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shiawasenajinsei) wrote2009-06-20 08:54 pm
shiawasenajinsei) wrote2009-06-20 08:54 pm
Standing at the Door to a New World - - ♪
College is a new world. Being in university now seems so surreal to me. But it's all real.
I entered university 5 days ago. I'm officially a university student now. And I was in for a shock. This new world is totally.. different. Well I expected that. But no matter how much I try, I could not really adapt to that change right away. During the first day, I didn't say much except when people ask me things. I tried to stay cheerful during the day to make new friends. It was a normal first day of school. But I still have that feeling of indifference. It felt quite lonely. I missed high school all of a sudden. Out of the blue, I felt the melancholic emotions I should have felt during graduation.
And it doesn't help that right now I feel kind of lost, like I've lost track of something. Everything is new, and well it's hard to start from scratch. For 7 years I studied in the same school, so I was already used to the rules, teaching styles, etc. by the time I got to high school. I had no problem balancing my studies and fun. I knew how each teacher does his/her teaching, I knew which activities would boost our grades, I knew which tests are okay to flunk and which tests to take seriously. But in uni it's a whole lot different. Some professors are just going to give quizzes, and when they do announce it, I don't know what the heck I'm going to study because we don't have an actual book to review. We need to do research on our own so we have other information aside from the ones they give during lectures. Of course I know that it's really like that, but for a not-so-studious person like me, it was harder than I thought it was. As expected, it's really hard to establish good study habits.
While most of the people at uni are very helpful to us freshmen, I'm still finding it hard to get used to university life. College is like a huge labyrinth, and finding the way out seems so difficult and tiring. I know I'll get used to it in a month or so, but for now I am disliking the thought of going to school. Oh well, I'm just going to do my best and try to have a good time. Hopefully, in a few months I'll be able to jump right back on track and be able to have fun living my university life.
I entered university 5 days ago. I'm officially a university student now. And I was in for a shock. This new world is totally.. different. Well I expected that. But no matter how much I try, I could not really adapt to that change right away. During the first day, I didn't say much except when people ask me things. I tried to stay cheerful during the day to make new friends. It was a normal first day of school. But I still have that feeling of indifference. It felt quite lonely. I missed high school all of a sudden. Out of the blue, I felt the melancholic emotions I should have felt during graduation.
And it doesn't help that right now I feel kind of lost, like I've lost track of something. Everything is new, and well it's hard to start from scratch. For 7 years I studied in the same school, so I was already used to the rules, teaching styles, etc. by the time I got to high school. I had no problem balancing my studies and fun. I knew how each teacher does his/her teaching, I knew which activities would boost our grades, I knew which tests are okay to flunk and which tests to take seriously. But in uni it's a whole lot different. Some professors are just going to give quizzes, and when they do announce it, I don't know what the heck I'm going to study because we don't have an actual book to review. We need to do research on our own so we have other information aside from the ones they give during lectures. Of course I know that it's really like that, but for a not-so-studious person like me, it was harder than I thought it was. As expected, it's really hard to establish good study habits.
While most of the people at uni are very helpful to us freshmen, I'm still finding it hard to get used to university life. College is like a huge labyrinth, and finding the way out seems so difficult and tiring. I know I'll get used to it in a month or so, but for now I am disliking the thought of going to school. Oh well, I'm just going to do my best and try to have a good time. Hopefully, in a few months I'll be able to jump right back on track and be able to have fun living my university life.