Admission to university conjures up visions of a place plenty of hope,a haven of unlimited freedom,and at the end of it all,a dream carrier. But those who have passed through these institutions will tell you that there is more to university life than the supposed glamour.
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| Juliet, EU |
For
women especially,it is a life of self-discovery and experimentation. Each
academic year comes with a new experience,right from being code-named ''gold''
in the first year to called ''archive'' in the fourth year.
FIRST
YEARS
When
*Juliet was admitted to Egerton University to study languages four years ago,she
was the happiest girl on earth. She had always dreamt of working with embassy
and earning a good salary. She was the first in her village to join such an
exalted institution.She was a devoted christian and a choir leader at her local
church and everyone adored her in the village. She was a role model and a real
life example to many small youth who admired to be like her. She joined
Laikipia campus with an ambition of becoming proficient in at least six foreign languages
at the end of four years.
When she was warned of the wayward behaviour at
university by the students leader's, she dismissed the caution! ''How could a
person in her right mind smoke and drink!'',.... but she was to learn that worse
things can happen. With 10 broken relationships under her belt, she is now
struggling to recover the addiction to alcohol and desperately clinging to an
elusive boyfriend who had once promised to marry her.The
jovial carefree girl with ambitions of becoming a diplomat is no more today she
would accept any job as long as it puts food on the table and clothes at her
back. ''I cant tell what really happened and when i took a wrong turn'' she
says.
When
young women join campus,they are easily distinguishable from the rest of the
crowd. For the first few weeks,most of them are humble and focused. They have
dreams and ambitions (DNA), among this lot expressions like ''earning a first
class honours'',''pursuing a masters degree immediately or ''investing my
first salary'' are common. They have high expectations of learning so the
number of first years who skip classes is low. They also submit assignments on
time and are obedient to lectures and lecturers. It is during this stage that a
campus girl can tell you what kind of a man she wants in life without narrating
any sad experience with men, the type of car she wanna drive, what firm she
wanna work for, the countries she would like to fly to e.t.c
Since
most students at the campus come from upcountry, they join campus clad in very
nicely, presentable and hygienic attires i.e cute skirts and sweetly knit
blouses, flat shoes etc. They walk in groups and mostly associate with those
from their home districts and their former schoolmates. They get to learn
skills like learning to use ''flush'' toilets at campus. A large number of them
are dedicated members of christian unions and hardly miss any Bible study
sessions.
At
this stage the senior male students are easily available and generous. Some
start saving early for ''gold rush peak season''. These male students have
their rooms stacked with sophisticated electonic gadgets, packets of sweets and
biscuits, juices and other snacks. The room floors are adorned with shining
carpets. They use this as bait to win the hearts of first year girls. Infact, most
of them refer the rooms with names like ''kichinjio, old traford, theatre of
dreams, the 3 musketeers, stamford bridge, emirates e.t.c''.These men also
frequent the first year's women hostels carrying chips, biscuits, popcorn and
other sweet stuff.
At
this stage in her evolution,the first year girl has the allure of hotcakes and
her phone is busy. Her schedule is very tight with invitations coming in fast
and furious.She is promulgated and spoilet for choice where suitors are
concerned. Many of these men will have dumped their second, third and fourth year
girlfriends in favour of ''freshers''.Towards the end of the first semester, the
''civilization and promulgation'' process begins and the new members want to
feel part and parcel of ''campus life''.
A
large part of their budget is dedicated to buy 'tights', high-heeled shoes and
expensive bags. Their walking style changes from nice walking to
dancing-catwalking. They also buy loads of cosmetics and beauty products and
change their hairstyles every fortnight. Some realise the importance of body
fitness by doing exercises or going to gym, reason? ''I want to shade off some
weight and slim''. Others discover they have a flat figure and try to gain some
figure- china made figure. The girl discovers that she is no longer in the
village but at an institution of higher learning where there is a lot of
freedom-no parent interferance. They discover new friends and their language
changes. They begin to use words like ''as in'', ''kinda'', ''dont mind''
,''dude'', ''wooow", "GFF" etc. As they are talking the facial
expressions and body works are exageratted to talk like celebs like Tyra
banks,jlo,Winfrey, name them......
Towards the end of the second semester many enter
miss university concerts!...before i forget many of them have new china made
phones and they discover the power of music by walking head high with earphones
in their ear sockets.
SECOND
YEARS.
Like
form two students in high school, 2nd years are the notorious lot in campus..... Continued--:::
Part II; The Tansmogrification of a Female Campus Student (Second Year)
Don't Miss!
Written By: John Mwenda
Part II; The Tansmogrification of a Female Campus Student (Second Year)
Don't Miss!
Written By: John Mwenda
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