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My First Two Weeks
Orlando Walker
Cynthia Beck
English Comp Fund DEVE- 0324 12
4 September 2008
My first two weeks My first two weeks of school was full of pure, concentrated chaos. The day before school I found out I couldn’t get my books because my financial aid didn’t come. My first actual school day I was a little late because my tire was on flat. Once I finally got to school I realized I wasn’t late because my first class had been cancelled for the semester. That day after school I found out I may have to quit my evening job because the class I picked up to replace the one that was cancelled is conflicting with my schedule at work. On my second day I tried to set up my student account and couldn’t. After I get to the computer lab I found out my name was wrong in the system. So for my next class that day I found out I couldn’t take any of my quizzes online because the site is down. I couldn’t do my assignments online either. On the third day of school I had a math quiz on chapter two in my math class. That wasn’t so bad until the class realized that we were on chapter one and had another classes test. So finally later on that day I finally got my award letter for my financial aid. Yes my first week of school was chaotic, but I loved every minute of it and wouldn’t change it for the

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