It’s so crazy to believe that my
first semester as being a freshman has already come to a close. I have had my ups and downs on my journey,
and in the end I have learned a lot about myself. It’s so weird to think that just a year ago I
was still in high school. I was just
getting accepted into college at this time.
I had no idea what life had in store for me after I graduated Shelton
High.
Even
though my first semester seemed to go by so quickly, I have learned a lot about
myself as a college student along the way.
One very important thing that I have learned is that I am a great
independent thinker. In high school we
didn’t have much of an opportunity to be independent. We also worked in groups and we were told
specifically what to do at all times.
Everything is high school seemed to have been already drawn out for me. In college I learned to form my own ways of thinking. I have learned to solve problems on my own
and have my own opinions. I know I still have a long way to go in the learning
process but I am proud of my progress so far.
Not only have I become more independent in school, but also in everyday
life. College has given me the
opportunity to see what the real world is like, to make my own decisions. I feel like I have taken on more
responsibilities and I am becoming more of an adult. I depend on myself now a lot more than I used
to.
To me,
becoming more of an adult meant to take on more challenges. This semester I took on the challenges of
commuting to school five days a week, working three days during the week, and
on weekends. At first everything was so
overwhelming and I can honestly say that at one point I hated the fact that I
was commuter. After some time I got used
to it though. I had to learn how to
manage my time correctly. Time
management is huge in college. In high
school it wasn’t really something I had to be worried about. In college, professors don’t give a lot of
time to complete assignments. They
expect you to study and learn things on your own time. I learned that in order to be successful you can’t
procrastinate. In class this semester we
made a chart of how we spent our time for a whole week. This activity really helped me realize that
time management is key. I learned from
this activity that I did have extra hours in my days to put in more studying.
Next
semester I plan to manage my time just as I learned to do this semester. My biggest goal is to get into the Education
program here at Southern. In order to do
this I need to keep my GPA high. I am
going to do this by setting little goals for myself in each course I take. If I do this it will encourage and challenge
me to keep my grades up. Next semester I
want to continue getting good grades, and even better grades than I did this
semester. I know that I can accomplish
this goal if I just put my mind to it and remember that if I do I will get into
the Education Program.
My
first semester here at Southern has been quite the experience. I have made so many amazing friends and
learned a lot about myself. I am going
to continue working hard to accomplish my goals of one day being a
teacher. When I first started my blog,
16 weeks seemed so far away. But it has
honesty flown by in the blink of an eye.
I thought that blogging every single week would be terrible, but I’ve
actually grown to like it. It has become
such a habit to me now it’s going to feel weird not to blog every week! I hope
everyone has a great winter break, and has another successful semester!
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