4A-Slow Down

Many people that I have encountered, have trouble with patience.  Instead of thinking about how things will be influenced down the line, they think about the present moment.  But there comes a point in people's lives when they realize that their previous ways of thinking may not be the best.  Different situations arise in which people realize that some things are worth waiting for. Whether it is involved with work, eating habits, or the grades you get in school, everyone has something.  What is worth the wait for you?

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/18/090518fa_fact_lehrer

I would love to say that I enjoy school work.  Unfortunately that would be a lie.  I have never been exceptional at school.  I have always been an average kid when it came to intelligence. For this reason I felt that I had to work harder in order to achieve desirable grades. When college started I saw the crowds of people who were going out every night. I knew that I wanted to enjoy the social aspects that came with college.  There were academic aspects that were holding me back.

As the semester progressed, I noticed that I was hearing about more people staying in, instead of having eventful nights, because they were not doing well in school.  I feel as if I gained something by not going out every night.  I realized at the beginning of school that although I may have been missing out on the fun at first, I gained a better start at the academic year then I would have gotten if I had followed the crowd, like most people expected me to do.  It is a very common thought that American college students are expected to do this.  We have built quite a reputation for ourselves.

I personally feel as if us, as Americans as a whole are very lazy.  We have expected everything to handed to us, just because a large part of our lives, they have been.  Although there are many exceptions of this rule, there are also many people who live up to the characteristics that society gives to them. Unfortunately I do not believe that this problem can be fixed because it all starts from the way that children are brought up.  If parents give their child whatever they want, they will not realize how to wait for things they find important or work towards this goal.

As technology improves we become a more self centered society.  We are selfish and find it harder to wait for delayed gratification. Can you deviate from the crowd?