Avila University - Anthem Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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REFLECTION ON IDENTITY Thank God ! It ' s almost over. Thank God ! Now why did I say that? Was it all that bad? Did I really waste four years of my life? Where would I be if I hadn ' t come to school? Perhaps I would be like my friend Jim. He ' s well off and comfortable. However, he ' s awfully boring; yet he didn ' t use to be. Now why is that? Maybe it ' s because this institution allowed me to meet more interesting and knowledgeable people. People willing to share what they know with me. Somehow this must have affected me. Why else could it be that I no longer can relate to Jim? Did I just grow older or was I grown, Grown and nurtured by this institution? Did they bring something out in me which was always there but had to be nurtured and pushed in order for it to come out? I know more about some things than I could ever have hoped to imagine. I ' m ready now! I can face the Real World ! Why? ! Because I invested four years of my life to this institution. Thank God ! Carlos Perez Senior Speech Theatre Staff: Elizabeth Cress-Sweet Advisor: David Johnson Denise Papin Photo Consultant: Michael Burks Wanda Vernassie