I
honestly do not know where to begin. If
you asked me where I would be today, a year ago I would definitely not have
said here. All through high school I
thought I was going far away for school, I didn’t want to know anyone and
basically to me, college was a chance for me to start over. Well I didn’t go far away, I came to Southern
and when I started, I didn’t know one student.
My first few months at Southern were the worst experience of my life
thus far but it’s amazing what one close friend and a car can do to change all
of that around.
Southern as a learning environment,
taking out the fun and focusing mainly on the education is excellent. I was so nervous to come to college and start
having to teach myself and just losing all boundaries I had before in high
school. Transitioning was pretty
difficult but once I got the hang of it, I realized that I flourish in environments
where I am in control. I made the rules,
made the schedules for completing the work and if I didn’t want to stop to eat
dinner, I didn’t have to. To me,
sometimes this was hard and I felt overwhelmed MANY times but overall, I think
it was awesome to have a taste of the real world. I’m definitely not ready to be completely in
charge but I like where my responsibilities are at this point.
Many of my classes were similarly set
up to my high school classes and for this I am thankful that I went to such a
challenging high school. I struggled
everyday of high school and I was always told it would pay off. It did.
My classroom strategies that I learned in high school definitely carried
over with me to college. I know that if I
don’t understand something, I need to raise my hand and ask a question because
no ones going to stop and ask if the class understands. I know that if I am struggling with a
homework assignment, I should e-mail the professor right away and not wait
until the last minute because there is no guarantee that they will respond. If I wasn’t taught these skills in high
school I would’ve struggled a lot more at Southern than I actually did,
academically.
Speaking of grades…. This is
potentially the first time I have not gotten a C or lower as a grade since the
6th grade. One class is on
the verge of a C but other than that, I worked extremely hard and it paid
off. My grades for this semester are
amazing (to me and my family at least) and I could not be more proud of
myself. As selfish as this sounds, my
grades are something I am very proud of at Southern. I thought that the transition and new ways of
learning were going to be negative impacts on my grades as a college student
but thankfully I was wrong.
Next semester I am really hoping to
just keep improving with my grades and possibly making Dean’s List. If I could achieve that, I would be amazed
with myself. In order to do that I plan
on focusing on my studies and definitely limiting the procrastination… That’s a
big downfall of mine but I have realized this and hopefully next semester I can
keep this to a low. All in all, I think
this semester went very well and I’m excited to keep kicking some butt next
semester and also for the rest of my college career!
Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the semester!!
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