The Real World: How College Changed My Life
Hunter Curto-Garcia
Ms. Barnard
English 49
February 16, 2014
The Real World
College, the next level of becoming an independent individual. More opportunities that can change your life forever. Everyone goes to college, because they want that degree to have a good job that makes them money. For me, college brings me a chance of change. I never saw myself trying my best in college. I guess it could be of that fact I don’t have much confidence in myself. This is my first year of college, my second semester. The most successful I ever felt was taking Personal Growth 140. That class helped me realize, that I wanted to change a lot about myself and be more open to new things, before I get into my career. Although I don’t have a major right now, …show more content…
Every day after school I would research colleges, but felt I wasn’t good enough to go there, because I don’t have a major. I know you don’t have to have to have major right away, but in my high school AVID class; the teacher would always say it’s best to have one. Summer was coming to an end, so I decided to pick San Diego City College. City is an amazing community college. Its help me discover something’s about myself, which I never knew. For fall 2013, I took Personal Growth, because I wanted to change how I felt about myself and be a better person. I have trouble with opening up and controlling my anger. I like to keep to myself and hide from my feelings, because that’s the way I have learned to do throughout my whole life. Arguing is all I mostly all know how to do. Fighting and yelling all the time is really unhealthy, and that’s what I really want to change about myself. So while I’m deciding on what I want to do with my life I have decided to work on myself and change what I don’t …show more content…
I open up more and talk more with the positive people around me. Also when I get mad, I breathe and then talk it out instead of yelling. After taking Personal Growth 140 I finally am realizing that the person I was before is not the person I thought I wanted to be. Pretending to be happy, when in reality at night I’m crying, because I’m so unhappy. I’ll admit there are moments when I slip back into my old ways and push those I love and need in my life away, because I’m afraid to let people get close to me. Being afraid I know is normal, but you have to face your fears in order to be successful in life. That’s why this semester I decided to continue taking personal growth classes. Except this class is for careers. I decided to take 130, because it will help me learn how to work on my communication skills and it also might help me decide on what I want to do in my
Ms. Barnard
English 49
February 16, 2014
The Real World
College, the next level of becoming an independent individual. More opportunities that can change your life forever. Everyone goes to college, because they want that degree to have a good job that makes them money. For me, college brings me a chance of change. I never saw myself trying my best in college. I guess it could be of that fact I don’t have much confidence in myself. This is my first year of college, my second semester. The most successful I ever felt was taking Personal Growth 140. That class helped me realize, that I wanted to change a lot about myself and be more open to new things, before I get into my career. Although I don’t have a major right now, …show more content…
Every day after school I would research colleges, but felt I wasn’t good enough to go there, because I don’t have a major. I know you don’t have to have to have major right away, but in my high school AVID class; the teacher would always say it’s best to have one. Summer was coming to an end, so I decided to pick San Diego City College. City is an amazing community college. Its help me discover something’s about myself, which I never knew. For fall 2013, I took Personal Growth, because I wanted to change how I felt about myself and be a better person. I have trouble with opening up and controlling my anger. I like to keep to myself and hide from my feelings, because that’s the way I have learned to do throughout my whole life. Arguing is all I mostly all know how to do. Fighting and yelling all the time is really unhealthy, and that’s what I really want to change about myself. So while I’m deciding on what I want to do with my life I have decided to work on myself and change what I don’t …show more content…
I open up more and talk more with the positive people around me. Also when I get mad, I breathe and then talk it out instead of yelling. After taking Personal Growth 140 I finally am realizing that the person I was before is not the person I thought I wanted to be. Pretending to be happy, when in reality at night I’m crying, because I’m so unhappy. I’ll admit there are moments when I slip back into my old ways and push those I love and need in my life away, because I’m afraid to let people get close to me. Being afraid I know is normal, but you have to face your fears in order to be successful in life. That’s why this semester I decided to continue taking personal growth classes. Except this class is for careers. I decided to take 130, because it will help me learn how to work on my communication skills and it also might help me decide on what I want to do in my