I think that title perfectly describe where I am right now. I'm getting used to school and talking out loud in class. I'm meeting new people! I'm trying to improve my penmenship.. Because I'm pretty sure when I go back to look at my notes I won't be able to make sense of the. There's one thing I'm still not sure about. Notes.. Am I writing too much? Not enough? How do I study from my notes..?
The other day I did my math homework. It's like the problems I did in high school only 6 times more! Which makes sense because instead of doing it every day I just have one class so there will be a lot more homework. But I was getting so mad because my dad's homework was neater than mine! I finally stole his pencil and summoned some magic powers and I think my homework looked better. Possibly.
I love college! I hate the chairs.. I think I also need to develop some better posture. Okay that's handwriting and posture.
I'm so lucky though, I'm pretty sure I won't have to write any papers this term. My history teacher just talks and we all take notes. And I wouldn't think you'd have to write papers in economics. I may be wrong though.. I wonder who many weeks are in this term.. I'm already 1.5 weeks through it!
Well I was laying in bed last night thinking of things to write about and I forgot EVERYTHING that I had come up with. MMM Abby is making eggs and potatoes. And I have nothing to do today until 11:30! Good day. But tomorrow will be better! School and awanas and dancing at ecd! I'm rather excited for ecd. Possibly because a certian someone will be there.. Possibly not though!
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Friday, September 30, 2011
Day 2 at that thing called college.....
HA! I'm totally getting the hang of it. If only I had just sat in on a class my senior year I would have known that public school isn't THAT bad. I no longer dread going to school. I actually quite like it! I love walking into that building ALONE and feeling like "Yes! I can do this! All by myself!"
My classes are.. Fine :) I like my history class but lately I've been hearing things that I don't quite believe in. It's sad how people twist history to what they believe. Come on guys! History is history! I have an economics class. It's just an intro class but I'm worried it's going to be really hard! I took economics in highschool.. I can't remember how I did.. Anyways each student is going to have to do this current event thing where you have to talk out loud in front of the whole class! I'm so freaking out! It shouldn't be for a couple more weeks.. Hopefully..
I went to a wedding yesterday. I just adore weddings! I love seeing love. I love love! I love songs about love, I love when the groom sheds a few tears, I love the kiss, I love everything! I started crying right away because other people that are important to me were starting to cry and ahhh! But it was a lovely wedding, I got to serve punch and play waitress. If waitressing was a better career I would totally do that! I think I'd rock at it. I love being polite and making people happy.
After the wedding I slept. Because the night before I babysat overnight. Oh boy was that fun! Darling darling girl. She started sleeping on her own couch but somehow ended up in mine. And when I decided it was too squished I moved us to the floor where she ended up under my blankie with me. And promptly at seven she woke me up with a gentle pat to the cheek and told me she wanted to watch a movie. So needless to say I was pretty tired after all my night adventures. But it was so worth it! It makes me want kids. And I'm only 18. That's how cute she was!
Later last night I went to the movies with my dear friend, Jeci. I love Jeci so much! I love how much we have in common, how it's so easy to talk with her, and how she always lets me do her hair! We saw The Help, which was such a great movie! I laughed, I cried. (wow so cliche) We both spent a couple of minutes trying to figure out how to open her water bottle.. But it was a great night!
Today I have church, celebration station, and homework. I've realized that when everyone was complaining about homework being so lame, they were right! Actually it's not too bad yet. I'm dreading my math homework though. My dad did most of it last night and it was like 8 pages, front and back! And then at Celebration Station we are going to learn about admitting again tonight. Last week we learned that when we sin all we have to do is admit it, and ask for forgiveness and then Jesus will take it away and never remember it! I'll have to read tonight's lesson again because I don't really remember what it's about.
Well.. I was hoping someone would be up by now but no one is.. I guess I'll do my hair or something. Everyone sleeps so late at my house!
I'm sorry if this post is boring to you. If it is, don't read it! By the time you get to this sentence you'll have already read the whole post though.. So that would be your fault!
Stay tuned to see how week #2 of college goes!
My classes are.. Fine :) I like my history class but lately I've been hearing things that I don't quite believe in. It's sad how people twist history to what they believe. Come on guys! History is history! I have an economics class. It's just an intro class but I'm worried it's going to be really hard! I took economics in highschool.. I can't remember how I did.. Anyways each student is going to have to do this current event thing where you have to talk out loud in front of the whole class! I'm so freaking out! It shouldn't be for a couple more weeks.. Hopefully..
I went to a wedding yesterday. I just adore weddings! I love seeing love. I love love! I love songs about love, I love when the groom sheds a few tears, I love the kiss, I love everything! I started crying right away because other people that are important to me were starting to cry and ahhh! But it was a lovely wedding, I got to serve punch and play waitress. If waitressing was a better career I would totally do that! I think I'd rock at it. I love being polite and making people happy.
After the wedding I slept. Because the night before I babysat overnight. Oh boy was that fun! Darling darling girl. She started sleeping on her own couch but somehow ended up in mine. And when I decided it was too squished I moved us to the floor where she ended up under my blankie with me. And promptly at seven she woke me up with a gentle pat to the cheek and told me she wanted to watch a movie. So needless to say I was pretty tired after all my night adventures. But it was so worth it! It makes me want kids. And I'm only 18. That's how cute she was!
Later last night I went to the movies with my dear friend, Jeci. I love Jeci so much! I love how much we have in common, how it's so easy to talk with her, and how she always lets me do her hair! We saw The Help, which was such a great movie! I laughed, I cried. (wow so cliche) We both spent a couple of minutes trying to figure out how to open her water bottle.. But it was a great night!
Today I have church, celebration station, and homework. I've realized that when everyone was complaining about homework being so lame, they were right! Actually it's not too bad yet. I'm dreading my math homework though. My dad did most of it last night and it was like 8 pages, front and back! And then at Celebration Station we are going to learn about admitting again tonight. Last week we learned that when we sin all we have to do is admit it, and ask for forgiveness and then Jesus will take it away and never remember it! I'll have to read tonight's lesson again because I don't really remember what it's about.
Well.. I was hoping someone would be up by now but no one is.. I guess I'll do my hair or something. Everyone sleeps so late at my house!
I'm sorry if this post is boring to you. If it is, don't read it! By the time you get to this sentence you'll have already read the whole post though.. So that would be your fault!
Stay tuned to see how week #2 of college goes!
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
The Diary of a Homeschooled College Student
So, technically I wasn't homeschooled. I was an online public schooled child. But still, I did my school in my pajamas and by myself. No school to go to, no other students to interact with, and no teachers! Then I graduated. And I reached that dreaded age. The College Age. The age where children are no longer children. They must make choices for themselves, possibly get a job, and if they want to get anywhere in life they must go to college.
Normal children who reach the college age have already gotten accepted to some college and registered for classes. I was shunning the college age so I decided to do NOTHING about it until about a month before classes started. Words of advice to future children coming up to the College Age. Do NOT do what I did. What I did was immature and irresponsible. But anyway after the usual blood, sweat, and tears I figured it out. Actually my dad helped me A LOT. I couldn't have done it without him.
Anyways! It doesn't mater how it happened, but I started school. Community college, yes, but school none the less! Once I was all registered I started freaking out! Public school?! Don't public school teachers breathe fire and scream and yell?! Don't students throw you in the trash cans and dunk your heads in the toilet? School?? By MYSELF?! When I have at least ONE sibling by my side everywhere I go. I freak out when I have to run into the store to get milk by myself. This is a problem. I can't go on with my life if I can't do anything alone. So I decided the idea of getting a HUGE backpack to stow away one of my sisters was a bad one.
I bought some new clothes, gathered some notebooks, and practiced that college walk. Just kidding about the walk. During the week before school I switched between extreme excitement to extreme nervousness! Mostly nervousness though. I FINALLY picked an outfit but I could NOT find a bag college worthy! Luckily my sisters best friend had something brilliant for me to use! Thank you Sarah! The night before I wasn't nervous at all.
But the morning of I was a nervous wreck! I thought I was going to throw up! My mom and sisters kept trying to talk to me and make me see it wasn't going to be a horrible thing like I thought it would. I couldn't listen though! But. As soon as I stepped out of the car I was like "Oh yeah. I can do this." And I confidently strolled into the college! Like a college student!
The campus is really small. There's only five classrooms so I wasn't worried about getting lost. Turns out both my Tuesday/Thursday classes are in the same classroom. So I made it through my first day of college. Just like that. I didn't embarrass myself, I didn't forget anything, and when the teacher asked a question to the whole class I actually answered it!
I know I'm making this out to be a BIG deal. But you have to understand, it was a big deal for me! So stay tuned to hear all about my life as a former-homeschooled, college student.
Normal children who reach the college age have already gotten accepted to some college and registered for classes. I was shunning the college age so I decided to do NOTHING about it until about a month before classes started. Words of advice to future children coming up to the College Age. Do NOT do what I did. What I did was immature and irresponsible. But anyway after the usual blood, sweat, and tears I figured it out. Actually my dad helped me A LOT. I couldn't have done it without him.
Anyways! It doesn't mater how it happened, but I started school. Community college, yes, but school none the less! Once I was all registered I started freaking out! Public school?! Don't public school teachers breathe fire and scream and yell?! Don't students throw you in the trash cans and dunk your heads in the toilet? School?? By MYSELF?! When I have at least ONE sibling by my side everywhere I go. I freak out when I have to run into the store to get milk by myself. This is a problem. I can't go on with my life if I can't do anything alone. So I decided the idea of getting a HUGE backpack to stow away one of my sisters was a bad one.
I bought some new clothes, gathered some notebooks, and practiced that college walk. Just kidding about the walk. During the week before school I switched between extreme excitement to extreme nervousness! Mostly nervousness though. I FINALLY picked an outfit but I could NOT find a bag college worthy! Luckily my sisters best friend had something brilliant for me to use! Thank you Sarah! The night before I wasn't nervous at all.
But the morning of I was a nervous wreck! I thought I was going to throw up! My mom and sisters kept trying to talk to me and make me see it wasn't going to be a horrible thing like I thought it would. I couldn't listen though! But. As soon as I stepped out of the car I was like "Oh yeah. I can do this." And I confidently strolled into the college! Like a college student!
The campus is really small. There's only five classrooms so I wasn't worried about getting lost. Turns out both my Tuesday/Thursday classes are in the same classroom. So I made it through my first day of college. Just like that. I didn't embarrass myself, I didn't forget anything, and when the teacher asked a question to the whole class I actually answered it!
I know I'm making this out to be a BIG deal. But you have to understand, it was a big deal for me! So stay tuned to hear all about my life as a former-homeschooled, college student.
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