Out With the Old, In With the New

The past year has been a blur of sorts. Hard to think that a mere six months before, I was just getting acquainted with the idea of getting out of High School and finally turning "legal" while having the time of my life at Disney World. I got through my last semester of high school with a bang and I ended my first semester of college with a splat. haha... college has been, and still is an eye-opener. Truth be told, it still hasn't occured to me that I'm in college and practically an adult, something I don't like thinking about much. I like the independence of college, but I hate the fact that my guessing skills are worth nothing there.

Throughout my high school career, I never really tried academically. Yes, I did my homework, but like everything else, I didn't retain much of anything important. Yes, I passed and did well on my tests, but did I really ever study - truly study? Yes, I did do well enough in school to be a handful of people away from being in the top five percent, but did my effort show it? I was a laidback student and I never stressed until the day of a test or the last minute. No, I'd have to say that even with my grades, I was far from ready for college - and it showed. I exited the first semester of college with a B, two C's, and an F. -pause- Yes, that is an "F" you see and it is in chemistry (I told you it hated me). Then again, I can't blame it in full as I did my fair bit of hating as well. After receiving my grades, my mind remembered a theory I kept on telling my mom. If I hate something, there is no way on earth I'm going to learn it no matter how good (or cool) the teacher is. With the closing of the first semester, this theory seems to be proven true as I barely passed two of my science classes and failed one while doing fairly well in anthropology which could have been better if I wasn't bogged down with my other classes in which I was not very enthusiastic in.

-shrug- There's always time for learning and this is one of the things I tend to remember - something non-academic. So with an ending note, I'll end with my new years' resolutions and hope for the best for 2007.

• make better grades
  
• learn to study (weird, huh?)
• go to the gym consecutively to lose some squish
• eat healthier for a college student (no midnight snacks)
  
• try to get out more
• try to cut down on the fanfiction (this is one thing I have little hope of achieving)
• try to cut down on the procrastinating, or at least as much as I can, being the Mistress of Procrastinating
• learn how to cook (I threw this one in for fun, haha!)