Journal #9 - Self Evaluation

Throughout the course of my first semester in college I have learned a lot about myself, some good and some bad.  I learned that I can successfully survive on my own and live without my parents.  I fed myself, did my own laundry, woke myself up for class, and did everything on my own for the first time.  Honestly it felt great to not have anyone telling me what to do for the first time.  I would come home at 3 o'clock in the morning and no body would say anything to me.  This also taught me how to have a great sense of responsibility.  Even though there was no one to tell me what to do for the first time I had to make sure that I was responsible and stayed out of trouble.  I learned a lot about myself and in the process I learned a lot of habits that I do not like about myself including my uncleanliness and procrastination.  It is hard being on your own for the first time but I think my parents prepared me as best as they could and I was successful in my first semester alone.

I learned a lot about the arts at Penn State through my English class.  I went to an art museum for the first time and I loved it.  I could see myself going back to an art museum in the future.  There is not much of a difference in my writing style since I start in college I have always written pretty much whatever is on my mind but I liked that this class gave me a medium for my open writing.  I learned that art can be whatever you make it and that Penn State is full of art.  In my first trip to the Arboretum I my eyes were opened to the beauty of the Penn State campus and all of the art that it had to offer.  Penn State is a beautiful place to learn and grow into young adults for the first time in our lives and I am happy that I had the opportunity to experience it.

I feel that after my first semester at Penn State that I am a better person on many levels.  I have lived on my own for several months now and I have seen a variety of eye opening things.  I have learned how to stay focused and do things efficiently.  The most important thing I learned this semester is to be yourself. be yourself in your writing.  Be yourself in your everyday life.  Be yourself when it comes to girls.  No matter what it is you have to be yourself in order to be successful.  I am happy with my first semester and who I am today.