10dys old to this clg . How dare u to make such a statement to a senior

Me: Sir , I jst corrected the sentence whts wrong in that ….?

Senior1: This iz too much

Senior2: Slapped me……

Me: No doubt I will be here till mrng I should entertain these guys throughout the ni8

          
        While all these is gng on a senior how is watching frm the other balcony came to room and asked me what happened (actually he don’t the incident).I am abt to xplan he taken me out of the room leave it and don’t repeat it. I am free, I thought it was finished but not. Sravankumar Sripadi became hot topic amg seniors for 3dys all used to ask same question is that u…………….???