LoveandLearning?AGoodMatch
SomepeoplesaythatintheUnitedStatesthemostacademicallyfulfilledcollegestudentsarethosewhohavefalleninlove.
Loveisakindofmotivationforlearning.
TheyevensaythatastudentonaUScampuswillberegardedaseccentricifwithoutaboy/girlfriendandthatdatingisthemostindispensablepartofcollegecampuslife.
Mostcollegestudentsareyoungadultswhoarediscoveringtheirplaceintheworld.
Theydiscoverideas,information,andopportunities,buttheyalsooftendiscovereachother.
Everydayoncampus,Iseestudentsinlove,studentshopingforlove,andstudentsmourninglostorunrequitedlove.
Loveisakindofmotivationforlearning—thiswouldbehardtoproveordisprove,butreal,solidlovebetweentwostudentsdefinitelycanbringclarityandfocustoastudent’swork.
Suddenly,doingwellinschoolmaybetwiceasmeaningful.
Theyhaveeachothertoimpressandtolooktoforhelpandsupportwhenthingsgetdifficult.
I’veseenthishappen,andlikeallaspectsoftruelove;itisabeautifulsight.
However,lovedoesnotarrivefullyformed,asifitissomethingforcollegestudentstopickupwhentheypaytheirtuitionorbuytheirbooks.
Gettingtoknowpotentialromanticpartnersrequirestheawkward,time-consuming,andfrequentlyfrustratingprocesscalleddating.
Atthisstage,relationshipsarenew,unstable,andoftenchaotic.
Doyougoonthatdateorstudyforthetest?
Doyousitwhereyoucanheartheteacherandparticipateintheclassdiscussion,ordoyousitinthebackoftheroomwhereyoucanseetheobjectofyourdesireandpossiblyexchangethoseall-importantglances?
Doyouriskmissingacrucialbitofinformationorbeingcaughtunawarewithaquestionwhileyouplanyournextstepintherelationship?
Whereisyourattention,really?
Oncalculusoronhowtolandthatdate?