What I've learned from college:

1. I am a teacher's favorite student because I'm personable and intelligent with good comprehension and retention of ideas, but because of this I never learned good study habits in high school and so am unwilling or unmotivated to apply myself to the course work unless it suits my mood.
2. College students never really grew up:
   
   
   
   
   
3. Sit at the front of the room on exams days. You'll get the exam that much quicker than your peers, and sometimes half a minute makes a big difference.
4. The more unorthodox the name of an English class, the more likely it is to be engaging and maybe even fun. Compare Nanotexts to Intro to American Literature. You know exactly what you're getting yourself into in the latter, but the first one just might surprise you.
5. You know a class has real world applications when you start noticing it in your everyday life , and analyzing movies the way you analyzed books does not count.
6. You can learn anything on the internet.
7. Your pet will miss you as much if not more than you miss the rest of your family.