Last June, I graduated high school, said goodbye to most of my friends and left my comfort zone. Going to college was something I always knew I would do, but never really gave it much thought. It came so fast I wasn’t sure if I was ready to leave my high school, my job, my friends, my house, it was all too real. I went on a trip to Italy for spring break and had to come back to make one of the biggest decisions of my life, where I was going to college. I never imagined I would go to Southern. I was dead set on going to Sacred Heart, but because I didn’t want to be in debt coming out of school I decided to come to Southern. At first, I was not happy at all. But, after a semester here at Southern, I do not regret that decision. Being at Southern has taught me some of the most valuable lessons that I don’t know I would have gotten somewhere else.
Being at
Southern has taught me to not judge.
Whether someone looks like they have it all or they look like they have
nothing, you never really know who they are.
Someone could seem to be the happiest person, but be miserable the
second they are away from others. I have
learned to be civil with people I really don’t like. I have learned to accept others opinions even
if I disagree with it. Life is all about choices and everyone is allowed that
right. No one can force you to do
anything, but you just have to pay the consequence in the end. I have learned how hard you have to work in
order to be successful.
This first
semester has allowed me to second guess everything I thought I already
knew. Since I can remember, I have
always wanted to be a teacher. However,
after being here, I am not really sure that that’s what I want to do
anymore. After attending the career
fair, I think I am not interested going into speech pathology. One of the biggest challenges that I have
faced here at Southern, is the pressure to know. I am constantly surround by people that
already know what they want to study, they know what they want to do with it
and they have a plan. You definitely
feel the pressure that you should know, even though its okay not to.
This
semester has shown me who my true friends are.
I have made some great friends and lost some. It’s extremely difficult to remain close with
people you only see once or twice every three months. It’s especially hard to remain close with
people when you are becoming close to people from school. One thing that has been hard is trying to get
away from people and friends from home that come to Southern as well. Living on campus is a way to start over and
meet different people, but when you have people from home that don’t allow your
time to meet new people it becomes a fight.
Becoming distant from people from home hasn’t affected me like I thought
it would. I didn’t think I would become
so close to so many people here. It has
been a nice surprise. I think going back
home during break will be weird. My
parents and I have more conflict now that I have been away and it’s hard go
back home. I feel as though the same
thing will happen with my friends from home.
Since being at Southern, I have become more outspoken and that’s
something I like that has changed. There
are more disagreements because I have an opinion and now I am speaking
them.
Southern
has changed me in ways I didn’t even think about. I really enjoy staying here and all the
people I have met. Although, it isn’t always
easy somehow it all works out.
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