Can't Live Without You SLU

SLU - my second home, my second family, my teacher, my friend, my comforter, my inspiration.

For almost 10 years, I am a student of Saint Louis University. From my elementary years... until now, my high school years. Saint Louis is a witness of my successes, my failures, my struggles as a student, as well as my growing and maturing years.

Saint Louis University as my second home and family...

As a student, I spend most of my time in school. I only spend 3 to 5 hours of my day for my family and the remaining hours, for school and other school works like assignments, home works, and activities. In a week, I spend 5 to 6 days for school and only 1 day for my family. Still, sometimes, I spend 5 to 7 days for school, especially when there are group projects or activities. This is the reason why I  consider Saint Louis as my second home as well as my second family.

Saint Louis serves as my teacher...

Each school year is a challenge for me to learn more and grab the opportunities that SLU gives. Each day is a chance for me to do my best so that I could make my parents proud. Every minute is a chance for me to listen well to what my teachers say and every second is a chance for me to finish my assignments and other works so that I may pass all my subjects. Every day is chance for me to remember that if I'll do well today... rest assured because tomorrow will surely be great.

Saint Louis as my friend and my comforter...

Crushes... Infatuations... Admirations...

Yes, things related to the so called, "love". These are all normal especially for us - young people, high school students. In today's concept, it's not normal for a boy or a girl not to have a "crush". Most believe that every person has a thing to admire in another person (usually of different sex).

Honestly... SLU is one of the witnesses of how I had crushes, how I got infatuated, how I admired somebody, and how i experienced the feeling of "love". Yes, love...

Saint Louis as my inspiration...

Grades... This is usually one of my problems. I don't mean that I get failing grades, I just don't want my grades to be exactly passing or usually termed as "pasang awa". I'm not even contented with an eighty-five grade. I aim to get higher grades and if possible, I want eighty-six to be the lowest grade that I would have. Maybe it's because my parents are too strict about my grades that's why I'm also striving for a higher grade. 

My parents always scold me whenever I get a grade of eighty-six and below. At first, I thought that they were too strict. I thought that they were too over reacting. But afterwards, I realized that they're just right. It's a good thing for them to get mad whenever I get low grades. It's a good thing that they care.  I realized that they're just scolding me because that's what's best for me.

SLU gives me the reason to strive harder. It gives me a thought that one day, all of my hardships... my struggles as a student... will lead me to the right way. It gives me the thought that after all of these, I'll have a better future, and that I will also be the one to benefit all of my hard works.

Yes, it's true that it's not easy to be a student. It will never be easy to become a student. Sometimes you have to sacrifice some of your works, chores, and other businesses just to participate in your school works. Sometimes you just have to sacrifice your time just to finish your home works.

Now, as we celebrateSLU's Centennial, I hope that more people - especially the Lousians - could see the importance of SLU in their lives. I hope that people could realize how SLU had helped them achieve what they had achived right now 'coz it is surely a great pleasure to be a Louisian.

Can't Live Without You SLU by Lady Shaira 'Shai' Abuan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at www.shaimemylifeandyou.blogspot.com.