Feel free to share any life experiences or anecdotes.

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University isn’t to get A grades, it is to make connections(contacts), A grades doesn’t assure anything, contacts can save your life.

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This is too true and I wish my parents raised me under this motto :(

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If you can’t make contacts, try eyeglasses.

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I graduated college with a 3.55. I got my first job through contacts (my sister cut the hair of all the executives’ wives, I including the CEO’s wife). They never once so much as looked at my transcript.

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If you can’t make contacts, try eyeglasses.

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“Only break one law at a time.” None of us are perfect; That will help keep you out of life-changing trouble.

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This is the most pragmatic advice I’ve read that I think might actually be heeded by a young adult.

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Start exercising regularly and eating correctly now.

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Other people will never complete you, but they’re nice to have around. So focus and work on yourself, but stay empathetic.

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And don’t try to complete somebody else, no matter how meaningful it feels in the moment to do so.

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Practise good dental hygiene.

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Especially important if you have long canines and an allergy to sunlight, right Buffy?

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brush, floss, tongue scrape, mouthwash.

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