These past few weeks, I've been noticing how college freshmen are so obviously college freshmen. Sometimes, I even wonder if I look too immature to be a college freshie or they just look so mature? Oh, I could still remember the excitement, anxiousness and remarkable amount of cluelessness that comes with being a brand spankin' new college freshman. Haha.
My first week in college was certainly an experience. And I use the word "experience" in the way that Randy Pausch used it in his famous Last Lecture, where he said that
"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."
In the same way, my first week was a whole bunch of not getting what I wanted. Not getting things that I applied for. Not fitting into the group of people that I wanted to be friends with. Not having any of the guys that I was interested in be interested back (jk! I have a boyfriend, oops, sarreh!). Not achieving the level of understanding in class discussions that I wanted (and kind of assumed I would get). That's just a whole lot of experience right there. But as Randy Pausch also said about experience in his Last Lecture,
"...experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer."
I was able to learn a lot from my first week of frosh year - and I'm hoping to keep using my experiences to improve and grow as a student and person.
(Published just for the sake of trying out my first ever blog site lol hahaha)
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