My fall(2017) semester at St. Norbert College: Personal narrative essay
“Hoping and praying are easier but do not produce as good results as hard work. ” (Andy Rooney)
Christmas is coming up soon,
heavy snow falls every day, and we are almost at the end of this semester. I
cannot believe how fast this semester is almost done. Every student has been
busy to prepare for their finals since this week. “Fast, busy, and meaningful”
encapsulates my sentiments towards this semester. What I have experienced in
this semester helps me get a deeper thought and makes me better understand what
Andy Rooney said: “Hoping and praying are easier but do not produce as good
results as hard work.”
I will never forget the day when
I got my math quiz back, and I only got 4.5 points out of 10. My economic score
for second exam was worse than the first one, and my essay deadline for college
writing class was close, but I had not started yet. Everything seemed to be the
straw that broke the camel’s back. There were more words than I wanted to say,
and I don’t know how to describe how miserable I felt at that time. I still remembered
that after class, I came back to my dorm and burst into tears because
everything just came together, and I felt extremely stressed out and was deeply
worried about my academic college life. I kept questioning myself why life was
so hard for me, what reasons I could find to explain everything thing.
I recalled what had happened in
the beginning of this semester. In the beginning of this semester, I had though
classes were easy, so I didn’t pay much efforts to my study, and I would only
get my homework done before class. I had used to think too much before study,
and had procrastinated with my studying.
At that moment, I did think I
needed to change because I hated to be a loser. Therefore, I have moved my
study space from my dorm to library, where has less enjoyable things than
studying. I also have made a study plan for my different courses, previewed the
readings before class and reviewed lessons after class. I also found out my
knowledge gaps and gradually I caught up with my classes and made a big
progress on my math exam.
I am so happy to catch up my
classes in the rest of half semester and learned so many good studying habits
from the lessons. There is no choice and alternative but hard work if you want
to be successful. God only helps people who work hard so that Hoping and
praying without engaging anything will not produce good result. Hard work is
the key for everyone to make achievement.
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