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103. Enviable People One has been attempting to learn the meaning of an Intro to Japanese Culture text; but though one has gone over the same passages again and again, one still does not seem to understand the meaning of the passage, or the purpose of it in the class. Meanwhile, one hears other people, not only classmates (for whom it is natural) but ordinary college men and women, inputting on such passages without the slightest effort, and one wonders when one will ever be able to come up to their standard. When one is out of bed at night typing up an essay and hears one’s roommate dreaming and snoring loudly because they did not have any homework to care about, how enviable they seem! ~~~ Once on the day of my birth in the ninth month I decided to visit my parents. By the time I had packed I was already worn out; yet I kept packing and was finally on my way to my last class when a group of cars passed me. Though they evidently had classes to go to, as I did, the skipped their classes briskly and without the slightest look of discomfort – very enviable. I had made haste to leave at dawn, but by the hour of breakfast I remembered I had to pick up a take home test. To make matters worse, the morning Chemistry class had been canceled, and I felt very tempted to leave. When I decided to stay, I began to cry from loneliness and wondered why I decided to take this class when there were so many people who had never thought of making the effort. Just then I saw a woman from my floor walking down the hall. She was not carrying books, but a suitcase. “I have gone home several time this year,” she declared to the people she met along the way. She was a dormmate I could have hardly noticed if I had met her anywhere else; but at that moment I wished I could change places with her. ~~~ I greatly envy people who have easy classes, whether they are long class periods or ordinary ones. People who have umbrellas with a large span that protect them from rain that would otherwise fall on their shoulders. People who have a life and are always surrounded by fun friends are most enviable. People who have a good hand, who are skillful at playing Super Smash Brothers, and who always end up first whenever there is a competition. On first watching anime, one is extremely envious of experienced otaku and wonders when one will be able to watch so many anime episodes. The students in the university who are privileged to see the Florida vs. Florida State game. People who can afford their own apartment and can stay there during their entire college career. An alumnus who has really graduated and is currently making a name for himself in the world.
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