The Valpo Core Reader
 

Document Type

Narrative Essay

Publication Date

1993

Excerpt

The end of 1991 was at hand; another precious year slipping away. My endeavors for joining the military had been in vain, and the future held nothing but anxiety and uncertainty. The world we live in has always aroused my curiosity, Infinite in mass, wonders, and mysteries. Wouldn't it be marvelous if one could just explore, and learn, and explore. People who travelled had always been the target of my envy. In my mind, then and now, travelling is the best form of education. Then why on earth did I search for glory in the military? Due to my ignorance and lack of vision, I was going to lose a precious year of my life. All the deadlines for college admission had passed. A friend of mine, also trapped with an unquenchable desire to go to the United States to study, told me to apply to Valparaiso University. He himself had done so and most importantly, Valpo had no application deadlines. The name of the school was striking enough, and they also had a golf team (neither of which actually mattered at this point), so I applied. After receiving the application forms on the thirteenth of December, I had them completed and in the office of admissions by the seventeenth. On the twenty-second, an acquaintance from my home town and a student at the very same Institution, brought my certificate of admission. I was inl

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