Personal Narrative: Lessons Learned From Getting To College

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Most of the lessons I have learned since getting to college have been the result of pretty strong wake up calls. As far as classes go, I have yet to fail a test but I have come fairly close. I am quickly realizing that I cannot just coast through school at this level. I cannot settle for average grades if I want to get into any sort of physical therapy program. Social aspects have resulted in much more obvious wake up calls. Getting caught drinking was far from ideal. The police making us run was one hell of a lesson. I do not know if it will be enough to make me stop drinking entirely but it will definitely stop me for the foreseeable future. I will also make sure to be a lot more careful about it. A huge lesson I learned from all of that is do not let idiots bring you down with their mistakes. …show more content…

My grades are actually the best they have been since I was in the sixth grade. I have stayed about 95% mistake free. Knowing the lacrosse team that is actually a pretty impressive number. I believe I have handled having more freedom and responsibility well. I have been able to keep my room clean despite everyone hanging out in it and leaving their trash all over the place. I also have yet to miss turning in an assignment. This is a combination of two things for me. The first being that the work we are receiving at this level is a lot more meaningful. The second is because I do not have my parents watching over my shoulder adding pressure. It is just me doing my own thing and I think I have been successful in doing

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