When picking a college in high school there are things that everyone wants ti get out of it. For some people it is friends that will last a life time. For others it is to find the love of your life or even those few who just go to school to party. However when i was looking at schools that is not what i was looking at. The things that made me want to pick the University of North Alabama. I have always been an over achiever, so when I decided to attend here it was because i wanted a strong educational background when I left college.
In high school you look forward to college as a way of getting out of high school. Instead i looked at is as a way to improve my future. education has always been important to me. i have always thought if you didn’t have a brain and used it that you wouldn’t make it far in this world. College is a place for you to challenge yourself and put your mind to your mind to the test. I have always wanted to help people but in order for me to help others i have to help myself understand there needs first. I know the way to better my life is to work hard in my classes and do what I am expected to do. In ten years I wanna be able to tell my kids that i got where i am because of hard work so that maybe they will look up to me as an example in life. There are so many new things in college that you have to et use to but I don’t want that to change my goal of what I get out of my time here at UNA. I just want to know that at the end of my journey that i put my whole heart in this and I don’t regret a thing. I’m not saying I don’t want to have fun while i am here. I am a teenage just getting to college, but I know that there are gonna be times when i am going to have to sacrifice my free time to study or do homework. Also i want to make those friends that i am going to have for the rest of my life and those stories about what i di in college. But i just have my head on straight and do what i am told to. I think about it as i am not just making my life better i am making my future family’s life better and that makes it worth all the hard work.I know that if i fail it not only influences me but other people in my life to and that is what pushes me. I will just have to push myself so I can walk away with the experience I want.
I know the journey i am on is where i need to be and that i need to take advantage of this experience. College can make or break someone and I don’t want to be one of those people who walk away with there head held down in shame. When my years at UNA are over I want to know I have the skills and knowledge i need to survive in this world and that is what i plan to get from my time here.