Recommended for you

Start writing a post

Student Life

Changing In College Can Be A Good Thing

It's all about growing up and that's what I'm doing.

Aubrey Meagan Mitchum

Oct 11, 2017

Lander University

284

Pixabay

As a college student I am faced with many obstacles throughout the day and a lot of peer pressure. Many people think teenagers will go off to college and be different. In some ways, yes, college students do change. I am writing today about how I have changed, but it is certainly not into the non-caring college student. I have noticed a difference in myself, and I am genuinely happy about the change.

As a freshman many things occur in college. The awful struggle of having to make more friends, getting use to a hectic schedule, and trying to have a social life. Being in college away from home is totally different than being at home and in high school. Being in a town surrounded by college kids gives a very different vibe. There are parties, there is alcohol, and there are drugs. Unfortunately, many students turn down the path of destruction and head right for those bad things. I’m not saying I will never make a mistake while of at college, but I do say that I plan to never touch anything like those.

Now you guys must be wondering, if I haven’t changed in such a way, how have I changed? I have changed in ways that I find better for myself. With college comes drama. I have learned how to finally stick up for myself. I have been determined to no longer let people walk all over me for their enjoyment. Being off at college is teaching me to “fend for myself”. I must surround by people that would like to be by friend, but I am also surrounded people that care about me so much, and it is up to me to surround myself with the right people.

I have already seen a change in my faith while here at school. When first moving in I was determined to find a church while here at school. I have been lucky and found one that I enjoy very much. Throughout the weeks things can seem to drag on, but I remember that there is a purpose for it all. God has placed me in school so I may succeed further on in life and I must trust him for that.

My overall drive has totally changed since being at school. I have become determined to work hard for my grades and get my stuff together. To become a teacher, I have realized I need to stay focused on school work and nothing more.

Through the many joys of college, it is okay to change and be different than how you were back home and back at high school. Life is about changing and learning to make your own decisions. It is all a part of growing up and that is what I’m doing.

Report this Content

This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.

Health and Wellness

5 Ways To Bring Positivity Into Your Life When All You Want To Do Is Drown In Self-Pity

It seems like life has been serving up more bad than good and in all honesty, the only thing you want to do is crawl under your covers and hide from the rest of the world.

Grand Canyon University

424

5 Ways To Bring Positivity Into Your Life When All You Want To Do Is Drown In Self-Pity

Photo by Kinga Howard on Unsplash

The first two weeks of classes have come to an end and they have been anything BUT easy. It seems like life has been serving up more bad than good and in all honesty, the only thing you want to do is crawl under your covers and hide from the rest of the world.

Although this seems like the best solution, it is also the easy way out. Take it from the girl who took basically a whole week off from her life because she just could not handle everything that was being thrown at her. This caused her to feel extremely lonely and even more stressed out for being behind in classes that JUST began.

Keep Reading...Show less

self-pity

Entertainment

11 Things We Learned From Brooke Davis

"What's more important? What we become or how we become it?"

St. Thomas Aquinas College

240

"She was fiercely independent, Brooke Davis. Brilliant, and beautiful, and brave. In two years she had grown more than anyone I had ever known. Brooke Davis is going to change the world someday, and I'm not sure she even knows it." - Lucas Scott, An Unkindness of Ravens

Brooke Davis of the hit show One Tree Hill was the it girl - she had it all, or so we thought. She started out as a stuck-up, shallow, spoiled, head cheerleader who didn't have her life together. She slept around a lot and loved to party - sounds like your typical high school teenager right? Wrong. B. Davis had so much more to offer. Caring, loyal, and outspoken, she has taught us some valuable lessons throughout the 9 seasons that OTH was on the air:

Keep Reading...Show less

brooke davis

Relationships

11 Signs You Have An Honorary Roommate

Make yourself at home, why don't you?

Appalachian State University

2121

Rachel Zadeits

For some of us, coming to college was the first time we ever had to share a room. It was a big change, but a fun one. As you meet more and more people over the course of your college career, it seems to be a pattern that you will at some point have that one friend that doesn't live with you, but acts like they do. We call those people, "Honorary Roommates" and here are 11 signs you have one in your life.