第6章 青春不散场 5(第1页)
第6章青春不散场(5)
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ZaptheSap
埃里克?萨珀斯登EricSaperston
I’tbelieveit。AsIwalkedintocampusIsawposterseveryords“ZaptheSap!”s。IwasthestudentbodypresidentandIwasbeingreyposition。Asmypeersbeganarrivingoncampus,Iwatchedthemgatherarouersandthenlookmyway。Atthatmomemyheart,mycharadmywholebodyushedbadforthoveracheese-grater。Iiedtryiokeepmyposure。
Wheudentbodypresident,campusoffigratulatedmeonmysayingitwasohecollegehadseen。Mypoliticalcareerbeganbythrowihecampuslawn。IwouldthrowaFrisbeetosomeoknowahrowittosomeokn,wehadbuiltaunityofpeoplewhometeverydayatlunchtothrowFrisbees。
Onedaywhilethrowihegroupspontaoclimbthemountainnearourcampus。Whehesummit,itfeltlikewewereatsummercamp。Welaughed,daoldjokes。Itwasintoxiglyfun。Whileplayileintheountainair,weunanimouslydecidedtodoitagainthefollowingweek。OurmottaFriend。”
SotheweekwhileplayingFrisbee,wewouldthrowittosomeoknow,runoveraoclimbthemountainouldsay,“Weguaranteeaclimaxeverytime。”
&edoutofhikers。Butasthewordspread,theicreased。Onedayoncampus,Imetawomaninawheeldwestartedtalking。HernamewasGrace。Iaskedherifshehadeverbeehemountain。Shesaidshehadn’t。ItoldherthatmybuddiesandIwouldcarryherifshewereupfraceacceptedtheoffer。Theupthemourabbingaerofherchairaswecarriedher1。7milestothetop。
ThisrobablyomagiddeeplymeaningfulthingsIdidiheend,wehadover75peoplegthemountainonThursdays,ingGrace。Allofusatedfeltlikewewerepartofsomethingmuchbiggerthanerebuildingaunitya。
Withthestudei,myfriendsfromthemountaineoru。SoIdid。IknewIakeadifferehateamof75pearoundmeandnoonerisedthatIhadwoion。
&hingIdidaspresidentwashangasigheAssociatedStuderead,“Under!”Iroudofmyaenttosaytheleast。Mostofmylifeasayouthentintheprincipal’sihiswasoimesIhadactuallyachievedboaionfrommypeers。
Theysayabsolutepowercorruptsabsolutely。Itsuredidiallthepotomyhead。Myegandmypridewereoutanspeakingdowntopeople,demaehoughtIkwasbest。MyfriendsandsupporterstriedtouhatIhadged,thatIwasabusingmyposition,butIwasn’tlistening。
Itwasn’tloheverypeoplewhohadbelievedinmypresideurnagaiIstillayiion。Itookmyobsessionwithpowertosuextreme。Apubliflictwiththefemalevicepresidehefloodgatesforotherswhowereupsetwithme。Itbecameabloodbath。Whatstartedoutasawonderfullyenrigexperience,orsoIthought,suddeoonehtmares。“ZaptheSap!”posterswouldsoonbeeverywhereoncampus。
WhenIrealizedIhadmadeamistake,itwastoolate。Mywholeworldcollapsed。IhadsomudsadnessinmylifeasIdidthen。There_wasI,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。