I failed. The first time in college I failed myself‚ I lost who I was and I didn’t really know how to get the boy I was back. It is easy to lose yourself when you’ve failed to figure out who you were in the first place. I grew up in an environment where I had to be what everyone else wanted and needed me to be so the last thing I had time to do was figure out who I needed to be‚ so when I applied for college the only thing I wanted to do was forget how hard the past seventeen years were. I majored
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When I started my first semester at Florida SouthWestern‚ I found myself under a crushing amount of stress and believed I would be overwhelmed within the first week. I also convinced myself that the Cornerstone Experience was a significant waste of my time. However‚ throughout the semester my opinions changed as the course introduced me to several important topics that I found myself referring back to throughout the semester: financial literacy‚ time management and wellness and stress management
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When I first arrived to Richmond Early College High School‚ I anticipated an academic career characterized by hard work‚ nightly homework assignments‚ and incredible doses of stress that a middle school classroom could not synthesize. Although I actually landed my first college class in the second semester of my ninth grade year (ACA‚ which was required for all newbies and taken simultaneously by all 50 of us)‚ I found myself still shaken. I looked forwarded to the challenges of a college experience
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College has been on my mind way before I was even registered. After‚ I attended my high school graduation ceremony‚ told my teacher’s and counselors about my appreciation for them‚ and then my summer began. Most of it was preparing for the upcoming school year at Waubonsee Community College. In my first semester of college I went from feeling in control of my education to; feeling the whole world against to; understanding what college is all about and lastly to realizing I am going in the right path
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In the summer leading up to my first semester in college‚ my expectations were high. I assumed that all I had to do was study‚ attend my classes and I would breeze through the courses with ease. As I predicted‚ I began the fall semester effortlessly and my confidence was higher than before. As a student in the Honors College‚ I was presented with a mass amount of opportunities that I found it impossible to isolate myself from others which I always had a tendency to do. I began to participate in several
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Terrell Turner 27 August 2013 Journal #1 Mondays and Wednesdays‚ 2:30 – 3:45 p.m. “First Week of College” This first week of college has been very exciting. I remember on Sunday all day not knowing what and how to feel and what to expect. I woke up Monday morning nervous and excited‚ but also blessed because I feel lucky for what I call “one of those fortunate kids to be able to attend college”. I’ve been reading this devotional book each morning since I began Monday and I pray before I leave
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Reflection about my first year of college. After ending this first year of college I experienced a lot of things and I will remember most of them for the rest of my life. I have experienced some good things and some others that have not been that good‚ but probably that is part of college and being away from home. Obviously‚ I would like to have changed some of those‚ but some others I would not have changed. I am going to start talking about all the things I would like to have change. During
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I felt myself emerging from being a boy into a young man. As mom pulled up to the college in our rented SD car‚ I took a gasp of fresh air. I saw many cars with students pulling up to the campus with curious on lookers like myself. My mom entered the long lines that moved as slow as a snail; it felt as though what usually would take an hour to do took forever. Mom and my aunt setup my room‚ took me along with my siblings to dinner‚ gave me their long speech and said their goodbyes. Oh yes
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First day in college Most people’s first day at college is the most stressful day of their lives because they don’t know what to expect or they just don’t want to go through an embarrassing situation‚ but for me it was the most exciting day of my life. First‚ I met new people who shared my interests‚ second it was a whole new experience for me in which success depended on me‚ and third it was the first day that I started studying something that I really liked. Finally I won’t forget it very easily
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The first day of college College is the first start of a whole new chapter of every person’s life. As I began college and walked through the doors for the first day I took a deep breath and could feel my future approaching. Beginning college doesn’t mean that you just begin school to be in school‚ it means you’re contemplating your future and beginning a task that would create your life. I felt a sense of worry because I was unaware of college life and what the teacher’s expectations were‚ if I
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