My Social Life : The Life Of My Life

I am aware that college will be challenging, but I will try my very best and I will not give up when times are tough. I know that I can't give into the pressure that may surround me. Knowing that I will have to take another eight years of schooling, I have high expectations that the college I attend to, will prepare me for my greatly acknowledged career and

The transition from elementary into middle school was tough, in fact I did not do well the first semester of that year. During these school years was unbeliebable the amount of people I met, especially my best friend. We used to play soccer a lot and ride bicycle all day long. Unfotunally, within those cheerful years my brother came to the US, which at the time felt like the worst thing that could've happened to me.

In the story Your Social Life: Are You a Fox or a Hedgehog? by Pamela Haag is basically compare the life style of a person to a fox and hedgehog. She explains how also is similar to the social life that we are facing today in this society. Haag tells that the fox social life is which he knows a lot of people but don’t really have that kind of confident with other. In the case of hedgehog is the opposite, he knows a lot and he can have some sincere conversations with his friends.

Starting college in August of 2008 was completely different than what I was expecting. My parents loaded up my car and sent me on my way to gain a college degree and experience life on my own, but looking back over the situation, I tend to ask myself numerous times do I think I was ready for college and the responsibilities that were to come along with it. Each time the answer was no. Being the first person in my family to go off to college away from home, I had no idea what to expect, or how to handle the things that come along with college life. Needless to say, it took me several major changes and me leaving my first university and transferring to one at home for me to get a handle of the situation.

I was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on February 22, 2002 to Matt and Rachel Eilers I was born at Mercy Medical Center. On the twenty third of February I got to go to my home at 7526 Cattail Ct. NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. My room had blue curtains; I still can remember it. My brother was born on October 11, 2006. At the age of 5 years old I had brain surgery due to my Chiari malformation. I went to kindergarten on August 20, 2008 at Holloway House. My preschool and kindergarten teacher was Mrs. Varn.

My first day in kindergarten I was scared the first day but when I got there I was fine and I had fun. My conferences were always good in elementary. I had a lot of friends and was always popular. When I was in 5th grade I had a lot of jobs because teachers liked me. One of my jobs was after everyone got done with recess me and joey got to go pick all the balls up and usually when we picked everything up me and him play 1 on 1 Elementary

As a young girl, the idea of college was a distant dream that I knew was important. I was told every day for the past 12 years of my life that college is the threshold to a better life because with a college degree you can accomplish so much more. Now, as a high school graduate, College and everything that comes with it is my reality. From applying to accepting an offer to orientation and financial obligations is all too real. I am just starting to realize how difficult college is.

After this I began intermediate school at Wood Intermediate, which was a huge transition for me because I had to make a new group of friends because many of mine were going to a different school. This was a weird time for me because I didn’t know who to establish myself with because a lot of those people were already friends and I was the new kid. Eventually I found the greatest group of friends I could possibly wish for, and we are all still friends today. After intermediate school I attended North High School, where I was accepted to the Dual Enrollment program. And I have worked hard every day to reach my accomplishment of attending college, while also balancing a job half-way through my junior year and my senior

When Pamela Haag wrote “Your Social Life: Are You a Fox or a Hedgehog?” she explained what the Greek poet Archilochus meant when he said that the fox knows many things about a little, but the hedgehog knows one big thing. In the entry she decided to use a more relatable topic to help show exactly what he meant. Haag overall talked about that even though a person with a fox social life knows many people they do not know them on a very personal, confiding level. However, someone with a hedgehog social life knows very few people, but can fully trust and be open with the people they do know. When reading about this parable of the fox and hedgehog I immediately thought about one concerning different types of parents.

I was born on May 24, 1999 in a small hospital in a town just outside the capital of Puerto Rico called Rio Piedras. I was the second and last born into a young, loving, strong couple named Selma and Edgar Sanchez. They believed that in order to live a strong, fruitful

I was born on Tuesday, July 30, 2002 at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, formerly known as Naval Hospital Portsmouth. My parents named me, their second child, Joy Lera Ford. I lived my whole thirteen years of life in Norfolk, Virginia. Even though I had struggled in the short time I have lived on this earth, I have always found a way. I am still finding that path from my past and the future to come.

I graduated in grade 8. Graduating plays a big role in my journey. This is a new chapter where I start. I went to st.paul for 6 years. This is the last time I see most of my friends. Graduating has honestly changed me as a person and my journey it has made me find new friends and go through new experiences. This is a positive and low feeling because I get the sadness that this is my last time going to elementary school and seeing some of my friends but this a happy moment since I'm finally going into my teenager

I didn’t have many friends and didn’t get along with them. 9th grade wasn’t bad, it was actually a very nice year for a lot of reasons but definitely not because I embraced myself. My friend from 8th grade as no longer my friend as 9th grade rolled around and eventually him and I got into a physical confrontation, which I proudly won, what an awful way to start that year but the closure really did make me move on. 10th grade I started going to LCTI and at that point I started to realize that rather than being someone who worked for life that I lived life. I started going to different clubs that year after school, none of them were that great but I had fun. I did my best in LCTI and did what I wanted to do. I always had my eyes on being a computer programmer. I had major success and happiness. I had stayed who I was and with a few adjustments grew in those aspects and developed some others. From my success and honesty to myself I realized how important these things were. When people ask about me I always have something to say. Chris had forced himself into the wilderness and for me this was a smaller but personally huge step. I had started hiking into the better parts of life. He had went his own path and so did I. I was leaving the swamp, killing the hydra and becoming a new

Throughout my lifetime I have listened to people reflect back on their college experiences and explain how college is supposed to be “the best experience of your life.” The summer after my senior year I use to try and imagine what my first semester was going to be like based on what I had heard people talk about in the past. After my first semester at NC State I realized that I couldn’t fully understand what college was like until I experienced it for myself. My first couple of weeks at Ohio State was rough and really tested my strength (mental and physical). I faced challenges and obstacles that I had never heard about in those past college experience conversations. All of a sudden there was no one to get me out of

While growing up, doing well in school always came naturally to me. I took every Advanced Placement class my high school offered and still graduated with a 3.85 GPA. Unfortunately, after high school, I learned that my methods in high school no longer worked as well in college. In 2007, I enrolled at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD. Augustana is a small, private university, and I learned plenty of academic, as well as life, lessons while attending. My grades at Augustana dropped slightly at first compared to what they were in high school. I finally realized that studying would be necessary; however I allowed myself to fall into the same trap as many other new students, and I chose to prioritize my social life over my academic life. After five semesters at Augustana, I realized two things. First of all, I decided I would need to fix my priorities, and, second, I figured out how expensive that private school actually was.