Life's Events and Hassles - how they've affected me.

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Many of life’s events and hassles that we go through can either build or break us. One of my life events I can reminisce is the transformation from high school to college. As a high school student I was so used to having the staff cradle me, committing myself to my work,  completing extra assignments to bring up my grade I wasn’t aware what I was going to do for the next step.  In high school is a kind of worry free environment because the teachers and staff have everything under control. Once I completed high school and entered my way to college everything constantly changed around me in an instant. For instance your parents become less worry some because this is the first step of life and you have to do many things they have done for you on your own. Next, the professors hold you responsible for all your assignments, attendance and preparation utilities such as books, pencils, binders etc.  Yet, high school things are free of charge because tax payers money pay for public education of students while college it depends if you are eligible for government expenses to help pay for college. But for those who are not eligible for government assistance has to pay out of pocket expenses which are not easy to pay. Additionally, the college lifestyle expects you to be vigilant, mature and more determined to succeed than when you were in high school. However, when I first attended college at Union County College I can honestly say that I tried to be vigilant in all my courses. I participated in all my courses which were union county college 101, criminal justice 101, English 101 and pre-algebra 11. I also studied as much as a could in my free time and I always asked for assistance even if I did not need it just to be sure I knew all the material so that I could at least try to pass the course. I became very frustrated and stressed out with three of the courses I enjoyed so much. My complications with these courses were that maybe perhaps I was not on the same level of work as many of the students were because I did not get the material that was needed for college from high school. Not only this but also my attendance became an concern because I carpooled with one of my friends and many of times he failed to pick me up for class and I became irritated with situation as well. Finally I tried to get my head on straight for the assignments I needed to get done and once I did I started to do much better but then everything started to go downhill once again. However before the grades actually went out I thought I did well but it turns out I did not do as well as I thought and the outcome was only anger and shock. In the end although I did not contribute enough to get a decent grade I could blame myself for being so lazy, non forced, irritable, less vigilant then I should have. Coping with this issue was not easy in the long run but I actually learned from this issue. I learned that college work is not an easy task but it takes a lot of hard work, peer assistance and most of all time to get things that need to be completed.

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        I can also reminisce a time when I was in the fifth grade a teacher one of my favorite teachers passed away. The day began okay until the class received that devastating news that one of well liked teachers had passed away. Throughout the day I just failed to believe the news that was given to me I thought that maybe she was ill and would be back tomorrow. Yet not knowing death at this age I had to think of the possibility that may just maybe this could have been true. So I was very saddened to ...

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