大学英语作文：The Virtues of Being College Students

大学英语作文：The Virtues of Being College Students
Directions:Write a composition on the topic:The Virtues of Being College Students.Your composition should be no less than 150 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:1) 大学生朝气蓬勃；2) 大学生求知欲强烈；3) 大学生要珍惜大学生活.

During my time as an undergrad I always embraced being a student but there were moments when I couldn't wait to graduate and get a jump start on my career and start making money. My older peers always told me to stay in school as long as you can. Now that I am out on my own, I realized what they meant. I am truly starting to appreciate things I took for granted while I was in school. Therefore, it has inspired me to jot down a few things I miss about college since I've entered the real world.
First, being a student equals free things and discounts. My first few weeks out of college I realized how often I took advantage of my student status. I am no longer eligible for discounts at local food markets, on electronics, etc. Not to mention having to pay for things like a gym-membership.
In addition to freebies I never knew the student health center was the cheapest hospital I'd ever visit. Although it is just a doctor's office, it was nice to have a place to go when I was feeling a little under the weather... and for free. Now if I want to have a doctor check me for a sinus infection or cold, it will cost me. I also didn't realize how much I took my parent's health insurance for granted. Searching for my health insurance has been a true eye-opener. I've learned a lot about how things work and what terms like "deductible" and "co-pay" mean as well as how expensive things can get.
Yes, health insurance from the parents is something I didn't calculate into my cost of college, as well as parent's money in general. Even if some students don't get an allowance, parents often pay for car insurance, cell phone bills, taxes and things like that. These are things I never even thought about... until I had to start paying for them.
Health insurance, taxes, bills etc. will become more manageable once I get comfortable financially. But one thing that I simply can't put a price tag on are winter, spring and fall break. Besides a day or two off for Christmas, these glorious weeks don't exist in the real world. I never realized how precious these days were until I didn't have them anymore.
Although I could ramble on about a few other luxuries I miss about being a student, all in all, my transition from student to a young professional as been an appreciative one. No one could convince me how great being in college was; I only truly valued it after I was no longer there. And since I am not in a full-time position yet, I know how incredible things like paid-vacation time and health insurance are when it comes to accepting a job; it isn't all about the salary. Thus, my journey from college to real-world has been a necessary step into what will be a successful and grateful career.
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llege students are a special brand of species. You can pick college students out of a crowd by the way they look, what they are wearing, how they walk around in the morning, what they eat and the amount of hygiene they deem acceptable.
The weirdest experience I can remember was coming home from college after my freshman year and taking a shower without wearing flip flops, without the fear of getting some kind of fungus on my feet. Yes, college students are another type of species where even the lowest attempt at maintaining hygiene is tolerated.
Everyone who is a student understands that people wear sweats to class. They?re comfortable to sit in for long periods of time and easy to put on in the morning. However, wearing sweats does not replace showering. Yes, in most cases sweats will cover up your two-days-without-showering smell, and a hoodie, to some, has become the best invention ever to hide your scary bed head. But sweats are not a substitute for showering at least once a day. There is also the issue of wearing the same sweat suit day after day after day. Sweats are miraculous inventions, but even they can?t withstand the smell of a college student for more than two days without being washed. To all of you who do wear the same sweats day after day, you?re not fooling anyone, we can smell you, but something tells me that if you?re doing it, you don?t really care what anyone thinks in the first place. Just don?t expect to get any phone numbers in class.
Worse than wearing the same sweats day after day, is getting decked out in nice clothing to go to class when you haven?t showered. Unless you?re of a special smell-less, sweat-less class, there is no reason why you are an exception to the showering rule. What I don?t get is why you would waste a perfectly good outfit you could wear over the weekend, to throw on your un-showered bodies in order to sit in class all day.
God gave college students sweats for a reason; it is a shame that some of you still wear short skirts and high heels to class. When I see people decked out in class, squirming around uncomfortably in their seats for an hour and 45 minutes, it makes me want to throw a pair of sweat pants and a hoodie at them.
Another thing that some students who are above and beyond hygiene think is that they can get away without brushing their teeth, and that gum, Listerine and Tic Tacs are right up there with the invention of the sweatsuit. But once again, I?m going to have to give you all some bad news: gum doesn?t cover up the yellow stains on your teeth. Even the longest lasting gum, which lasts about four minutes before you?re chewing on what tastes like your own breath, won?t hide your morning breath. I?m not sure whether these people just don?t care that when they speak, others always stand a couple of feet away from them or turn their head, or if they really just don?t have three extra minutes in the morning and night to get the job done.
The last hygiene cover-up attempt, and probably the easiest to pick out is the cologne shower. Guys think that if they just give themselves one spray?or 10?of cologne it will substitute for a shower. As a girl, I can understand a girl waking up late and has to get to class in 15 minutes has no time for a shower. She would have to wash her hair, dry her hair, etc., etc., etc., but all a guy has to do is jump in the shower, lather up, some even wash their hair with a bar of soap I hear, and jump out in five minutes or less.
There is no excuse other than laziness for a guy not showering in the morning, and the cologne showers do not count. When a guy who has taken a cologne shower walks by, you will know, and a certain disgusted expression will appear on your face; guys, it?s not an expression to be proud of.
So to conclude, college students get away with enough stuff as it is: waking up at noon, skipping classes, not having jobs and eating pizza for breakfast. If you add not showering, not brushing your teeth and wearing the same clothing more than a day at a time, you?ve gone too far.