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Show COLLEGE STUDENTS REVEAL: “WHAT | WISH I'D LEARNED IN HIGH SCHOOL” olute! The samewayitis morally wrongtogive adrinktoa person whoalready has had enough, it is morally wrongto drive an unbelted passenger. Ifeveryonedoeshis orher part Seven readers sharetheir wisdom. muchastudenthastotake care of himself and make decisions that in high I have a problem. When we are in the car, my dad re- And that the nerds in —Michelle Cali, 19, Boston, Mass. | just got my license, so | college! (So are the girls.) schoolare just donefor him. high school suddenly be- __ comepopularin college. You'll wish you'd been nicer to them Thosejerks that make funof you are just insecure, You'll be a strongerpersonin the long runfor having to deal withthat. Hanginthere. You'll look back and realize that you were not fat or ugly. but a beautiful, unique, interesting individual You'll also wonder whycertain people were so > Jean ——__— If | knew then what | know now, I'd have re: searchedcolleges and scholarship opportunities lot soonerthan my se nior year of highschool I'd havepaid better attentionin all of my classes—no naps during class! —Jessica Torres-Bacott, 18, Dallas, Tex. I wish I'd saved more money, instead of spend: ing it all There are so many expenses for college - life. Tneed to get a job for Jayme someextra cash And | wish I'd iea armed how to balance a check book. I'm hopelessly lost in my banking I wishI'dinvestigated thecollege at mospherebetter beforeI chosea colh BecauseI didn’t, | attend4 college that is too big andis in the middle of nowhere —Jayme Peterson,19, New Paltz, N.Y 1 wish I'd appreciated more thehelp understanding andgenuine kindness that my teachers and parents showed me. I didn’t realize until college how | will get into an accident, About a decadeago, the work. Don’t find that and my dadwill get hurt because he hasn’t buckled up. dle: “God neversees him, the out the hard way: Instead ofhaving the knowledge only hold youback and waste your time but also cost you alot of extra money —Jean C. Phan,19, Rosemead,Calif. I wish I'dtaken advantage of myhigh school’s clubs In colle ge, I've started to get involved in clubs,and it’s a great experience. You meet newandinteresting people who share your interests, Clubs helpyou grow and_ | giveyou confidenceto reach your goals. —Paul Stotko, 23, Flagstaff, Ariz. I wish that during high school I'd known how to hold my headup and be proud to be me Caroline will goa long waytoward By substantially. long. | am always scared that up taking remedial classes that will not —April Liles, 23, Fresno,Calif. have not been driving for belted disasters, but we reducing their number AnAis justaletter ona to take regular college courses, you end hack it the way you'dthink they could. fuses to wear his seatbelt. piece of paper if you haven't really learned popular—becausea lot of them, now that they're out in the world, just can’t Leases in this, we will noteliminate un- [wish I'd knownthat the guys are muchbetter in When | achieved some thing, I'dshrug it off— no big deal. I thought the only people who wereallowed to act like they had itall were the kids in the exclusive cliques. I thought they ownedtheschool But a year outside high school changed my thinking I saw that my peers—thesameones I thought were superior to me—actually werenot. Away from their high school cliques, they were merely fragile creatures like me. [learmed too that even small accomplishments are big deals, And everyoneonthis plan et is equal, It’s just that for some, like me, it takes a little longer to realize it —Caroline Kiever, 20, Walkersville, Md. He doesnot seem to have a reasonfor not wearing one, but he flat-out refuses to put it on when | ask. My dad reads your column, and he respects what you have to say. Could you please try to convince him that he needs to wearhis seat belt? —Mary, Carol Stream, Ill. T always wear aseat belt, even in taxis, my normal mode of transportation, (I live in Man- hattan and don’t owna car.) In fact, I get back out of a cab that doesn’t have belts available. Althoughyourfather isn’t giv ing youa reasonfor not wearing a seatbelt, he probably has one. Maybe wearing a belt makes him feel claustrophobic. Or maybe he thinks it could trap him ina burning car. (By the way, I believe this latter reasonis often a cover for mildclaustrophobia.) Or maybe it makes him feel like a sissy. Or maybe he simply dis likes having his movement re stricted and figures that, as long us hedrives safely and defensive. neverdies, and a king is seldom personally touched by the daily evidence of mortality the way a peasant is.” Anotherwasthe tax collector, “with similar symbolism!” Here's that simple answer: “His equal.” —Guy Segal, Nutley, NJ. That sounds like the classic answer, all right. But I think it’s wrong about the king. Kings are just people who werebornin the right placeat theright time. They are no different from therest of us. | SO, WHAT'S THE QUESTION? ‘The answerwas “The Fourth Dimension.” What's the question? “To where did my golf ball disappear after a pertectly good drive down the fairway?” —Bruce Beyer, Jackson, Mich. ly, the chancesare low that any | “What name did the singing group The Fifth Dimension decide to use if thing will happen. Thosereasons all makesense, but they are eas: ily outweighed by thereasons in favor of wearing seat belts. I think you should tell your fa ther that you know wearing aseat belt is the best thing to do and that you intend always to wear one yourself, For thosereasons. you will not drive anyone who is you'll win the “Fresh Voices’ eT ard we'tt also send a Twhen statents we teatwe. Write 10 LynnMinton Box mae,rat York, MY. 10883-5103, send you published this ridking sees him rarely, and the peasantsees him every day. Who is he?” You said you didn’t want to look for a simple answer and suggested a couple of others instead. One wasthe Grim Reaper, “symbolizing the belief that God not properly buckledup. That in cludes your family, your friends and everyoneelse. And beres: | one of their members quite” —Diane Lausterer,indianapolis, Ind. “With respect to socks, to what are | clothes-dryer doors really portals?” —Bryan Castle, Bakersfield, Calif. Ready for another one? The answer is: “Heavenly Bodies.” It you have a question or commentfor Marilyn vos | Savant, who listed in the “Guinness Book of World Records” Hall of Fame tor “Highast IQ,” send it to: Ask Marilyn, PARADE, 711 Third Ave., New York, N.Y wor, e-mail to maribrmparade.com (ploase include name, city and state), Due to volume of mail, personal replies are not possible PAGE 12. JANUARY 31, 1990 PARADE MAGAZINE |