Hi, I'm Stacy, and I graduated from college in 2006. I am not condoning plagarism of any kind, but am putting my essays online to help with general writer's block. Learning by example is one of the most widely recognized methods of self instruction and effective tutoring. Feel free to read one of my essays to help you write your own! Donations are appreciated.

1. Your family become your friends, and your friends become your family.

2. If you don't wear your contacts in the shower, you don't notice the moldy walls as much.

3. If you wear a T-shirt under everything, you only have to wash once a month, or whenever you spill.

4. A bag of chips and a can of salsa can last a whole month.

5. Christmas lights are good year round.

6. When you go to bed at 4 a.m. and get up at 6 a.m., it's not worthwhile to get into PJ's or slide under the covers.

7. Some teachers really do care, others really don't.

8. The average college student has more appliances than plug-ins in her dorm room.

9. If you study at the bookstore, you don't need to buy any books.

10. Even when they're wrong, college teachers are always right.

11. The word adviser is misleading.

12. It's possible to oversleep for the 4:45 p.m. Sunday Mass.

13. To study is not the reason most people come to college.

14. You never realize the value of a couch until you don't have one.

15. You can live for an entire month on 75 cents.

16. Homesickness visits at the most peculiar times.

17. It no longer matters what the job is, as long as it pays money.

18. Life isn't fair, but you always get what you deserve.

19. In a group of 100 people, you can still be alone.

20. There are some things that Mom and Dad shouldn't know.

21. It's important to fully screen a guy before you go out with him. Blind dates are dangerous.

22. When around friends, sandbagging is a social activity.

23. Fire drills at 3 a.m. let the whole world know where everyone is sleeping.

24. If you thought you knew your roommate first semester, wait until second semester.

25. When the power is out for 12 hours, the freezer will defrost onto the carpet.

26. You never truly value your car until you don't have one.

27. Quarters are the world. They mean the difference between wearing your underwear inside out for the third time or just the first.

28. E-mail makes the world go round. It's a college student's lifeline.

29. Saying you're not going to drink and not drinking are two separate subjects.

30. Pizza, pizza, pizza. A staple diet.

31. Pizza is only delivered until 2 a.m.

32. Sleep doesn't have to always happen between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.

33. Brushing your roommate's teeth is an exciting activity at 4 a.m.

34. Some relationships are strengthened by distance while others disappear.

35. If the sign says free food, it must be a worthwhile activity.

36. You don't get any credits for watching football.

37. All books must be removed from the shelves at least once a semester. To sell them back.

38. Getting snail mail makes the whole week wonderful.

39. Packages are even better.

40. Dorm rooms are not good places to study.

41. Just because the class is called calculus does not mean you get to use your calculator.

42. Half a bottle of perfume is a good substitute for a shower.

43. Don't talk to a "Days of Our Lives" addict between noon and 1 p.m.

44. College can change you 100 times and then mold you back into the person you were when you first came.