Just Beat it!

There’s a lot of pressure at Rhodes that gets showered onto a first year. It takes a lot of self control to sustain previous moral values that parents try to teach you throughout your life. The best thing is just to remind yourself that you’re going to have to live with the consequence of your actions (yes, I sound like a teacher or parent but remember this speech because it might save you from having a really bad first year at Rhodes). There are too many things we want to experience and to try. We want to get drunk so we can talk with the other ‘drunks’ about our drunken night. It sounds glamorous doesn’t it? For the first time in your life, for those that come to Rhodes when they’re 18 years old, you are allowed to drink as much as you want to. Nothing can stop you now! It’s a great feeling to be drunk sometimes, you’re happy and you enjoy every second of that night. But the next morning when you wake up…your smile will be long gone! A headache will puncture every last energy bubble that’s left in your body. Suddenly sunlight will become the enemy. Facebook photo’s and messages from friends will become your nightmare because there’s nothing worse than seeing things you’ve done that you can’t remember doing at all. It’s like looking at someone else’s life. It’s fun being a socialite and drinking but even before you come to Rhodes, you have to start preparing yourself for the pressure. Start by finding out where your limit is! Try to get a limit for yourself where you are tipsy, happy and enjoying the night but not totally drunk (if you feel you’ll have an uncontrollable urge to drink at Rhodes).
Keep smiling and beating the pressure!
Peace out!
Etto =)