As a college student I have learned that I am very independent. I’ve always depended on my mother for things and when I came to college I had to do everything on my own. I’ve never really enjoyed asking others for a helping hand anyways and I wasn’t going to start just because I had to do things by myself. I am in the middle of my learning process and I will continue to keep learning. My biggest challenges so far have been time management and secondly my priorities. They both go hand in hand with one another. I could never find the right time to finish my assignments because I chose going out to be my main concern. I was introduced to a lot of new activities such as night life and I went along with the hype of it all. Once I realized that my main focus wasn’t school is when I buckled down and put my focus back on schoolwork. I was kind of disappointed in myself knowing that I let my friends alter my decisions. Whenever they wanted to go to the club I would tell myself I had more important things to do but I wanted to have fun more. I’m glad I realized this early in the game and although I don’t enjoy night life anymore it was fun while it lasted but I had to put myself first.
I suppose my biggest achievement was growing up. I needed
to grow up a long time ago and college actually made me do so. I wouldn’t say
that I was immature but I could definitely say that I was very simple minded. I
am grateful for this experience because without it I don’t know if I would have
noticed the things I know now about myself. Another big achievement is making
it to the second semester although it isn’t over yet it’s pretty damn close. I didn’t
actually have any processes to make certain that I earned success in these
areas. My only resource was myself. I could also say my mom was an excellent
motivator from afar. She put a lot of pressure on me which was good because it
was more of a reason not to disappoint her. I’m going to be better next
semester because I feel that growth is necessary.
Time management was literally my enemy although my
workload wasn’t a lot I became very lazy. At first I was all excited about my
classes then once I got used to them I began to getting bored of school work
and more excited about the club scene. For the beginning of the semester, my energy
was on partying and having fun and towards the middle and the end I became more
focused on school than anything. I knew that if I kept focusing on less
important things my college career would have steered downhill.
My grades have been fairly decent. I’ve gotten some
really good grades I am proud of that reflect on my time and effort and then
there has been some grades that I am not so proud of. In my inquiry class I’m
pretty much learning about how to survive as a freshman and learning tips. Anthropology
class was the most interesting to me mainly because it was the study of human
life and that was new to me. English class wasn’t like regular English classes I’ve
taken before. We discussed more about the world and things that impact our
society which was better than learning about how to write although we touched
basis on that too. Math was typical, numbers, letters, and equations. To maximize
my learning I am going to review and practice what I’ve learned in class that
day outside of the class. At this point in my college career I am where I want
to be. Happy and successful, although some of my goals weren’t met, I know that
I’ve tried my hardest.
To improve in my upcoming semesters I am going to stay on
task as much as possible by eliminating outside factors that are distracting. My
goals are to manage my time much better, to pass my classes, making the Dean’s
list, and go on to my sophomore year. I plan on meeting these goes by being on
top of everything I have to do and stay focused and not let little things
affect my priorities. Next semester I plan on getting all of my assignments
done rather than putting them off until last minute. Studying will be more on
my agenda than anything because I didn’t really study as much as I should have
instead I would think I knew material and then once I took a test I would soon
find out I was wrong. Partying will not be my main goal for next semester and
semesters ahead because it isn’t worth doing poorly in school. I have high
hopes that next semester will be a great one.
