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working with people, something that will always bean asset to me. At the same time, I know that Ihave missed much of the education I paid my tuitionto receive. Only rarely could I find time to exertmyself in an exciting class or pursue an ideaor book that captured my imagination. In mygloomiest thoughts, I taunt myself with the ideathat all my activities might have been designed tokeep me from being bored at an unchallenginginstitution. In my more optimistic momentsI complacently realize that the people I have come toknow, the complex situations that I have facedand resolved, and the resulting interactions andexperiences have provided me with the best possibleeducation to cope with people and problemsin society.Yes, I've gained a particular type of educationhere, one that I personally decided I wanted to get.I chose the route of student government; othershave chosen many different routes. Now, as weprepare to graduate, we must all face the truth thatwe have received only one type of educationhere. It conforms to neither our darkest nightmaresnor our greatest ideals, but lies somewhere in-between.The challenge before us is to now seek the educationthat we didn't get here. It is with ambivalentfeelings, exhilaration tinged with remorse, thatI realize that my education, and all the pain andjoy that goes with it, has just begun .... . . a particular type of education ...253