So, the final blog has come at last. Even though it feels good to be ending this semester as I'm greatly looking forward to summer, I still feel I will miss it. It truly has been a great semester; a lot better than the first, that's for sure.
1.On to the task at hand, I'm not exactly sure whether or not the first scores I have here are the true scores I originally had, but I'll use them anyway.
First Scores:
1. 57 2. 51 3. 27 4. 33 5. 31 6. 39 7. 25 8. 38
Second Scores:
1. 54 2. 40 3. 32 4. 23 5. 34 6. 41 7. 23 8. 25
2. Although I seemed to lower my scores more than raise them, there are still a few which have seemed to increase. Going down the list, I noticed that I had raised my score for #3, which is mastering self-managment. I feel that this actually is very accurate in that I have really gotten myself together since the first semester and have become much more organized. I used to have a huge pile of stuff that was supposed to be somewhat organized, but of course ended up becoming a huge mess. I have now organized all of my things for each of my classes, written down what I needed to do each day, actually set up schedules for myself, etc.
The next improvement I recognized was in #5, gaining self-awareness. This seems pretty accurate because taking this course really was actually quite the eye-opener for me. I have becomre more aware of my personal goals and how I need to go about achieveing them, which is, of course, by doing well in college and eventually getting my degree. I have recognized this as very important and have adjusted accordingly to a more responsible student and person for that matter.
The final area that I increased by a small margin was #6, adopting lifelong learning. I definately felt this to be quite true actually. This is because, like I stated, I have recognized how I need to go through life to be successful and to achieve my dreams. It's amazing, really, how just a class I went to once every week for a couple hours has literally changed the way I will go through life. And it was not only the class, but the college experience in general that has really been a reality check for me and will truly stick with me for the rest of my life.
3. Going through all of these different areas of self-assessment, I really feel like I would want to improve on all of them, because it would, obviously, be for the best if I did. In reality however, that will most likely not happen, but being able to improve on at least a few more would really still make a huge difference. The two I feel would make the greatest impact on my life would have to be areas 2 and 8.
Area 2, discovering self-motivation would for sure be a big life changer if I happened to improve it. Although it has gone up a little over the years, I still find trying to motivate myself to strive to be the best (and to actually sometimes just sit down and do some homework) to be extremely hard, as I am constantly distracted by other things in my life. Raising this area would make one of the biggest differences out of the 8 areas for sure.
Area 8, the area of most importance in my situation, is ,sadly, believing in myslef. Basically, I have this uncanny ability to doubt myself to the point where I will actually convince myself that I will fail an exam, not accomplish something, etc. I must say, I am not very proud of this talent; I, in fact, hate it. It still seems to never go away and I don't know what to do about it. No matter how much I think I know about something or how confident I feel about something, I will still question myself in every area that I feel I still have some sort of weakness and end up totally doubting the whole situation. I feel that this is honestly my worst trait and would do anything to get rid of it. Doing so to the point where it would actually help me in the long run is still rather unclear to me, but I have found ways to temorarily help myself. And, it was mostly all thanks to this class.
4. Wrapping things up, I truly have had an amazing time with all that this class has given me. I have been able to find the inner drive in myself once again, which truly was a life-lifter. Becoming more dilligent and responsible has also made a huge impact as well. These, along with many other traits I have gained after taking this course will forever stick with me not only through my college career or my actual career I plan on getting after, but my entire life as well. So I want to thank this course on a job well done. You really do give students who have seemingly given up on themselves to get back on their feet, find their inner drive and become what they always wanted. I will truly miss it all.
-Bryan Lowney
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Personal Choice #2
For this personal choice blog, I chose to write about making better achademic choices, which this semester has had a lot more of compared to last semseter. This semester, I usually buckeled down and did my work when I had it and afer I was done I would go and do fun things like hang out with my friends and skateboard. I also, after class often go to the library or my computer lab to do work and study jjust so I'm away from all the things going on at home that distract me from my work. Last semester was horrible in that everyday after class I would just go home and immediately do fun things and wait until last second to do homework, if I did it at all, that is. It was a terrible way to go through college, and boy did my grades prove that.
As I stated in my last blog, this class truly has helped me out in that it has pointed out my flaws and I have, for the most part, recognized them and have changed accordingly. This is just one subject I really wanted to touch up on and go a little deeper with becuase I felt it was definatley one of my most hindering flaws from last semester. So thanks again, I really do appreciate the help.
As I stated in my last blog, this class truly has helped me out in that it has pointed out my flaws and I have, for the most part, recognized them and have changed accordingly. This is just one subject I really wanted to touch up on and go a little deeper with becuase I felt it was definatley one of my most hindering flaws from last semester. So thanks again, I really do appreciate the help.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Personal Choice...?
Although I'm a little confused at to what I'm supposed to do, exactly, I'll still try and give 'er a whirl I guess.
Since taking this class, it actually was an eye-opener for me and really made my second semester a lot better than my first. Although I still did poorly in my Chemistry class, I did fairly well in my others and felt pretty confident with them. This class really did make me realize the importance of college and how fun it actually could be. My first semester was absoloutely terrible because everyday I just hated going to class and never wanted to apply myself. This class ultimately changed that, in that it actually changed my mindset and outlook on college. I realized that it was more than just going to class to get good grades and to learn, it was going to class to ultimately get my dream job that I've always wanted. It made me able to set my mind on the big prize waiting for me at the end of all the craziness that is college.
Ever since I started going to this class, nothing but positive outcomes have occured. I've been able to identify some of my flaws and work on them and just all around feel good about going to classes and applying myself. I feel like I'm leaving out a lot more than I actually could put into this, but I think you kind of get the picture. I guess you could say I'm happy that Tech made me take this class, so thank you for helping me become a better overall student and, ulitmately, a better all-around person.
Since taking this class, it actually was an eye-opener for me and really made my second semester a lot better than my first. Although I still did poorly in my Chemistry class, I did fairly well in my others and felt pretty confident with them. This class really did make me realize the importance of college and how fun it actually could be. My first semester was absoloutely terrible because everyday I just hated going to class and never wanted to apply myself. This class ultimately changed that, in that it actually changed my mindset and outlook on college. I realized that it was more than just going to class to get good grades and to learn, it was going to class to ultimately get my dream job that I've always wanted. It made me able to set my mind on the big prize waiting for me at the end of all the craziness that is college.
Ever since I started going to this class, nothing but positive outcomes have occured. I've been able to identify some of my flaws and work on them and just all around feel good about going to classes and applying myself. I feel like I'm leaving out a lot more than I actually could put into this, but I think you kind of get the picture. I guess you could say I'm happy that Tech made me take this class, so thank you for helping me become a better overall student and, ulitmately, a better all-around person.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
What I Learned
In today's presentation given by Keara, I learned how serious plagiarism actually is taken in here in Michigan Tech. If the offence is serious enough, it could even get you expelled from Michigan Tech permenantly! It's pretty insane actually when you think about it, because it prbably happens everyday. Which leads me to what really surprised me about the presentation; how many students actually admitted to cheating. This shows how many people actually get away with it and why it can be so punishable.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Jounral Entry: 29
All my life, it seems that everyday I would get emotionally de-railed by some random occurence. It appeared inevitable that a basic everyday event that I really should just be able to brush off, such as poping a bike tire or getting in a fight with my parents, would basically ruin my day, or week for that matter. I guess you could kind of say I'm sensitive. Not in any other area, however, am I more sensitive than the area of academics.
When I was in high school, I strived to be the best, and if I ever got anything lower than a B, I would just be disgusted with myself. Sometimes, even B's got me kind of mad, because I know I could have done so much better than that. If I know my potential, which for the most part I do, and I don't seem to meet it, I just beat myself up over and over. Since I got to college, my personal standard has seemed to greatly lower, that is, mostly after the first semester. This was definately the most depressing thing I have felt in a long time. I truly felt like a loser, and that all of my drive and dreams were crushed. I still feel this; the feeling that I'll never be the same ambitious kid I was in high school and that I just won't be able to meet the expectations I had set for myself.
I did many things to cope with these extremely depressive times. Most of them just dealt with doing things that made me happy, such as skateboarding, hanging out with my friends, etc. I also did some academic changes that actually made me become a better college student, which also not only made me feel better about myself, but also boosted my confidence as well. Everytime I do bad on a test/homework, or if anything gets me down for that matter, I can always count on skateboarding, my friends, etc. to make me happy. There still are times when I know I could be doing better in a class and end up getting down on myself, and I will actually recognize that I should be able to do better. I end up pushing myself to doing better in the class, which honestly is the best feeling ever.
I'm still on the road to getting back to the same ambitious kid I was back in high school, and am actually really determined to, but the way things have been just sets me back 2 steps when I try to move forward 1. It doesn't feel like I'm even close, or if I'll ever be. I just want that same "I can do this!" attitude and confidence I used to have...
When I was in high school, I strived to be the best, and if I ever got anything lower than a B, I would just be disgusted with myself. Sometimes, even B's got me kind of mad, because I know I could have done so much better than that. If I know my potential, which for the most part I do, and I don't seem to meet it, I just beat myself up over and over. Since I got to college, my personal standard has seemed to greatly lower, that is, mostly after the first semester. This was definately the most depressing thing I have felt in a long time. I truly felt like a loser, and that all of my drive and dreams were crushed. I still feel this; the feeling that I'll never be the same ambitious kid I was in high school and that I just won't be able to meet the expectations I had set for myself.
I did many things to cope with these extremely depressive times. Most of them just dealt with doing things that made me happy, such as skateboarding, hanging out with my friends, etc. I also did some academic changes that actually made me become a better college student, which also not only made me feel better about myself, but also boosted my confidence as well. Everytime I do bad on a test/homework, or if anything gets me down for that matter, I can always count on skateboarding, my friends, etc. to make me happy. There still are times when I know I could be doing better in a class and end up getting down on myself, and I will actually recognize that I should be able to do better. I end up pushing myself to doing better in the class, which honestly is the best feeling ever.
I'm still on the road to getting back to the same ambitious kid I was back in high school, and am actually really determined to, but the way things have been just sets me back 2 steps when I try to move forward 1. It doesn't feel like I'm even close, or if I'll ever be. I just want that same "I can do this!" attitude and confidence I used to have...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
1. This semester I would have to say that the Chemistry course I'm in would be the hardest, for sure. Almost every other course seems to be just fine, but cheimistry just doesn't really click with me. It just seems like it takes so much more effort to understand, which I suppose I really hacen't been putting forth much of...
After doing the preferred learning style questions, I found that I scored the highest in thinking and innovation. And that, for the most part, is true. All my life science and math have always been my favorite subjects and I have always loved thinking about a problem and solving it. For some reason, however, chemistry seems so much harder. Becuase it has given me so much trouble, every time I think about it or trying out a problem, I just get bitter feelings towards chemistry.
Really though, when it boils down to it, I know that I have the ability to take on this course. As I've said before the way I'm living and just my situation in general has seemed to hindered my overall performance. Another problem worthy of addressing that I probably should have a long time ago but am simply too stubborn to admit to is that I really should/should have seeked extra help. The problem is that am a very independent person amd like to do things myself. I just get such a better sense of accomplishment out of knowing I was able to do it un-aided and I just feel that's how it should be. When ask for help or get an answer from someone else I feel like I cheat myself, which actually makes me feel horrible. It's kind of hard to describe, but I guess you could say that I'd feel better about being wrong about something that I worked out myself than to be right about something I was helped with or just given the answer to. This is what I've found to be one of the worst traits about myself, which I cannot seem to help.
2. The main problem that I've had with this course, as stated earlier, is that I just can't seem to get the extra help I need and to thoroughly grasp the main ideas. I feel that I could understand the material, it's just a matter of how much I am able to apply myself. Sure, I can go to class, listen and learn the material presented and feel fine about it. However the next class I go and learn something new, which sort of makes me forget what i learned aboiut the previous class. Chemistry, which I found the hard way, applies everything you learn into, sometimes, just one problem. All of these rules and formulas are really easy for me to forget, which is ultimately the reason why I struggle with chemistry along with any other class I take.
I feel that if I am able to learn to remember things better, I would be all set with chemistry, or any course for that matter, so long as the ambition and drives still remains. I'm just unsure if i'll be able to do that because it's a battle I've been fighting since I was in middle school and it just seems like I'll never win...
After doing the preferred learning style questions, I found that I scored the highest in thinking and innovation. And that, for the most part, is true. All my life science and math have always been my favorite subjects and I have always loved thinking about a problem and solving it. For some reason, however, chemistry seems so much harder. Becuase it has given me so much trouble, every time I think about it or trying out a problem, I just get bitter feelings towards chemistry.
Really though, when it boils down to it, I know that I have the ability to take on this course. As I've said before the way I'm living and just my situation in general has seemed to hindered my overall performance. Another problem worthy of addressing that I probably should have a long time ago but am simply too stubborn to admit to is that I really should/should have seeked extra help. The problem is that am a very independent person amd like to do things myself. I just get such a better sense of accomplishment out of knowing I was able to do it un-aided and I just feel that's how it should be. When ask for help or get an answer from someone else I feel like I cheat myself, which actually makes me feel horrible. It's kind of hard to describe, but I guess you could say that I'd feel better about being wrong about something that I worked out myself than to be right about something I was helped with or just given the answer to. This is what I've found to be one of the worst traits about myself, which I cannot seem to help.
2. The main problem that I've had with this course, as stated earlier, is that I just can't seem to get the extra help I need and to thoroughly grasp the main ideas. I feel that I could understand the material, it's just a matter of how much I am able to apply myself. Sure, I can go to class, listen and learn the material presented and feel fine about it. However the next class I go and learn something new, which sort of makes me forget what i learned aboiut the previous class. Chemistry, which I found the hard way, applies everything you learn into, sometimes, just one problem. All of these rules and formulas are really easy for me to forget, which is ultimately the reason why I struggle with chemistry along with any other class I take.
I feel that if I am able to learn to remember things better, I would be all set with chemistry, or any course for that matter, so long as the ambition and drives still remains. I'm just unsure if i'll be able to do that because it's a battle I've been fighting since I was in middle school and it just seems like I'll never win...
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Journal Entry #21
Reading through the list of self-defeating habits that my book had listed in Chapter 6 really was, in a way, kind of deppressing. This is because I could check off at least 3/4 of all the different habits, something I can say I'm not very proud of...
Of all the habits listed, however, one that stands out the most to me which I recognize everyday is the "doing more unimportant things" list. When I get home from class, the one thing I want to do is just go out and skateboard, hang out with friends, etc. These unimportant things have, indeed, became some of the most important things in my life and seem that they always will be. No matter how hard I try to sit down to do work/study, I always end up having the unstoppable urge to go out and do something. This ends up in me doing my homework at the last minute and late at night, if I don't end up passing out in my bed from a long day instead, of course.
I feel like this always happens mostly because I hate being alone or not having fun. I am constantly just looking to have fun and that is where my friends, skateboarding and all the other crazy things we do together come together. I also have realized that I do have quite a bad case of nostalgia. I just don't want to grow up and I absoloutely HATED the idea of graduating and going off to growing up. Still living at home and having many friends still in high school really doesn't help this much at all.
I really have thought about it and have realized that moving away from all of these distractions and just being able to grow up would be the absoloute best for me. The problem is that I just can't let go. I love my friends and everything we do together so much that even the thought of moving away makes me depressed. I have lived in the same little town of South Range for over 16 years now and have so many memories of both good times and bad. I just hate the thought of leaving all of it behind. And that's kind of how it is when I drive to class everyday. The same exact place where I would always go to skateboard with my friends back when I was still in highschool and get kicked out of everyday were now where I had to go and actually try my best academicly. All I would want to do is to just get home and get out with my buddies.
I really do have a serious problem here, and I just don't know if I'm able to address it yet. I have had some really big goals set for myself to hopefully become an astronomer working for NASA. Since I was about 10, nothing amazed me more than the night sky and nothing sounded better than achieving that dream. I have always loved learning and having that great feeling of being successful, but am grealty hindered today with many different self-defeating patterns. I'm just not sure if I'm ready to grow up yet and ready to take on those dreams, because if I want to achieve those dreams I would have to give up almost everything and focus on that dream, and that's just something I'm really not ready for yet.
I don't know too much about what I for sure want right now, but I can tell you that I WILL achieve my dreams. It is just a matter of when I feel I'll be ready to take that challenge on.
Extra Credit: Understanding Your Notes As You Write Them
Upon researching this topic, as I am actually fairly interested in it myself, I did find a bit about it which may come in handy.
Before you start taking notes, you'll want to have at least a general idea of what you'll be writing about before you start writing random stuff you don't understand. If you're going to class, reading ahead a bit, or at least understanding the topic that will be discussed in class will help you to understand what your writing as you write it.
Another helpful tip when taking notes is to not write too much or just blindly write down everything the teacher is writing. Try to point out key formulas, ideas, etc. and try to branch of those ideas. This will also help you to understand your notes as you go through them.
One other way that will help you interpret what you're writing as you write it is labeling certain parts of your notes to remind you of important ideas about those bits of information. Although this may seem to just be helpful in the sense of going back into your notes and reading through them, this could also help you understand your notes while you write them, as well. As you write down different peices of information which you may sort of misundertand, labeling them with key ideas could really spark an idea about that topic or give you some extra insight on it as you write it down.
These were just a few quick ways to help in note-taking that I pulled of of the internet here: http://http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/reading-and-researching/notes-from-research
but I am sure that there are plenty of other ways to help achieve greater note-taking abilities.
Of all the habits listed, however, one that stands out the most to me which I recognize everyday is the "doing more unimportant things" list. When I get home from class, the one thing I want to do is just go out and skateboard, hang out with friends, etc. These unimportant things have, indeed, became some of the most important things in my life and seem that they always will be. No matter how hard I try to sit down to do work/study, I always end up having the unstoppable urge to go out and do something. This ends up in me doing my homework at the last minute and late at night, if I don't end up passing out in my bed from a long day instead, of course.
I feel like this always happens mostly because I hate being alone or not having fun. I am constantly just looking to have fun and that is where my friends, skateboarding and all the other crazy things we do together come together. I also have realized that I do have quite a bad case of nostalgia. I just don't want to grow up and I absoloutely HATED the idea of graduating and going off to growing up. Still living at home and having many friends still in high school really doesn't help this much at all.
I really have thought about it and have realized that moving away from all of these distractions and just being able to grow up would be the absoloute best for me. The problem is that I just can't let go. I love my friends and everything we do together so much that even the thought of moving away makes me depressed. I have lived in the same little town of South Range for over 16 years now and have so many memories of both good times and bad. I just hate the thought of leaving all of it behind. And that's kind of how it is when I drive to class everyday. The same exact place where I would always go to skateboard with my friends back when I was still in highschool and get kicked out of everyday were now where I had to go and actually try my best academicly. All I would want to do is to just get home and get out with my buddies.
I really do have a serious problem here, and I just don't know if I'm able to address it yet. I have had some really big goals set for myself to hopefully become an astronomer working for NASA. Since I was about 10, nothing amazed me more than the night sky and nothing sounded better than achieving that dream. I have always loved learning and having that great feeling of being successful, but am grealty hindered today with many different self-defeating patterns. I'm just not sure if I'm ready to grow up yet and ready to take on those dreams, because if I want to achieve those dreams I would have to give up almost everything and focus on that dream, and that's just something I'm really not ready for yet.
I don't know too much about what I for sure want right now, but I can tell you that I WILL achieve my dreams. It is just a matter of when I feel I'll be ready to take that challenge on.
Extra Credit: Understanding Your Notes As You Write Them
Upon researching this topic, as I am actually fairly interested in it myself, I did find a bit about it which may come in handy.
Before you start taking notes, you'll want to have at least a general idea of what you'll be writing about before you start writing random stuff you don't understand. If you're going to class, reading ahead a bit, or at least understanding the topic that will be discussed in class will help you to understand what your writing as you write it.
Another helpful tip when taking notes is to not write too much or just blindly write down everything the teacher is writing. Try to point out key formulas, ideas, etc. and try to branch of those ideas. This will also help you to understand your notes as you go through them.
One other way that will help you interpret what you're writing as you write it is labeling certain parts of your notes to remind you of important ideas about those bits of information. Although this may seem to just be helpful in the sense of going back into your notes and reading through them, this could also help you understand your notes while you write them, as well. As you write down different peices of information which you may sort of misundertand, labeling them with key ideas could really spark an idea about that topic or give you some extra insight on it as you write it down.
These were just a few quick ways to help in note-taking that I pulled of of the internet here: http://http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/reading-and-researching/notes-from-research
but I am sure that there are plenty of other ways to help achieve greater note-taking abilities.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Situtation: My first semester at Tech really didn't go as planned, recieving very poor grades on exams while still doing well on homework and quizzes. I really was depresed by this, which ended up in even greater failure. I reallu hope to turn this around this semester.
Make the situation be: I'm really hoping on getting at least a 2.5 GPA, just to get of prohibation and have a fresh start.
Choices of action: Always take notes in class and pay attention, check e-mail regularly, do homework early, study for exams, and get extra help when needed.
Outcomes of each choice: Taking notes-this will not only help me to pay attention, but to also learn in class, besides having to learn it on my own by not paying attention. Check e-mail-I didn't do this much last semester, and ended up missing some very important things. Checking it at least twice a day will prevent this. Do Homework Early-I was always doing homework last minute last semester, which ended up in a lot of them not being done in time, this semester I will motivate myself to do it earlier and get it done. Study for exams-which I did almost 0 of last semester. This will grealty affect my grades on exams, and even though I have a hard time rememberring things, it will help in the long run. Getting extra help-in chem last semester, I know I needed extra help, but just didn't go because I though I was better than that. This semester I've already gone twice and it's already helped.
Commiting to what choices: I will try my best to commit to every choice I listed.
What I learned: I truly have already learned from some of my mistakes, but still am learning from others. I still feel I have much room for improvement, and that I am trying to close that gap. I learn something new at college everyday, whether it be actual information about something, or something that will help me to be a better person/student. I really hope to become the absoloute best that I can be and achieve my dreams.
Make the situation be: I'm really hoping on getting at least a 2.5 GPA, just to get of prohibation and have a fresh start.
Choices of action: Always take notes in class and pay attention, check e-mail regularly, do homework early, study for exams, and get extra help when needed.
Outcomes of each choice: Taking notes-this will not only help me to pay attention, but to also learn in class, besides having to learn it on my own by not paying attention. Check e-mail-I didn't do this much last semester, and ended up missing some very important things. Checking it at least twice a day will prevent this. Do Homework Early-I was always doing homework last minute last semester, which ended up in a lot of them not being done in time, this semester I will motivate myself to do it earlier and get it done. Study for exams-which I did almost 0 of last semester. This will grealty affect my grades on exams, and even though I have a hard time rememberring things, it will help in the long run. Getting extra help-in chem last semester, I know I needed extra help, but just didn't go because I though I was better than that. This semester I've already gone twice and it's already helped.
Commiting to what choices: I will try my best to commit to every choice I listed.
What I learned: I truly have already learned from some of my mistakes, but still am learning from others. I still feel I have much room for improvement, and that I am trying to close that gap. I learn something new at college everyday, whether it be actual information about something, or something that will help me to be a better person/student. I really hope to become the absoloute best that I can be and achieve my dreams.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Relating To A Story
After reading several of the stories that many MTU students had posted about their struggles when they were first got to college, I really started to think about my college career. The one person that I could really compare to was Rebekka Mikkola. Honestly, when I was reading through her story, I had felt as if I was reading the story of my life when I first went to college.
She opened the story stating that she was a commuter that had always lived around here, which I was as well. She continued to talk about how after graduating that she was thinking about other colleges and that college was going to be awsome and a great time, as portrayed in movies, which I was thinking about as well. She later goes on to talk about how when she went to orientation she loved it and thought that college was going to be the most fun thing ever. Also being mentioned is how hard it was to go to orientation and be there fro 13 hours every day because she was a commuter and traveling home and back would be pointless. This would force us to sit around for hours waiting for the next event to start.
Later on she talked about how she got really sick of school after a couple weeks and would count down the hours until she could just go back home and leave it all behind. Which is EXACTLY what I would do. I seem to be almost just like her when she was in her first year. Being the most nosalgic person that I know, I really hate giving up my childhood and highschool days, and everyday I went to college it was worse and worse. She continued to talk about how she had decided to quit school to jut grow up, work, and take it easy for a while. I kid you not, this is what my mindest was after my first semester, which I did really bad in, grade-wise. After she worked for a while, she stated that she felt like doing something with her life and not just having the same old job everyday. I couldn't believe when I read this because that is also exactly how I felt after thinking about it over winter break. I felt completely useless. It really hit me that I had a huge oppurtunity here, and that if I didn't take it, I really wouldn't be happy in life.
Sure, my first semester of school was pretty bitter, but I remebered how important it really was to go back and try my hardest. Which is what I'm doing now. I know my potential and that if I apply myself, I can achieve my dreams. This is what keeps me focused now and because of the faulty first year, I believe I have been even more motivated then ever. I hope to make many people, including myself, proud.
Rebakka's story truly inspired me to keep on keepin' on. I really could relate to her and appreciate her for posting that story.
She opened the story stating that she was a commuter that had always lived around here, which I was as well. She continued to talk about how after graduating that she was thinking about other colleges and that college was going to be awsome and a great time, as portrayed in movies, which I was thinking about as well. She later goes on to talk about how when she went to orientation she loved it and thought that college was going to be the most fun thing ever. Also being mentioned is how hard it was to go to orientation and be there fro 13 hours every day because she was a commuter and traveling home and back would be pointless. This would force us to sit around for hours waiting for the next event to start.
Later on she talked about how she got really sick of school after a couple weeks and would count down the hours until she could just go back home and leave it all behind. Which is EXACTLY what I would do. I seem to be almost just like her when she was in her first year. Being the most nosalgic person that I know, I really hate giving up my childhood and highschool days, and everyday I went to college it was worse and worse. She continued to talk about how she had decided to quit school to jut grow up, work, and take it easy for a while. I kid you not, this is what my mindest was after my first semester, which I did really bad in, grade-wise. After she worked for a while, she stated that she felt like doing something with her life and not just having the same old job everyday. I couldn't believe when I read this because that is also exactly how I felt after thinking about it over winter break. I felt completely useless. It really hit me that I had a huge oppurtunity here, and that if I didn't take it, I really wouldn't be happy in life.
Sure, my first semester of school was pretty bitter, but I remebered how important it really was to go back and try my hardest. Which is what I'm doing now. I know my potential and that if I apply myself, I can achieve my dreams. This is what keeps me focused now and because of the faulty first year, I believe I have been even more motivated then ever. I hope to make many people, including myself, proud.
Rebakka's story truly inspired me to keep on keepin' on. I really could relate to her and appreciate her for posting that story.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)