Taylor Irby
7*24*2012
Bridge program
Before I arrived at Columbia College Chicago, all I could do
was worry, what if I get lost? What if I fail this? What if I can’t do any of
this work? Before I got here I thought that it would be impossible for me to
learn anything and that I was wasting my time. My first day here it was nerve
wracking, I could stop shaking or talk
to anybody no matter how hard I tried. My classes, on the other hand, weren’t
as difficult as I was making them out to be, that I was proud of. it turned out
that all my thoughts I had about this was wrong, I think the only problem I had
was that I wasn’t ready to fully accept the different challenges that were yet
to come, if any. The second day, I was prepared,
I was ready to start my second day fresh, unfortunately nothing changed, the
classes are still easy, but I still don’t
have any friends (oh well ) that really not my main concern here. I plan to get a lot out of this program, I plan
to be able to open up more, I plan to learn things that I neglected to learn in
high school and I plan to take responsibility for everything I do. I expect for
this program to teach me, one, to do things right the first time and I won’t
have to redo it, two, I expect it to teach me to be on time and that in the “real
world” it won’t be anyone around to baby me and tell me when to get up, or what
to do, and three, expect this program to have me college ready without leaving
a doubt in my mind that I can’t do anything. I plan to go through with my plan
by pushing away my fears of not knowing anyone as well as not knowing this
city, I plan to ask questions when I don’t understand something, and I plan on
being more social. I think that those are the keys to successfully completing
the bridge program
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