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On the subject of college as a whole, I’ve figured out that if you don’t want to be here, you’re better off staying away. For a while, I was only going to school because I was obligated to. My parents put pressure on me to go despite the fact that I had no desire to be there and no idea what I wanted to go to school for. I went only to please them and this of course resulted in less than desirable grades. It’s something that I have to deal with now that I’ve got my head on straight and know what I want to accomplish. College is tough enough and putting roadblocks up for yourself makes things much harder.  

This semester of school so far hasn’t been too bad; I enjoy my professors, my classmates, and the classes I’m taking. I’ve always heard professors tell their students to make friends with one another and exchange phone numbers but it was never something I did because I didn’t think it would be of any benefit to me. I gave that a shot and found that it really does help. I have people I can contact when I’m not sure about something going on in class and when they call me with questions its an opportunity for me to review class material also. Coming to realize that professors are just regular people who happen to teach has made things a lot easier as well. Before, I was always kind of afraid to talk to professors because I was really intimidated by them. Now that I’ve stopped kind of putting them on some pedestal, they’ve become more approachable. Because I work full-time, I’m not a full time student, the workload isn’t terrible, but finding a way to balance everything has been a bit of a challenge for me.

One problem I have is my tendency to procrastinate. My professors give me plenty of time to work on assignments but I always find myself doing them at the last minute. Although I do wait until the last minute to get my assignments done I have decent grades in my classes and seeing that made me realize that taking more time to do my work will result in higher scores and ultimately very good grades. This is something that I struggle with on a regular basis and is something that I have to get over soon. College only gets harder and developing some discipline when it comes to school work will make things easier in the long run.