College

I am officially a college student! This past week was my first week of classes. Unless you know me really well, you have no idea what a struggle it was for me to get here. I can honestly say I'm proud of myself for going through with this. I didn't freak out and not go to class. I didn't see the amount of work involved and run away screaming. Well, that almost happened with my writing class, but I thought about it and I want to conquer it. I don't want to be afraid of something new just because it's hard. I CAN do this.

First the best parts of the week...

I absolutely love my psychology class. I was a little nervous at first because my professor announced that class participation is a big part of our grade. I'm really shy so I was afraid I wouldn't be able to raise my hand and speak up. But I took a deep breath and did it. And once I had done it, it was easier to do it again. I find that my classmates are far less judgmental than the kids I knew in high school were. I'm excited to go to class. I haven't been able to say that since elementary school! My professor is really cool. You can tell she really loves teaching and exchanging ideas. And She wrote the text book we're using in class.

My math class is not horrible. It's math, so it's not going to be my favorite subject, but at least so far I'm understanding everything. Partly due to the fact that my professor explains things really well and doesn't go too quickly. I really appreciate that.

I met some really nice people in my classes due to the "we're going to force you to do class participation if you want to pass" thing that all my professors are doing. I didn't get lost once this week and taking the bus isn't as terrible as I imagined it would be.


Now the not so good things...

I don't like my writing class. It's really difficult and I have to write essays in a form I've never used before and I'm not 100% sure exactly what the professor is looking for in the essays. I do like the professor though. She's funny and she seems nice.

My college survival class is a pain in the ass. It seems like it will be a great way to find out about what resources are available to students, but the professor assigns too much homework. I only have the class once a week and I swear she thinks I have no life outside of school, because she assigned so much homework that I'm having to work on it all weekend. Total bummer.

Speaking of homework...that's the other bad thing. There's just too much of it. I spend about 23 hours a week in class. I spend another 35 - 45 hours on homework! I honestly do not know how some people do it. I know people who work, go to school, and have a family. I don't think I could do that. I would fail every class.



The bad stuff aside, I'm excited about going to school and finally reaching for my goal. I even have a specific goal in mind now! I want to transfer to PSU as a Junior and get my Bachelor's in Psychology. Then I want to continue on to get my Master's in Counseling Psychology. After that I want to attempt to get a PsyD and practice as a Marriage and Family Counselor. That's a big goal, but if it gets to be too much I can always switch my master's to Social Work and work in that area. I just really want to do something to help people and I like Psychology.