Personal Narrative: My Year In College At Texas A & M University

Upon arriving to Miami Dade College, you will never imagine all the resources offered to students to succeed during their scholastic years. I’ve been lucky enough to been advised by some of the best staff at their Interamerican campus. From their advisement office to their profoundly knowledgeable professors. As a current student of ENC1102, we were required to attend one section with a tutor at the writing center. I always thought I had sufficient knowledge of the English language and taking time out of my busy schedule to attend a section with a tutor was absurd.

As I sit in the basement of the Lilly Library, surrounded by friends who have become family in a few short months, covered in calculus and EQ notes, and listening to some Duke Ellington jazz music for my Music 101 class, I can’t help but reflect on what this year has meant to me and my development as a student, athlete, brother, friend, and person. I entered Wabash College not exactly sure what to expect; I knew it was going to be different, but I also knew that with change I wanted to keep an open mind that was ready to learn and grow. Freshman tutorial and especially enduring questions are two classes that have pushed my boundaries as a person, forcing me to question core beliefs and ideas that seemed previously engrained in my mind. Throughout

Hearing about what the class will be about I realize that I will need to put a lot of time and effort into that class.

From this class I learned that social work is the route I want to take in life. I loved the lesson we learned on how to not take the day home and to leave it in a tree and pick it up on the way back to work. I definitely will be using that one. This class has made me feel useful and I feel that because of it, I will be able to help others in the near

While I do not consider it a failure now at the time I was definitely frustrated with myself and considered it a failure. When I had to repeat my junior year I was mad at myself for not be able to complete the school year. As time went on I was able to focus on the positives in the situation and I was able to finally accept that I was not prepared for my senior year both emotionally and academically considering I missed so much school. If I did continue on to senior year I would not have been close to prepared as I am now for college. I ended up repeating my junior year due to the fact that I missed close to two-thirds of school due to a medical condition.

My mother entered my bedroom and immediately her face widened in absolute shock. “What did you do?” I froze, panicked. I had been discovered. Twelve-year-old me was sitting on the bedroom floor when she had come in.

Entering college my freshman year at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, I was not prepared to be a college student. Being a first generation college student from a low income household, I lacked leadership, guidance, and discipline entering college. Entering my first year as an undergraduate, my primary focus was to play college basketball. Having priorities in the incorrect order led to a final undergraduate grade point average of under a 3.0. I understand that 2.75 is the required grade point average to be accepted in California State University, Dominguez Hills Graduate Program.

When I first started this course, I didn’t really know what to expect. I knew it would educate me on the matters of choosing a career and post-secondary life but I never realized how in-depth it would be. In the end, I learned so much from this course, I now have a post-secondary plan in mind, and I know which path I need to take to get there. When I look back on all I achieved in the two short weeks of this course, I am extremely proud of all I achieved.

This course has helped me see what I need to focus on in order to become more effective. It has also forced me to think about how I want to be perceived by others. To be honest, I never gave much thought about how others perceive me. I do the right thing, work hard, and remain professional, so I didn’t think there was any reason to worry about it. I now know that isn’t

Leadership The field work I did during this course has really made me step up, and serve as a leader on my campus. I was able to work closely with teachers, staff, and students and had many responsibilities. One responsibility I had was creating guidance lessons involving drugs, alcohol, and gang violence. My school is classified as “at risk” and we deal with many of these issues on my campus.

As an undeclared student at the University of West Georgia, taking this class has been able to aid me in gaining knowledge about the numerous resources that the university has to offer. Starting college was super rough and I never imagined that it would be this much of a transition. I thought because I was staying at home and not moving on campus that it would not be that big of a change, but everything in college works completely different than in high school. Most professors are not as focused on your success as teachers in high school were. They show up, lecture, give you your assignment, and it is your responsibility to get it all done on time.

Finishing this class was the hard part after this all other classes will go by so fast by the time you know it you are graduating college.

This class revolved around understanding addiction by giving ups something I enjoyed while gaining insight through group therapy. At the beginning of this class, I became very resentful and frustrated when I learned that I must give-up something that I enjoyed. You see, I am in recovery and I work with my personal addiction issues on a daily basis and did not think this class was teaching me anything new. But, once I wrapped my mind around how I would accept this new challenge, my life became more interesting and I started to look at things a little differently.

Everybody must be growth,your body shape,abalitiy to think, eand emotional , with just five years we can feel the process the road to maturity. Me five years ago was junior highschool student, still don’t really care about around me, selfish and I was an introvert I rarely get to socialize with other. Five years ago as like other, study deligently because worry about killer teacher, and have hobby played games alone.

Hi, it’s you, but younger. I am writing this letter so you can remember what you were like as a Freshman. Hopefully I haven’t changed too much in the past 4 years. Part 1: Me, Now: My goals are to graduate high school with good grades in all my classes.