Blog #7

My first semester of college was a great experience. I always expected college to be very stressful (which it was at times), complicated, hard to handle. Mostly because of what people older than me would say. But, shockingly, I'm safe to say at least I made it through it all. My classes were all difficult in their own way, and even easy as well. I had a mindset before starting this semester, that I would not have to study for a class more than another. Boy was I wrong. All four of my classes had to be practiced, studied, and needed a huge amount of attention. Each. The only time a class would be classified as "hard", would be if I procrastinated or waited until the last minute for all and every assignment. Which literally would be almost everyday towards the end of the semester. Most of it was due to laziness or I just did not care anymore. Deep down I knew I could make it, so I'm continuing to finish out strong. The things I gained over the semester, would obviously be new information from all classes. I am proud of how much I learned from Medical Terminology, I thought I would never be able to recognize, pronounce, or even memorize those terms. Of course its only the beginning for me, I still have a million more terms to go. I also gained a lot more confidence in myself. College taught me, that there will always be times where you feel like you just cannot continue on, or you feel the urge to "give up" all because of one grade. But, you just have to know and understand how to get back up and fight for your goals and dreams. Things like that does not come easy, it requires hard work and dedication. I will fully take that motivation with me throughout my college career, and even life itself. Throughout all the doubts I had during this learning process of this semester, it made me think of how dumb I sounded and why I acted the way I did towards classes. I would complain about the work that was assigned or how I did not get enough sleep. Next semester I know for a fact there will be an complete difference from this semester. My thinking of certain topics or suggestions have grown a lot. I find myself really excited to talk about things I understand during class sessions. Just getting that feeling of finally understanding what has been taught, and can precisely recite it back to the professor or class in your own words is amazing. and it shows in your work, once you see good grades on assignments, it helps keep you focused and motivated to want to continue making those same grades. My professor played a big part of the role this semester as well. Without them, and their commitments they made to all of us including myself, I don't know how I would manage to continue on the semester.