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Reflection On College

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College has always been a dream of mine. It was a dream to play football in college and attend college to better my future life. Throughout high school and even in middle school I heard stories about how hard college is and the slim chances of graduating. Then you get to your senior year of high school, where every one of your teachers are telling you that you won’t have any help in college and that you’re going to be on your own. Also, that professors are not going to care about you if you’re struggling, so do not depend on extra credit they said. These statements made attending college scary and very nerve racking for me. The first day of classes I was a nervous wreck. I had many emotions going on and was just thinking about all the negative comments about college my teachers said. The first week of classes, my entire perception of college changed. I knew that I was going to be able to stay on top of my studies and commit to doing homework as college wasn’t going to be so bad after all. I guess college has changed over time or it is different at smaller colleges because all those statements were false to me.
So far, my PDP 150 class has been very helpful. The class has made it easier on me to adapt to college and deal with many different situations. I like that students got to pick what theme they wanted the PDP-150 class based around, so that we would enjoy it. Dr. Ybarra who is my PDP-150 class professor has been very helpful in anything that I do

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