College life is a beautiful stage of growing up. We step out from the sheltered atmosphere of schools to enter into the new world of colleges. The innocence of running in the corridors is replaced by slow walks ruminating life decisions. It’s an important junction in life where we learn the basics of how the outer world looks like.
College is not only about academics but also about personality development. A society in a college provides students with a platform to work together in a community for mutual interests. It helps us grow into a mature person who is conscious of his/her surroundings while nurturing our interests at the same time.
Following are a few reasons why every student must join at least one college society -
1. Helps Us Meet New People
We meet so many new people every day. Some turn out to be our friends and stay with us, some come into our lives to teach us lessons, some stay with us as soul mates while others are just smiling faces lost in the memory lane. These connections are vital for us as we learn the best through each other's experiences.
Thus, we should never miss a chance to meet new people. College societies, in that sense, are the best platform for us to grow our network.
2. Helps Us Nurture Our Individual Selves
We all are different, and so are our choices. Some may like midnight blue, while others, ocean green. In spite of the differences, we are beautiful in our own beautiful way. College societies bring us together while enabling us to nurture and cherish our unique selves as well. They motivate us to reach out for our interests and splash blue, green, yellow, orange in the white sheet of college life.
3. Helps Us Grow Into an Aware Citizen
Many colleges have societies like Enactus, NSS et cetera. Societies like these help us grow into a sensitive citizen who is aware of the society, the world around him/her, and works for the same. Young minds are curious and societies like these utilize this curiosity to drill in the necessary ideologies to make us better individuals.
4. Helps Us Diminish the Socio-Economic Differences
In a college society, we all belong together. Our interests unite us and we work together towards a common goal. There is no stand of any social or economic barriers that society has created for us. We all feel close to each other as our interests and passion bind us together.
5. Helps Us Bond Culturally
College societies bring students from different walks of life, from different cultures together. We learn and appreciate each other's cultural practices and realize the true essence of unity in diversity. This nurtures the spirit of communal harmony and universal brotherhood in us.
6. Helps Us Make New Memories
College is about making memories, it’s about those smiles which fill our hearts with warmth. The societies in colleges host different events that give us a chance to create new memories that can be cherished forever.
7. Helps Us in Building Sportsman Spirit
We move past hatred, jealousy, and all other hard feelings with we start uniting with different people and strike a bond with them. Thus, college societies help in building a sportsman spirit and empathy in the members.
8. Helps in Intellectual Growth
When we begin discussing our ideas and start sharing our thoughts with people, we start to grow intellectually. Like a plant grows when it receives proper water and manure, a thought also builds up when it receives proper nourishment by taking different viewpoints into account.
9. Helps Us in Spreading Awareness
Societies provide us an opportunity to speak about different problems in the country and sensitize people through placards, advertisements, slogans, and other means. By organizing events that address national issues, college societies provide a platform where we can raise awareness and search for solutions.
10. Helps Us Extend Help to the Underprivileged
A lot of societies in the colleges collaborate with several NGOs and social working organizations. As a result of which, they organize various events such as teaching underprivileged children, arranging blood donation camps, or providing food support during floods and other natural calamities. This creates an outlet for social work that turns us into a responsible citizen of our country.
Thus, college societies are an integral part of our college life. We must not miss a chance to become a part of one of them as these give us a feeling of belongingness and impart crucial lessons of life to us.
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