I was told that when you become a junior that’s when everything starts to get harder and you have to buckle down meaning no time for friends and really no weekend because it was going to require a lot of work, but I was sure that if I got through middle school, 9th and 10th grade that it would be no different than any other grade level class that I had taken already and passed. I was receiving an assignment in all classes to complete during the summer. I started the work, but it was so boring that I never finished the work. As time went on, my grades affected me, so I had to get tutoring if I wanted to be able to play football in the upcoming season. As I spent more time trying to bring up my grade in one class, my grades began to suffer in my other classes.
Student Course Reflection It is hard to believe that I have been back in college for nine weeks already. Wow how time flies when you are having fun! I was both, excited and nervous to begin college again, with me having a full-time job and a family of my own to take care of. I kept thinking to myself that this time would very different than when I was 18 years old and the only person I had to take care of was me, and I did not need to have a full-time job to do so. I knew that in order to ensure that I would be able to take care of my family long term, I had to go back to school and begin the pursuit of my degree.
There are numerous different challenges that a college student goes through and a big challenge is the adjustment period that all freshman students share. Penn State provides a large residence area, East Halls, for the majority of freshman students, making adjusting a little easier. Unfortunately, a huge challenge that freshman living in East Halls have to overcome is one that might scare even the toughest of people: The East Halls bathrooms. No college dorm bathroom can be expected to be perfect, after all it is used daily by many college students; but standard sanitary means of a bathroom are something that all students should have. With some buildings in East Halls being almost 70 years old, it is no surprise that they have become unsanitary over the years of rigorous use.
A life that achieves prosperity has no clear-cut line. A person must find his or her own way. However, It is quite possible that a clear mind is the best medicine for sadness and the first step to happiness. As a person who battled doubt and guilt my whole freshman year of college, I know this all too well. In my very first year of college at Morehead State University, every time I would get a moment to think to myself I’d find that only troubles were waiting to reappear.
Having financial problems played a factor also in my returning to school. Being a single parent, with no support, I knew that I had to make some drastic changes. I have to joggle so many tasks each day and it can be hard. My family motivates me not to give up on my academic goals because I know it is something I have to do. Additionally, having a better income to support me and my family would be nice.
I have seen students go to college because their parents forced them to, then cut classes, not study, do way too much partying, and get poor grades. Far too often these kids end up dropping out and never finishing college--what a waste of time and money! Now don't get me wrong, I very strongly advocate going to college, but only for people who have what it takes to be successful in college, including having a desire to go in the first place. If a teenager went all through high school cutting classes, goofing off, getting poor grades and barely graduating, then what do you think is most likely to happen if they go straight to college from high school? Besides, you have to consider that teenagers are still young, naive and inexperienced.
My Self-Doubt always seems to come in play the day before or during an exam, all it takes for me is to see one question I don't know the answer to or to study and be completely confused about something and I'll immediately start to tell myself that I can't do it or that i'm never going to get it and once i tell myself that I'll quit studying and if i'm taking a test i'll just start to rush through it. I'm also a visual learner so classes, such as, my labs its a lot easier to remember the steps we did or the results we got, or if my lecture
I was overly excited and nervous at the same time, preparing for my first year of college. I would be away from home with no adult supervision and the “college life” scene would be all new to me. Since I would be living on my own without my mom by my side as a reminder, I was responsible to make sure all the proper paperwork was completed and submitted on time in order for me to sign up for my first semester of classes and start college. At work I spent my lunch breaks making phone calls to the Veterans Department, each call patiently waiting to speak to a human after repeating responding to a robot on the line just to make sure all my documents was being processed such as my veteran educational benefits. College was a new start all over again.
High School compared to middle school Before I entered high school, I thought it was going to be easy. I now realize that I was very wrong. I thought I would hardly ever get homework and that I would have tons of time to relax at home. I didn’t realized it would be so much work. I will tell you what you are enjoying now in middle school and how high school is compared to all the things you get to do.
However, it is ridiculous that when students try to use the hallway for what it is for, other students who clearly don’t understand the purpose of the hallway stop, yes stop in the middle of it to talk to their friends, make an illegal U turn or my absolute favorite to “eat the face off” of their significant other. I know that most students would agree with me, because like them I understand, I have witnessed first hand these horrible acts, and because of them I have been late to class. I have missed seconds, maybe even minutes of important knowledge that could have helped me in the future. Moreover, it would be nice and very appreciated if someone came up with a way to get students to do what they are supposed to do in the hallway. A simple lecture on “what not to do in the hallway” is not nearly enough.