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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Growing

When I first left high school I knew there would be a few things I'd miss. I knew I would miss my friends and the great teachers I had. My first semester of college is quickly coming to a close and I can say that I miss high school a lot more than I originally expected. There is a certain familiarity in high school. You know most of the people you will graduate with, you know all the teachers or at least their names, and you know that if you're having problems someone in the school will be ready to help you out. During high school it was easy to make fun of Sparta but as soon as I left I realized how great it really is. Sparta High School has some of the best teachers I could ever ask for and some of the best friends I could ever find. You just need to know where to look.

I entered college with both excitement and complete fear. I couldn't wait to learn and experience something new. However, I didn't get what I expected to find. The first semester has been long, stressful, and overwhelming to say the least. Things change in college, and not always for the worst. It all depends on your experience. For me, college has been tough and overwhelming and I know I'm not the only one who has felt this way. For everyone who chooses to go to college I wish you the absolute best and hope it's everything you want it to be. However, if college isn't everything you expected - it's okay. It's all an experience and things need to be done at your own pace. I'm slowly learning this myself.
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- We miss you WK! (We being Katie Malone and I) It would be awesome to see you sometime to say "Hi" =]
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  1. KapinKatieKrunchNovember 17, 2010 at 3:56 PM

    I have to agree Kelly. College is a mix of what I thought it would be. I miss the friends, the teachers, and the classes of high school. I miss having someone to talk to in and out of classes and not just going to class taking notes, and walking back to my dorm to study some more.
    People always say you don't know what you have until it is gone, and through all the things I have gone through in my life, I thought I had learned that by now. Yet here I am and it still caught me off-guard.
    I never realized how much security, having teachers you know could be. But once I got to college and was surrounded by absolutely no one I knew, it hit me. There isn't a person around that you already trust to go to when something happens. You are really for the first time on your own. Now, a lot of college students choose to go to colleges either close to home, or to ones that other classmates are going to, but when you are like me and choose one that almost no one has heard of, your on your own. lol
    Even with all that, college is not totally horrible, I have learned a lot and I am excelling in my writing class (better than I ever did in high school) I am pretty sure my Professor is way easier than W-K and Thompson. =]
    Thank You WK for making sure I was prepared. =D

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  2. Ms. WKNovember 17, 2010 at 9:23 PM

    Thanks, ladies. Let me know what your Christmas break schedule is and maybe we can meet for coffee at Schuler's or something like that!

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  3. KapinKatieKrunchNovember 18, 2010 at 9:03 PM

    I am coming up to Sparta with Sheldan the day after Christmas for a few days. Hopefully then?!? I probably won't be up any other time for awhile.

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