Everyone used up the space for their pictures already so I guess I just have to link my meme here:
https://36.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzid27ctdB1qzw6ezo1_500.jpg
I’ll explain each panel in different paragraphs I guess.
Okay, I don’t smoke and I don’t have many friends (only a few really good ones) so I’ll skip the first panel.
“What my mom thinks I do”. Yup, I can definitely relate to this part of the meme. My mom thinks I’m doing really well right now. In a sense, I am, which I’ll get to later. Probably not to her expectations though, so thank god there aren’t any progress reports sent home or PTC anymore. I do make an honest attempt at trying well in school and focusing though.
“What society thinks I do”. Society’s view of college students does seem to be a bit generalized and I just found that part of the meme funny. I don’t engage in that kind of behavior but I know a ton of people in college do so.
Skipping to the bottom panel of the meme, I’ll go a bit more in depth on my reactions/where I think I am in college right now.
I am not entirely where I want to be in college right now, but I have been trying (probably not my best, but still putting in effort) in all my classes. I bring my laptop to take notes and study when necessary, as well as entertainment during those long psychology lectures with information that I already know. However, for the most part, I can at least tell that I am using my resources in college effectively and efficiently, and this drives me to keep doing so. That is how I relate to the ‘what I think I do’. I think I study enough for my classes, but in reality I probably spend more time on social media or lazing around. I really am enjoying the government’s money though, that part is spot on.
I still don’t necessarily feel like a college student. I still recognize people from my high school and I don’t feel we all have made that leap. I don’t think there is much of a leap though – I felt I matured quite a bit in high school, especially junior year and that eased my adjustment to college. I know my strengths and weaknesses and I account for them whenever I can. I’m not the most busy of people, so I can focus on my work and I can study whenever I want. It’s easy for me to draw motivation and put my head in the game (or rather books) when necessary. I might not be the 4.0 GPA student I aspired to be at the beginning of the semester (like many of us probably thought of themselves as well), but I’m not in as rough of a place as I might have been.