going got really tough, but for the first time I am going to finish something and it makes me feel as if I have made up for all of the other times I have failed myself. This success is directly in part because of the support that they have given me.Now the semester is coming to an end and finally college’s difficulty has reared its ugly head. Exams. In high school they were a joke because I always got exempt from them so I have never really taken a formal exam. Then out of the blue, there are five papers due next week 5 exams the day after the papers are due and trying to incorporate this with the rest of my schedule is just damned near impossible. This is an experience like no other. It is however, like everything, else good in the end. Because for the first time I am actually doing work in school, which is one thing I thought I would never have done. In fact I have done many things this semester that I thought I never would have done.ResolveWith all of my new found knowledge I went to go schedule for classes. I made sure all of the classes were after 3p.m. and later, that way I could sleep in unlike this year. I clustered all of my classes into building that were close to each other so I don’t have to crisscross all over campus. I have learned that pledging should be done in the spring because the program is only half a semester, instead of a full semester long. That of course doesn’t matter now because I pledged in the fall. Most of all I have learned that the majority of the stereotypes I heard in my childhood about other races are certainly not true. One stereotype did prove true, particularly in my English class and that is northern Virginia is much more liberal than the south. But seriously, while this has been a difficult semester it has opened my eyes up to the world. So now I look back on this semester with a smile, all the while feeling tired, hungry for non-cafeteria food, and wanting to go ho...
