What it's like to be a freshman from one of our very own freshman.

This year I am a freshman at MSU. I am also a commuter. I live in Willard, so I don't live in the dorms or near campus at all. You'll have to talk to others if you really want to know about all that jazz.

So I have the greatest example of what it feels like to be a freshman in college.

Tonight I went to my cousin's fourth birthday party. She is a leap year baby, and today was her first birthday (technically). But her older brother, who is six and in kindergarten, had written a journal entry for his class that got him sent to the principal's office (it was quite a remarkable entry). As far as I can remember, this is what it said (first with, then without the spelling errors):

The sun is fir		The Sun is fire
Mrcre has no mons		Mercury has no moons
Venis has valcanos		Venus has volcanoes
Ert is are planet		Earth is our planet
Mars is dry		Mars is dry
Jupiter is likwi hydrgn		Jupiter is liquid hydrogen
Satrn has rigx		Saturn has rings
Uranis has rigx too		Uranus has rings too
Neptun is wde		Neptune is windy
Mrs. Bowers is col		Mrs. Bowers is cool

Now, the things that I noted about that little journal entry of a kindergartener are sort of ironic.

First, I notice that there is nothing about Pluto. This makes me sad. He complimented his teacher instead of talking about Pluto. DOES NOBODY ELSE MISS PLUTO???

Second, I want to point out what he said about Jupiter. He told what it was made of. The really sad part? I learned that in my Astronomy 114 class TODAY. He wrote this journal last week. HE'S SIX YEARS OLD!!!!

Basically… as a freshman, they are just teaching me stuff I should have learned in kindergarten!