Transitioning To College Class Analysis

Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, and Bonnie Lisle in their book “Rereading America” feel that commencing college is a very disturbing experience. So many things we have to deal while starting college, but the major challenges are expanded difficulty levels and higher expectation which we are not familiar over the years of high school. In order to solve this issue, we have to remodel ourselves by taking up the challenge and rethink about our strength and flaws. To succeed in college we need to be mentally strong and dedicated towards our goal.

In 2006 I started college because it’s what one is supposed to do after High School. It soon matured to, going to college to find myself. Where that meant experiencing a breadth of topics that captivate and inspire me to seek out answers; which hasn’t changed. Every class I took gave me new perspectives where I gained understanding to allow me to be more open, and greater insight. However, the obstacles of still being a teenager, trying to find myself, left me struggling to cope with my studies and every-day life. Forcing me to hit the pause button my student life.

A question frequently heard among students, from elementary to college, is “when will I need to know this?”. No matter the class, there is always someone who believes the course does not pertain to them and is a waste of time and money. Myself, I remember thinking that very same thing of AP Calculus and later Statistics. As someone aspiring for a career in the health sciences, I assumed that a comprehensive education in the various math forms was superfluous. And though I love history, English, and art, I caught myself wondering if I would ever utilize such knowledge beyond that class. What I have realized, however, is that all knowledge gained by an individual can only work to their advantage. Furthermore, I believe that liberal arts courses

Now as a sixteen year-old, I read copious amounts of articles and books. I am also making what the North Carolina grading system considers, “spectacular” grades. It was not always like this as I was scattered in second grade. I was doing the opposite of what I am accomplishing now until I had a breakthrough in January of 2007, during second grade. I credit this breakthrough to reading. Along the way, I had my family, the reading class, and my supporters reassuring me.

College is definitely not for everyone but I chose to go to college to further my education in hope to use it to attain a better job. Going into my first semester of college I was not sure exactly what I wanted to do and still to this day I am on the fence about what exactly it is I want to do. I chose a liberal arts program at OCC rather than going away because of me not knowing what I wanted to do. Going into my second semester it makes sense to me now that college is about getting a better education, but it is also about “figuring out who you are and what you really want to do with your life (PBS). I believe my main purpose for a higher education is to really figure out whom I am and what it is I want out of life. Looking back now for what

I am extremely sorry for my inappropriate actions that negatively affected your ability to run the classroom effectively. I understand you concerns due to the inability of knowing where I was to assure my safety. I apologize for breaking the rules that are in place to keep every student at Vero Beach High School safe and secure. It was very rude of myself to leave the classroom before asking you to complete work in another classroom. It was inappropriate of me to create a disruption and concern in the classroom. I acknowledge my wrongdoings negatively affected you and the school because my location was unknown. I understand that I fall under the rules that are set for the entire school. My actions were extremely juvenile and disrespectful to

This year I feel like I have done a lot of things well. I have participated in class actively and gave a good contribution to the class. I feel like I have respected my classmates and listened to their opinions. I feel that I am using the skills that I have learned in this class, and using them in my other classes successfully. I use marginal notes in my biology class to help me summarize, or ask questions about what I just read. Now that the year is going on, I am able to comprehend more complex texts. I think that my in-class discussion skills about the texts are what I am really doing well at. When the year first started I struggled with blackboard posts. I didn’t know what to say or what information I was supposed to pull out of the texts.

Over the course of this semester I’ve learned many things about myself as a student. I discovered that I am a persistent student because in spite of this course being challenging I maintained a positive course of action. For example, when I got my paper number two back I busted into tears called my mom and wanted to quit. But after I calmed down I told myself I wouldn’t give up and immediately begin the next paper. When I first started this course I was intimated by poetry in the general sense. I took English classes in high school and when we read poems in class I was always disengaged from the conversations. But, as the semester proceeded I became involved in class discussions and more confrontable analyzing poems. I discovered what feminism is and that I am a feminist because I believe women should be treated the same as men in society. I learned that in order to defeat my procrastination habit I have to seek help from tutors in order create an outline for my assignment. I initially wanted to become a contract lawyer but I’ve learned through this class that I’m incapable of remembering long stories or many different poems so now I’m pursing an engineer degree. This class made me realize that I have to put twice as much effort into classes that do not extremely interest me. I discovered that I get

To all new freshmen, I would say, base your schedule on what you think that you can handle. Do not overdo it first semester just because you want to sound impressive or show off to your peers. Everybody has time to figure out what they want to do, and your advisors will be such a great help with that. I wish I would have known that you can change your mind an infinite number of times, and in the end everything will be okay. Perfection is almost impossible to obtain, but just persevere through the uncertainty and eventually you will get on the path that you need to be on. The economics advisors are amazing, and especially after taking this course, I will not hesitate to go to them with any questions or concerns that I might have.

This course has changed me in so many ways over the past semester, ways as far as my procrastination and how it’s not good to procrastinate, and me not feeling embarrassed to actually talk about that and say that out loud because I wasn’t the only one in class to raise my hand in doing things at a pace and my time and not always on time. In this course I have learned so much about myself as well the other people in the classroom in different ways, more so than I ever thought I would, and with this knowledge comes a great responsibility. This class has basically taught me a self-evaluation on myself, now I know that sounds weird and unusual of how you can do a self-evaluation on your true self, because you are yourself but when this class first started I only expected to learn the very basics of psychology like the different approaches of psychology like behaviorism, and humanism. Not only did I learn about the essentials of psychology, but I also learned a great deal about myself and my past life experiences. This class has forced me to look deep within myself and confront my psychological demons as far as what am I doing wrong within myself and what do I need to work to get better at.

Throughout my first semester at Shasta College my goal was to go above and beyond what was expected for me. I have been exposed to many different types of people who have motivated me to succeed in college. As a result, I deserve an A in my English class due to my persistence, hard work, and regular class attendance. Because this is the first stepping stone on my educational journey, I look forward to using what I have learned from my English class to help me in my future

Upon entering the course I really didn’t know what to expect. This is my first year as a college student, so I was hoping for a smooth first semester. I planned out this semester thoroughly as well as for the following two years. I was skeptical about the course at the beginning, because a few of the individuals that I’ve met mentioned that either the assignments took up too much of their time or their professors wasn’t giving them the right amount of information to work with in the course. Hopefully, with the right professor to guide me through the semester it won’t be as tough. Throughout the semester, the topics that I found most important were true colors, financial literacy, and the Conley Readiness Index. These topics, enhanced my knowledge to grow as a student as well as in my own personal life. Throughout the semester I absorbed numerous information about how to overcome challenges that I might be faced with future courses. Cornerstone has guided me through inconvenient times where I truly believed that I couldn’t get through on my own. It assisted me to always maintain my plan for the next semester and for the next year. The GPS assignment permitted me to be more involved with the student life at FSW. The assignment benefited me in every category when it came to figuring out how I can use time management for the events that I could attend when I did not have class at the same time. I became a more studious student who engrossed themself into more books and studying for the majority of my courses.

Sitting in class for the first time, it was half of what I expected. I expected to sit by people I didn’t know, learn about old things in new lights, and writing a lot of papers. What I didn’t expect was me hating college. I am not as creative as some teaches would like, but that isn’t my personality, and I dint want it to be either. I fully expected college to try and morph me into a perfect little student that I knew I wasn’t. College so far to me hasn’t been fun and I will treat it like Wal-Mart. When I say that, I mean that I will get in and get out as fast as possible. If I pick up stuff along the way then alright, but if I don’t, then it won’t kill me.

When I went in to pick my classes for my first semester at college I was super excited. Then they told me there was a mandatory class that all incoming first time in college students had to take. I rolled my eyes and sighed as they described the class to me. I would have to participate in school events, and had to go to the support center, and do things that I thought were going to be the big waste of my time. On the first day of class, we learned about the different topics that we were going to cover, and also about the assignments that we had to do throughout the semester. Even though I wasn’t too thrilled about the G.P.S assignment, I was even more scared about the final essay. I thought I wasn’t going to learn anything, and that I was going to have to struggle to write this final essay. Now that we are wrapping up the semester I can honestly say that my college education has benefited from taking this class. I have learned so much more than I thought I was going to learn. The things that I took the most out of were the financial literacy, time management, and lastly the professor.

My first day of my foundation of college success class I was a bit nervous and didn’t know what to expect. Everything happen so quick in the past few days. I was excepted the 3 days before the first day of class, I had to get almost every paper that has something to do with my personal info and health in order to attend school and also didn’t get get a chance to go college shopping. I was the last person to enroll for classes, my advisor told me I belice it was maditory for all freshmens to take a fcs class there first semester. My first day of classes the first thing I honestly thought about was im not in a school filled with friends im going to be sitting in a class filled with people I never met before so I was abit axious. I thought my professor was a bit crazy, she was very energetic hopping around class. As the weeks go by I started getting use to her teaching style she reminded me off my high school U.S history teacher Mr. Costello. Theres teaching style Is sot of similar. No matter whats the topic they’re teaching they know how to connect to their students and want their students to actually learn instead of the information going 1 ear out the other.