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What My First Semester Of College Has Taught Me

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What My First Semester Of College Has Taught Me
Laura Supnik

I couldn't have asked for a better first semester, better roomies, or a better over all experience. Aggieland is exactly where my heart wants to be. Even though half of my entire high school resides in College, Station, I have met so many awesome people from all around Texas and the U.S. I’ve made so many new life long friends that I only have college to thank for and it’s only been one semester!

Now I could go on and on about how college has thought me time management, how to be independent, how to build more self-confidence, building a good relationship with your professors, and having a good time. But I’m going to talk about what college has thought me about myself THIS far.

I’ve learned that I can't believe how stupid I was a year ago. Honestly who was I?? Such a different human mentally, it’s crazy. If there is anything I want to stress to you right now is that you need to make your own opinions on how you view politics and news. Social media is ruse ladies and gentlemen.

Don't let Twitter make those political and social decisions for you. Do your own research and actual understand the content you are standing up for because 99.9% of the time, whatever tweet you're stressing over is written by an uneducated teen who also got it’s information from twitter. It really hit me hard when people would ask me political questions before and I had no idea what to say. It was pretty embarrassing, I'm sorry if you've had to deal with me then. Honestly my parents were always right!! I guess I was just going through a phase. This is the process you go through becoming your own person.

Next, I have learned about what I want in life and in a relationship. Value is such a big thing. I love having fun as much as the next person but man does it get old having to introduce yourself a million times before you find someone who cares enough to want to be there for a while. You need to understand how valuable you are. You need to understand your own worth. Before you know your worth, how do you expect other people to respect you?

And lastly, know how much you need God. If there is anyone who is going to listen to you go on and on about your problems and have the power to help you get through them, it’s God. Whether your problems are big or small, he will always be there to hear you out an forgive you when you're wrong. God knows you better than you know yourself. He will alway have a plan for you.

I’m so excited to see what else college will throw my way. While it’s been quite the ride, I’m so happy I got to learn so much about myself along the way.

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