This Semester

This year semester has been rough for me. To begin with I got the pressure of making much better grades after a rough first semester. My GPA was not near what i wanted or expected. It makes sense for it too have been low though. I three weeks of crazy rush for a couple fraternities. Then once I chose one, Phi Gamma Delta, I had to go through the intense process of pledging. It took up a lot of my time and even though I was provided adequate study time I found myself too lazy or tired to always do the necessary work. Not to mention the transition into college alone greatly affected me. Now that I was on my own I didn't have the regular schedules and rules that I abided to in high school. Classes in college too are on another level. They aren't necessarily tougher but they are diffrent. No makes you go to class or put in the right study time. Teachers now have so many students and that means that they won't bend the rules or help you when you fowl up. They honestly at times don't care. Now in the second semester I find myself trying to create an organized schedule and get better grades. This though has been tougher than I thought. This semester I've gotten a job that I do twice a week but i don't get off work until 3 and 4 o'clock. And I've also taken the intiative to be involved with my little brother by watching him and taking him to school and basketball practices and games. i enjoy both work and my little brother and don't resent doing either one at all. I love both but they are time constraints. And just to make things better I received a pretty signicant speeding ticket to pick my little brother up from school. Now I have to pay for the ticket and the court costs which isn't making anything any better. Though admist obstacles like this I've found that the more work you have sometimes the better you manage your time and the better you perform in the classroom. One has to stay busy to really be successful. My social and party life have been scarficed but thats fine considering the circumstances and with time and more knowledge i'll have more fun by discovering how to manage my time better.