I Am Gon Na Kill You If You Open That Door !

My first semester as a college freshman is finally coming to an end. This semester has been the start to a new chapter in my life and I am glad to have finally finished my first semester on a high note. Coming into college I never knew what things would be like and how would I adjust. All I knew is that I wanted to succeed and eventually graduate college. The courses I have taken this semester have had big impact on my learning and my future. Assignments that taught skills and lessons to be used in the future. I have learned skills such as being able to collaborate in groups because of projects in ASU 150.

“Peter is eight years old and has autism. He has just started attending a special after school club. When he arrives there is music playing and lots of children running about. One of the assistants goes to help him remove his coat and he starts screaming and lashing out”

I am transfer student from abroad and this is my first semester in American college. Most of my credits have been transferred, but not everything. I was planning to graduate by the next year, until I read Jon’s Marcus article. He gives reasonable facts and examples why most of the college students do not graduate in the length of time they planned.

WOW!!! I am already a senior in highschool did that time go fast. Once this year is over i have to get in a mind set on furthering my education and going for my major.

I learned from my various courses that you cannot get discouraged when you know that you have a lot on your plate those are the times to rise above and to focus. Making sure everything was completed in a timely manner and to an above average standard was very important especially in my college courses. When you do not put the amount of effort needed it shows in the final product, I always want my product to look like I did my best no matter what it might be. Coming in from middle school it was easy to skate by and do everything at the last minute and still get perfect scores but now that I am being academically challenged those methods no longer work. I am very grateful for being able to have the opportunity to attend the STEM Early College at NC A&T because it is preparing me for my future

Safety is a viable concern when it comes to individuals with autism: An individual with autism tends to become distracted easily, may unexpectedly leave his or her school, place of residence or immediate surroundings, which can lead to he or she becoming lost. For this reason, first responders need to know what to expect and how to interact with individuals who have autism. When emergency personnel interact with an autistic individual, the level of a first responder’s experience and training dictates the difficulty he or she will have providing emergency

High school seems like the longest four years of a student’s life. Coming to

College, when it works most reliably, is a complex system of designed norms and nudges that make activities such as going to class, studying, writing papers, and interacting with peers a natural, almost automatic part of each day. Students spend most of their time on or near campus, where those around them have similar goals or are supporting them in their goals. Their diversions from classwork—whether

Transitioning from high school to college is a very important stage in a young adults life. It is an exciting, nerve racking, and sometimes frightening experience leaving home for the first time and essentially living on your own. Not having your immediate family around you for months at a time definitely affects students differently. Some students embrace the opportunity and strive while others do not make it past the first semester. However, research shows there are factors that increase the likelihood of becoming the student that strives rather than the student that does poorly. Factors

We're graduating! Some of us are excited and can't wait to get out of here and move on to the next part of our lives. Some are sad and don't want high school to end. And some are like me, I don’t know what to think, I don’t know if I'm scared, nervous, or excited. Elementary school, middle school, and high school are all alike in many ways. College is a completely different situation. Yes it's school, but you're on your own, the teachers in college aren't the same as ones we've all had in the past. Generally speaking from things I've heard professors don’t go up to you and voluntarily tell you what you missed and make you do missed work or get you caught up, they expect you to get it from someone else in the class. Professors may lecture without giving you notes to follow, while teachers normally do some sort of visible presentation while the talk about it and if you ask them to stop or go back they most likely will. The list just goes on. Some of you might be getting some anxiety right now. I am not anymore. The word future would nearly give me a heart attack if you told me that a couple months ago. What has kept me calm was some very important words said by a wise soul that I believe is something to remember. "Let your advance worrying be your advance planning" Winston

One of the greatest things about early college in my opinion, is the level of difficult learning that comes along with it. Having taken an AP class I am now more familiar with the speed that a college course progresses, very fast. Along with these classes progressing very quickly, a college student is forced to take in a huge amount of information. These factors create an environment in which a student such as myself has to be very focused on what they are learning, and must study the material further in order to fully grasp all of it. Along with an AP courses, I have always taken honors classes, which leads me to believe that I am prepared to encounter the speed of college classes.

College students are told their whole lives that once they get their degree their life will begin; and the faster they earn that degree, the faster opportunities will open up for them in both their working and personal lives. Nicholas Taylor discusses this mental time pressure that college students feel while pursuing their undergraduate degree in his commencement speech for Harford Community College this past May. Taylor communicates to his fellow graduates how he too felt pressured by "other people's timelines" and learned in his experience at Harford Community College that a person's accomplishments are great no matter how long it takes to achieve them.(Taylor, 2018) Students often feel pressured to be done college in the "normal" 4 year

I miss the old days of only worrying about the next homework assignment. I miss the sweet relaxation I had when college admissions seemed distant: just a faraway obstacle, I’d get through sometime in the

While a mother was escaping an abusive relationship in search of welfare assistance, she took her thirteen-year-old daughter along with her. “Genie,” as she was called, intrigued the social worker in the welfare office. She was mesmerized by Genie’s posture, size, and stance. Curiously enough, the worker thought Genie might have been a case of unreported autism in a possible six- to seven-year-old (Rymer 1993). As a result, the worker notified her supervisor, who contacted the police.

Do you ever think about all the years you have spent in school, and about the years waiting for you to graduate?