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Personal Narrative: My Journey To Bethel College

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When I first came to Bethel University, I was nervous. Not only was I leaving high school behind when I was not yet an adult, but I was also going into uncharted territory. I grew up in public schools my whole life, so a Christian private school was a bit of a curve ball. I definitely had my doubts. A lot of my opinions - especially political - did not match up with a lot of people that attend Bethel and I felt a little out of place. There were issues where I did not agree with some of the covenant, I had issues with the mixing of education and religion, and going into Bethel I was very unsure of how this year would go. Now that I am enrolled in Bethel’s courses and participating in activities, I am able to understand and experience exactly …show more content…

The first of which was my fifth trait, Command, which while it can be a good one, it is definitely one that needs revision. One of the things about me is that I am incredibly opinionated. Even when I say “I don’t care” or “you choose,” I will probably have my own preference. I have been opinionated ever since I was little, and as I have grown, I have gained new opinions but I have not gained the ability to be understanding towards opposite points of view. I consider myself to be a pretty open minded person, until I meet someone who isn’t. For example, I am incredibly liberal. Feel the Bern and whatever. So I completely support more democratic ideas: pro-LGBT, pro-trans, pro-women’s reproductive rights/abortion, geared more towards the environment over the free market, etc. And I have backings on pretty much anything. You don’t support abortions? Well how about this. You don’t believe transgender people exist or should be treated with their preferred pronouns? Well hear me out about it. This passion towards more liberal issues becomes a problem because I am not good at listening to the other side. While I might see where they are coming from, I have trouble understanding exactly why they chose that or why they would choose that over my opinion. So, the big thing I need to work on is being more understanding and willing to have civil conversations with people who have …show more content…

It was a little odd, I definitely look to the future more than anything else, but I, especially in the past, was never able to look at it and feel positive. It is mainly a lot of stress: “What am I going to major in?” “What do I want for a job?” “What college do I want to go to?” “Can I get into the college I want?” So I would like to work on and develop a more positive view of the future and I would also like to be a little less future looking and be able to live in the moment. I don’t understand how people are able to live in the moment, but I would like to be able to relax sometimes. I will help develop a more positive view of the future by taking the reigns on my future search. Really dig into future job possibilities and what I think I might want to do. Have more confidence as I search and experience new

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