I have learned a lot about myself in this short first
semester of college. I learned that I’m self-motivated
and can do well if I apply myself. I’m
still progressing as a student but I've come a long way from where I was in
high school. I really surprised myself this semester because I've always been
responsible but never overly concerned about school work. Everything changed when I came here
something in my brain just clicked and I wanted to make sure I did whatever I could
to do my best. My biggest challenge so
far has been making friends. This was
never a problem for me in high school or ever in my life actually because I've always played sports so I had an automatic group of friends. It’s been a challenge finding people you can
actually trust and get along with. As
the semester went on I found out who I got along with best and who I didn't. It was just very foreign to me that not
everyone around me had the same morals or interests as me. I tried to react as gracefully and appropriately
as I could to the people I didn't necessarily agree with or like. I would
mostly just cut contact of with the person who I figured that as the best way
to handle it. Thinking back on it that
probably wasn't the best solution but the only solution I saw fit at the time. My biggest achievement so far has been my
academics at the midterm I had all A’s and B’s and I plan on ending the semester
the same way. This is something that
never happened in high school I was always a B C even D student, so it was a
big accomplishment for me and I’m very proud of it. Some habits that I got into in order to
ensure my success was not finish all of my homework early and study for test
ahead of time. For example I would wake
up go to class or work then go to the gym, complete my homework for not just the next day but for the whole week then
if I still had energy spend time with friends.
This upcoming semester I’m going to stay in the same routine.
I've been very successful with time
management and workload this semester. School work and the gym took up the majority of my time and energy this
semester and in result of that I have good grades and haven’t gained the freshman
fifteen. I've learned a lot this
semester probably the most in this class because it’s not just grammar or vocab
like a regular English based class. This
class taught me a lot about myself and what kind of person I want to be and the
mindset I need to get there. I also
learned more in my math classes then all my math classes combined in high
school. Mostly because I applied myself
and because my math teacher is hands down the best math teacher I've ever had. I can maximize my learning by looking at
every subject like it’s my favorite instead of just brushing off the subjects I
don’t like. I've met every goal for
myself that I set myself in the beginning in the semester. I’m exactly where I want to be in my college
career, personally and academically.
From here I want to become a dental hygienist, in order to get there I have
to transfer to take the proper science courses that I need to get into the
program. However I don’t regret coming
to southern at all because being here showed me who I am and what I want to do
with my life. My specific goal for the
next semester to complete the pre requisites for the program I’m interested in. Lastly I just want to thank for you being
the kind of teacher you are, you really helped me figure out what I want to do
and who I should strive to be.
I have learned a lot about myself in this short first
semester of college. I learned that I’m self-motivated
and can do well if I apply myself. I’m
still progressing as a student but I've come a long way from where I was in
high school. I really surprised myself this semester because I've always been
responsible but never overly concerned about school work. Everything changed when I came here
something in my brain just clicked and I wanted to make sure I did whatever I could
to do my best. My biggest challenge so
far has been making friends. This was
never a problem for me in high school or ever in my life actually because I've always played sports so I had an automatic group of friends. It’s been a challenge finding people you can
actually trust and get along with. As
the semester went on I found out who I got along with best and who I didn't. It was just very foreign to me that not
everyone around me had the same morals or interests as me. I tried to react as gracefully and appropriately
as I could to the people I didn't necessarily agree with or like. I would
mostly just cut contact of with the person who I figured that as the best way
to handle it. Thinking back on it that
probably wasn't the best solution but the only solution I saw fit at the time. My biggest achievement so far has been my
academics at the midterm I had all A’s and B’s and I plan on ending the semester
the same way. This is something that
never happened in high school I was always a B C even D student, so it was a
big accomplishment for me and I’m very proud of it. Some habits that I got into in order to
ensure my success was not finish all of my homework early and study for test
ahead of time. For example I would wake
up go to class or work then go to the gym, complete my homework for not just the next day but for the whole week then
if I still had energy spend time with friends.
This upcoming semester I’m going to stay in the same routine. 
