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.