“Humans are also animals. And others even behave like animals. Like my new classmates. Well, it’s just a matter of observation.”
3 years in kindergarten. 6 years in elementary. 4 years in high school. Now, I’m 16, and starting thriving for these 6 or more years in another education trench, college.
Enrolled in one of the most prestigious universities in the Philippine archipelago, Central Mindanao University, and standing firm as a freshman of the College of Veterinary Medicine; facing college life is such a hard thing to do for me. Why? Because I’m afraid for the possibility that I won’t meet the high expectations of my parents and all the other people around me. And one thing more, I still don’t know how to adjust to the new environment that I need to live with.
New style of learning, new teachers, new classmates, and new behaviors to understand; these are just few of the many new trends in the new environment that I’m existing in right now. But one thing that really intrigues me is the diversity of the attitudes of my new set of classmates. And as a Vet Med student, the thought that says “they act like animals” slackly entered into my senses. To my classmates, please don’t be offended, it’s just an ordinary stranger’s observation =).
The Jaguars
· The silent but proud, the elite-acting, the highly-territorial: they are the group of boys who never did try to mingle with the animals out of their camouflage range. Usually, they are also the most elusive people in the block. Others even commented that they look and act scary; like jaguars that commonly display their territorial marks with teeth clattering hoarse growls.
The Chimpanzees
· I love these people! They are those who latch onto their company, for good or for better. They share time, laughter, knowledge, and backstabs behind their being different with each other. As of last Friday, I could confidently say that their band won’t be easily brought to an abrupt halt with a simple sunder.
The Sloths
· Innocence also spells like boring! These are those people in a certain group of ladies, and some boys, who talk less, move less, and mingle less, all maybe because they eat less. LOL! At the first two weeks of college life, they were easily outshined by the chimpanzees and the jaguars. But I believe that these sloths would glitter at the end, for sloths though weak in nature, were known for their great clinging prowess at the top of the trees for all of their days.
I myself also consider myself as a human with animal-like behavior. I must be a dog, for I’m stubborn, annoying, noisy, and anarchic, but for sure, I’m friendly, loyal, an undeniably cute (sorry guys, I don’t do lies). For we are all different but moving in a common sphere, we would surely have conflicts at the middle of the line. We all got unique behaviors, and putting us together in a single cage would be so chaotic, but always remember, God made the world so diverse to balance everything. I just wish that no species would fall down at the end, for we all need each other. TAMAAA! =)
