Seth -- I know what you're getting at. Instead of hanging out watching TV, get involved deeply with things that make you a better person.
Oddly enough, those qualities are supposed to be the things that college gives to kids. Yet we have to remind them. Wonder if the public could get a partial refund on all of that money we spent?
But putting it in a quick list loses the point. Makes it look like a to-do list instead of your life's mission: learn something! Pour yourself into something bigger than yourself! Plus people can then take potshots at each item in the list, completely missing the point.
Oddly enough, those qualities are supposed to be the things that college gives to kids. Yet we have to remind them. Wonder if the public could get a partial refund on all of that money we spent?
But putting it in a quick list loses the point. Makes it look like a to-do list instead of your life's mission: learn something! Pour yourself into something bigger than yourself! Plus people can then take potshots at each item in the list, completely missing the point.