The mother of the UC Berkeley Class of 2016 has some keen insights about her graduate’s disappointment and hurt. Her assessment of her son’s college experience (or lack of) is spot on. College is what you make out of it. You can only rip the rewards if you put efforts into it. He likes saxophone, he could have joined a club with students with similar interest. He could have played it when he is sad or lonely (what a soothing sound it can be), or when he is happy or jolly. He could have played in an open field. He is into medicine, and he is on a premed track, he could have joined a pre-med club, or at least seek out advice on taking the MCAT test. I imagine that the very first such advice is probably “The test is very, very long. You cannot leave the premise until the test is over, so make sure to bring snacks, lunch, and water with you”. Knowledge is not gained only from reading books and attending lectures. You can learn a lot by participating in a class discussion, organizing and participating in street corner demonstrations (especially, it is a class exercises). GPA is important, so are regular physical, community activities.
The good thing is that the parent and student has very open communication. The hard part is to put into practice. Change requires efforts and takes courage. Take your saxophone whereever you go and start playing. Play it for no reason!
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