The Influence Of Theatrical Media On College Life

Although I would like to believe I have led a fairly normal life, perfectly meeting each and every milestone or challenge without hitting any speed bumps. Deep down I know, that I there are various aspects of my life that have caused struggles in my development.

The thought of college is often overwhelming and fills a person’s head full of anxiety and stress. If you look back on what you have accomplished up to this point in your life this large step in life suddenly seems much smaller. I have been going to the same small private school all my life so many people could argue that I have been sheltered for most of my life or see the world through “tunnel vision.” Now all of this is entirely true, but throughout my high school years I have gradually become more of the person who I am today. For example, my junior year English teacher assigned my class the daunting task of a junior thesis. At first I thought this assignment was simply busy work and had no meaning to it, but as I began to pick a topic and research it I began to discover a possible

make many decisions and if they choose wrong, it may cost them their lives or someone else’s in

I had no hopes or dreams growing up. I never thought too much about the future as a child. I lived from day to day just waiting for one to finish and another to begin. I grew up in this fashion and did not change at all until middle school. By middle school, I was aware that life did not revolve around school and that there were expectations for me to meet. Both parents and teachers expected me to rise above and beyond. Now my reason for waking up every day and working hard was to meet these expectations. I worked hard to keep up with the expectations, though eventually, the young child that I was could no longer handle the stress of all the work and slipped into melancholy. It was an endless cycle of work, failure, and shame. This continued until I graduated and went off to high school.

For me to discuss a single event that transitioned me from childhood to adulthood would be impossible. As people grow, they experience many events and those experiences are what shape us into the people we are today. Starting from my origins, I was born in a dense city called Reading. Throughout the city there are people roaming the streets from different ethnicities. Growing up was tough, it didn’t matter who you were because you were always surrounded. You did one wrong move and someone would look at you differently. Hearing stories about my young childhood, made me a little sad. My dad was never around, and my mom was either at work, or inside trying to take care of the house. At first it was only me and my older brother. We got along fine, but as your average pair of street kids, we would get in trouble from time to time. Since we didn’t have too much money, our family tried to get by with what we got. We couldn’t buy all the toys that we wanted, and even if we did, there was a good chance

Being young and tied up with high school and college is just one big hurricane waiting to happen. Sometimes I wake up and ask myself why am I doing the things I have done or are going to do but I bite my lip and keep moving forward. Growing up fast is very hard and can put a lot of stress on your back, but I got to keep in mind what my future will be like if I continue going the path I am now. I'm doing this for myself and also to prove a point to my family that no matter what happens or what life throws at you I can manage my way through it. My life is not as easy as I make it out to look from working with my dad, going to Union County Early College and wanting to become a nurse, my life is all over the place.

In every book, movie, television show and in the real world, people are faced with difficult decisions that alter the course of their lives. For example “The

In modern day society, so much has evolved among collegiates and the culture that surrounds them. When an image of a college student comes to mind, hard working and determinate comes to mind from a moral standpoint. Coming from media influence, that whole perspective changes. The largest of them all are movies, as they show college students lives being chaotic and wild, causing people to believe that it is fully accurate. Therefore, I believe that movies negatively influence college students by depicting a world of alcohol and crazy partying that can lead to bad decisions. Many students do these things, and more than half the time it is due to peer pressure.

My life just like everyone else on this crazy rollercoaster has been filled with lots of ups, lots of downs, and quite a few unexpected corkscrews. For me those downs have always felt more like the rollercoaster was flying off the rails and was never going to go back. Of course, given time things might not return to how they were but they will return to a constant and steady state. Some things will help speed up the process and other things are going to make it worse or slow it down. It’s all about finding new things that make you want to hop back in line and take another go around the track. Going to college has really changed how everything in my world works in a way for the better. The terror of showing up on the first day and knowing that your life is in your hands for the first time ever is terrifying, but at the same time it’s also the most exhilarating feeling. Everyday has been a new adventure and each time I think about what’s going to happen

College wasn’t a place to experience any kind of social blossoming or personal reawakening. It was somewhere I would study furiously and learn feverishly. It was somewhere I would gain the knowledge and the skill to obtain and preserve a stable career. I could mention something nauseatingly cheap about how the downfall of own mother inspired me to better myself, to further the depth of my intelligence and that’s why I decided to enroll in a major university, such as UGA. That just wouldn’t be the whole and honest truth. The downfall of my own mom scared me, terrified me to the point of focusing on absolutely nothing but prospering scholastically in order to acquire even an inch of future solidity. There would be no risky endeavors, no questionable decisions, no time to waste or invest in frivolous events like Greek Row parties or hall socials. College became an imminent requirement instead of what once was a magical

I am first generation in this country and the first generation to attend college. What this entitles is that I got lucky to be part of a wonder country and to learn and do many things my parents never did. With the acceptance to the University of Fresno, and the transition and freedom, came many uncertainties on how to do well in college. My first two years were the best and the worst time in my life. It is bittersweet memories now, sweet because I had the greatest time meeting new people and traveling all over California. It was my exploring age; I have never traveled outside of my hometown, and it was exhilarating to experience many new things. It is bitter because I now know that I put my future profession at stake unwilling knowing it.

My college career was not very easy as an international student. I had to move from my country to the USA leaving my family and friends behind, once, in the United States, the adjustment did not go well. I was feeling lonely I had no friends at that moment had nobody to talk to or to share my feelings with, I had homesick still having it. I knew I had to be strong physically and mentally to fit myself into the American life, learn the language, and the culture. I kept on working hard and had in mind that I came here to pursue my studies and make my parents proud and I will be successful.

For me, it would be that when I was in high school, everything was easy, it was an A. And then when I got to college, suddenly, I was making Cs, which I had never made before. It was hard to accept that “Okay, I am making C’s, I got to work harder to make A’s.” And then when I went to college the second time, I was making all

Graduating college has been my greatest and most challenging achievement. My personal hardships have developed my character. Some attributes acquired through adversity include motivation, leadership and commitment. Embracing my hardships has helped me discover, evaluate and gain insight on my level of achievement. The first to graduate from college in my family has created an opportunity to know that there are possibilities and I am capable. Beginning in undergrad, I lacked resources and lacked answers. Enabling myself through educational hardships has prepared me to become resourceful when facing challenges. Beginning in college, I felt a limitation of my true potential because I lacked resources. Acquiring the knowledge through graduating,

Over the course of my life I have had many life experiences which have made me who I am today. When I was in my middle childhood, most of my life revolved around playing and having fun. I did not have to put forth effort in hardly any area of my life or work hard in order to achieve specific goals. As time went on however, my own life experiences began to have an effect on me, and shape the person I am today. My life started to change the most during middle childhood when I was around the age of seven years old. At this point in my life, I had to adjust to several big changes.