They go to classes. They read and absorb and are comprehensively tested on heavy amounts of various materials. They sleep very little. They drink themselves into oblivion. They kill themselves with several types of smoke. They cough and keep smoking. Someone is always sick. Someone is always complaining.

They become attached to close friends. They smother one another. They grow together. They learn too much.

They think often of the past and want to go back. They know they can not. They all have separate lives, families, backgrounds, and pasts. They live totatlly different from how they used to live. They are frustrated and sometimes want to give up, but they never stop trying.

They disregard health. They eat awful foods. They are forced to think about the future. They are scared and confused. They reach out for things, yet they don't find them. They try to sort out their minds, which are filled with studies, worries, problems, memories, emotions -- powerful feelings. They wander the halls looking for happiness.

They hurt -- a lot.

They keep going though, because above all else, they never stop learning, growing, changing, and most importantly - dreaming. Dreams keep them going and they always will. All they can do is be thankful that they have something to hold onto ... like dreams and each other.

- Author Unknown