My first year of college at Wright State University

After completing my senior year of high school at Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School in Dayton, Ohio, the next phase of my life is college at Wright State University. At first, I was beginning to have serious doubts about my performance and tenure at WSU. Some of these doubts encompassed but were not limited to the following: zero to little effort to help myself when it comes to independence, doing tasks like homework and papers on my own, and so on. However, as the semester and not to mention year at WSU progressed, I developed some considerable independence skills. I easily did laundry and homework myself, I wrote papers with ease, and studied for tests, quizzes, and exams pretty hard. That being said, I have strived for my task of becoming more independent and I got there.

When I first began my freshman year at Wright State University, I was lacking or having little confidence in my stay at WSU. That is because if I did not go to college, I would have to get a job that does not require a college degree. Some of these jobs and companies include but are not limited to: the typical McDonald's, Meijer, Panera Bread, Starbucks, Home Depot, Sam's Club, Home City Ice, Roofer (Full Time or Self-Employed), Tile Setter (Full Time or Self-Employed), and Carpenter (Full Time or Self-Employed). But, I am here at WSU and working towards a Bachelor's degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Even though I had some doubts, as the semester and let alone year at WSU went on, I gradually became accustomed to college life. In my life at WSU, I have discovered skills that made me more independent (when it comes to helping myself). I have learned to type papers with minimal spelling, grammatical, capitalization, and punctuation errors. I also learned to do the vast majority of my homework myself as well as doing laundry and studying for tests, quizzes, and exams myself. I also learned to go shopping myself. I went to Meijer periodically for food and other necessities. I paid for these necessities with a VISA debit card. These are the skills necessary to succeed in college.

I personally feel that all the skills mentioned above I will utilize even more during my sophomore year at WSU. Also after my freshman year at WSU, I got my first job (part time of course) at WSU's technology center in disability services. The work involved will consist of converting books into audio format like CDs and cassettes.

After completing my freshman year at WSU, I feel I have become much more independent than I was before my time here began. I feel I will use my independence skills much more throughout the rest of my stint here.