​A Letter To my Parents As I Come Home From My First Semester Of College
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​A Letter To my Parents As I Come Home From My First Semester Of College

Mom, Dad, I did it

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​A Letter To my Parents As I Come Home From My First Semester Of College
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Well, I’ve done it; I finished my first semester of college, and I’d like to say I was pretty successful. I’m not going to lie, going into things at college I was terrified I was going to let everyone and myself down. I didn’t do so hot on my first history test (my definition of not doing so hot is a low B but still), and it freaked me out. I thought for sure I was on a downward spiral and I was going to mess college up, but I, thankfully and quickly, snapped myself out of it and pulled myself together. I devoted hours on in studying and doing work, I spent so much time in the library my friends joke it was my second home and I spent more time there than I did in my actual home. I was determined to do well and make my parents and myself proud and I did exactly that: I made dean’s list for my first semester at Georgia Southern University.

So, this is a thank you to my parents. Without you two, I would have never pushed myself so hard to achieve what I did my first round in college and will continue to do so in the semesters coming. Without you two, I would have never had that motivation to make the grades, make the A’s, and put in the utmost effort into all my work solely because I can now see the bigger picture of it all because of you two.

I know how important it is I do well here and now in college - if I want to go to law school and if I want to get a good job I need to have a top-notch GPA, you two showed me that. You two showed me that C’s get degrees but A’s get you paid and that’s been my motivation behind every long hour spend in the library, every long paper written and revised and re-written and re-revised, every hand cramp from copying note after note after note. I have a goal and I am determined to achieve it thanks to my parents showing me how to set up that path for that goal.

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