Childish acts keep balance in students' lives
Kassi Gillette
Issue date: 11/2/09 Section: Lifestyles
"I like to stay out of trouble and if you do big kid things you can get in trouble," Kemp said. "I tried big kid things once and I got arrested."
Kemp sleeps with her blue blanket every night. It was a gift from her grandmother who passed away right before Kemp was born.
"I have a stuffed animal named George in my room," said freshman Rhett Nebeker, a biology major from Golden, Colo. "He is my pet monkey from my ex-girlfriend."
Many have an emotional attachment to childhood possessions because of meaningful attributes or fond memories.
"I think I do these things because all the simple things make me smile," Mantuauto said. "I miss the time of my life when I was worried about when I got to ride my bike again or whether or not I was coloring inside the lines, which I still can't do no matter how hard I try. It's like a blast from the past and I wouldn't want to forget any part of it. If that means watching cartoons every once in a while to jog my memory, so be it."
Holding onto childish things can help keep college life in balance, and some student won't ever grow up.
"I hope I don't give up childish things; who wants to grow up?" Nebeker said. "I'm going to be teaching my grandkids how to play because I'm still going to be playing."
Kemp sleeps with her blue blanket every night. It was a gift from her grandmother who passed away right before Kemp was born.
"I have a stuffed animal named George in my room," said freshman Rhett Nebeker, a biology major from Golden, Colo. "He is my pet monkey from my ex-girlfriend."
Many have an emotional attachment to childhood possessions because of meaningful attributes or fond memories.
"I think I do these things because all the simple things make me smile," Mantuauto said. "I miss the time of my life when I was worried about when I got to ride my bike again or whether or not I was coloring inside the lines, which I still can't do no matter how hard I try. It's like a blast from the past and I wouldn't want to forget any part of it. If that means watching cartoons every once in a while to jog my memory, so be it."
Holding onto childish things can help keep college life in balance, and some student won't ever grow up.
"I hope I don't give up childish things; who wants to grow up?" Nebeker said. "I'm going to be teaching my grandkids how to play because I'm still going to be playing."
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