第5章为梦想披荆斩棘(4)
I'tbelieveit。AsIwalkedintocampusIsawposterseveryords"ZaptheSap!"s。IwasthestudentbodypresidentandIwasbeingreyposition。Asmypeersbeganarrivingoncampus,Iwatchedthemgatherarouersandthenlookmyway。Atthatmomemyheart,mycharadmywholebodyushedbadforthoveracheese-grater。Iiedtryiokeepmyposure。
Wheudentbodypresident,campusoffigratulatedmeonmysayingitwasohecollegehadseen。Mypoliticalcareerbeganbythrowihecampuslawn。IwouldthrowaFrisbeetosomeoneIdidn'tknowahrowittosomeoheydidn'tkn,wehadbuiltaunityofpeoplewhometeverydayatlunchtothrowFrisbees。
Onedaywhilethrowihegroupspontaoclimbthemountainnearourcampus。Whehesummit,itfeltlikewewereatsummercamp。Welaughed,daoldjokes。Itwasintoxiglyfun。Whileplayileintheountainair,weunanimouslydecidedtodoitagainthefollowingweek。Ourmottowas&quaFriend。"
SotheweekwhileplayingFrisbee,wewouldthrowittosomeonewedidn'tknow,runoveraoclimbthemountainouldsay,"Weguaranteeaclimaxeverytime。"
&edoutofhikers。Butasthewordspread,theicreased。Onedayoncampus,Imetawomaninawheeldwestartedtalking。HernamewasGrace。Iaskedherifshehadeverbeehemountain。Shesaidshehadn't。ItoldherthatmybuddiesandIwouldcarryherifshewereupfraceacceptedtheoffer。Theupthemourabbingaerofherchairaswecarriedher1。7milestothetop。
ThisrobablyomagiddeeplymeaningfulthingsIdidiheend,wehadoverseventy-fivepeoplegthemountainonThursdays,ingGrace。Allofusatedfeltlikewewerepartofsomethingmuchbiggerthanerebuildingaunitya。
Withthestudei,myfriendsfromthemountaineoru。SoIdid。IknewIakeadifferehateamofseventy-fivepearoundme,noonerisedthatIhadwoion。
&hingIdidaspresidentwashangasigheAssociatedStuderead,"Under!"Iroudofmyaenttosaytheleast。Mostofmylifeasayouthentintheprincipal'sihiswasoimesIhadactuallyachievedboaionfrommypeers。
Theysayabsolutepowercorruptsabsolutely。Itsuredidiallthepotomyhead。Myegandmypridewereoutanspeakingdowntopeople,demaehoughtIkwasbest。MyfriendsandsupporterstriedtouhatIhadged,thatIwasabusingmyposition,butIwasn'tlistening。
Itwasn'tloheverypeoplewhohadbelievedinmypresideurnagaiIstillwasn'tpayiion。Itookmyobsessionwithpowertosuextreme。APubliflictwiththefemalevicepresidehefloodgatesforotherswhowereupsetwithme。Itbecameabloodbath。Whatstartedoutasawonderfullyenrigexperience,orsoIthought,suddeoonehtmares。"ZaptheSap!"posterswouldsoonbeeverywhereoncampus。
WhenIrealizedIhadmadeamistake,itwastoolate。Mywholeworldcollapsed。IhadsomudsadnessinmylifeasIdidthen。TherewasI,o-likedguysoncampus,powerfulandmakingadiffereilmyegotookoverar。
Afriendofminesaid,"Whenamanlooksintotheabyssandnothingisstaringback,thatiswhenhefindshistruecharacter。"Ityaionallybankrupt。Iwasatthebottomandhadogobutup。Ibegantorebuild。Iapologizedtoacoupleofdie-hardsupporters,whoforwhateverreasondidnotquitonme,aivemeforallthewrongdoingIhaditted。Theyaccepted。ItoldthemIwasgoingtofightthisrecallele。Iwasn'tjustgoingtorollovera。
Thecampusroar。EverydaytheneerhadaertotheeditwhatabigjerkIwas。SoIwentbapuslawnandbeganexplainisthattheallegatiorue。Ihadletthepettomyheadandabusedmyposition。IpromisedthatIhadlearnedmylessonandthatIwasnotdthestudents。Iwaobuildacoffeehouseonthelythesedofitskie。Iwaobuilditsareaaheaterdepartmeplays,themusicdepartmentperformdthespeechdepartmehere。Ithoughttomyself,pleasedonotrecallme。Iam。
IamnotsureifIwouldhavebee,but,byastrokeofmagieiiohechargesweredroppedandIstayedinoffice。
&semester,Ihadacetobeginagain。AsIapproachedmymissiontobuildthecoffeehouse,Iwasmuble。IwaoshousaIwasworthyofmyposition。Ihadacoffeehousebeforeanddidn'treallyknoasdoing,soIaskedeveryoneforhelp。Iaskedthestudents,myadvisboardandthecollegepresident。