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Well it's over. The first semester of college is finally done. I've learned a lot about myself and about my academic achievements. When I first started the semester I didn’t really care much for school. I really didn’t want to go, I wanted to work and take a semester or two off. But I went because my mom wanted me to go. So right off the bat I was unhappy with college. It was something I felt like I was being forced into. Plus the classes I was taking weren't really interesting to me. I think that southern should change the way they set up classes because it's off-putting to freshman who aren't succeeding in classes they don’t like. But next semester I'm taking classes that hopefully I will enjoy.

I think my  biggest achievement this year was receiving an A in my English class. It was something I actually worked really hard for. In High school I took 4 English classes and the highest grade I ever got was a C+. So passing with an A really helped boost my confidence. I am in English 112 next semester, and I think I'm ready for the next step.

The worst thing I did this year was procrastinating. I did it with every assignment for every class this year. I think that the lack of knowledge and understanding of the subject caused me to procrastinate a lot.  Even right now while righting this post, I have taken breaks to play guitar, and watch TV and I'm barely half way done with it. It's defiantly something I have to work on next semester. But I think that’s something that most people have to work on. Procrastination is just always there. It takes time and effort to break the grip it holds on us.

The classes I took this semester were not my original choices. I never wanted to take media studies, or computer science, or Inq. I just wanted to take classes that were about what I wanted to learn. I love History, which is why I wanted to take history courses. I think the reason I did poorly was because I didn’t appreciate the course material. For instance, my computer science courses was on Microsoft Excel. I have no idea how I ended up in that class considering I started using excel in 6th grade and mastered it in high school. I received a good grade in the class because I knew everything about the subject but It didn’t push my intelligence. I didn't learn anything knew. So to me it was just a waste of time.

I have some goals that I hope to accomplish next semester. One of them is to learn piano fluently. I am taking a piano course, which is right up my alley. I love music, I love playing music and I get credit for it. I'm actually looking forward to next semester. I have a couple history courses that I am looking forward to.

Another goal I have is to pass my next English class with an A. I did it this semester and it's something I want to do next semester. I think that with hard work I can accomplish it. Just like everything in life it will take hard work to accomplish my goal.

I would say that this semester was mediocre. I have a lot I need to work on as well as a lot to continue. I'm just going to go into next semester with an open mind and ready to learn and hope that I can pass all of my classes.