Its Time To Shine...

It has been over a week since college has started and I don't think I could have chosen a better school (I know I probably said it a 100x before), but the first two weeks at John Jay have shown me that this is the college for me, even though sometimes I have my doubts on my dreams and goals in life, but then again who doesn't!

The first day, I have to admit, was extremely nerve-wrecking! I felt scared, nervous, happy and excited all at once! I grew up in Queens and I'm used to the regular "public school" life. Manhattan was a foreign land to me, and was like an adventure every time I would go with friends or family. The night before I remember tossing and turning in bed for almost 2 hours wondering what college was really going to be like, if I'll make friends, if I'll like my professors and most of all, will I succeed in whatever it is that I was going to do. Yes, I had made some friends through Facebook and found some people that were in my classes. It did ease some of the tension a bit.

Since classes had started on a Friday, I had Introduction to Film at 12:30pm. Time went slow that morning in hopes to leave home and head to my first day of school. I knew where most of my classes were since I took a quick look the day of Freshman Orientation (which helped a lot!!). As I walked to school, I sensed a different type of atmosphere, and 'til this date I can't come up with the words to explain it, but it gave me a sense of belief that I really was in college. The people were way different; no loud kids laughing or talking, just kids talking amongst themselves or making their way towards their next class.

I made my way up to my class and I found my class with ease! As I walked into class, there were students already inside and it had been completely silent. It lasted only a little while till my professor walked in through the door. Soon enough, the class became very talkative and we watched our first film for the class :) way to start off the semester, I would say! Time flew by quickly, and the period was soon over at 3:10 and in that time I had made two new friends.

It was a great first day, and it was a great first couple of weeks in college. The work is getting tougher, the thinking is becoming deeper, and even though the travel can be tough sometimes, its all worth it. I have come across so many amazing people in the past couple weeks and made some new pretty awsome friends and learned so much from my professors in the little time that I am in their class!

Until next time :)