Workload

The biggest diffrence between high school and college has most definetly got to be the workload. Ive had more work in college already than ive had my entire senior year of high school. Now ill admit that my high school wasnt the best in academics and didnt do a good job preparing me for next level education. Part of not being prepared is on me because I wasnt the student that did all of his work and turned everything in on time. I was the one that procrastinated and put things off until the end. In a way I screwed myself. Im not mad at my teachers because its not their fault for my mistakes but they didnt really try to help me out at all. If they did I would have accepted the help and appreciated it but things didnt work out that way for me. I pretty much had to do everything on my own in school. It wasnt a big problem but it could have turned out better for me. Im glad that im attending this university because I feel welcome here and the environment and people are just right for me. This semester Ive already done about five papers and it is a killer. Its not so much the paper itself but all the research and extra stuff we have to do. Its not really that hard to type a simple paper but some students make it out to be. Some students seem to make verything harder. Whenever I see them and they are complaining it kind of makes me angry because they should be glad to be in college. It is a great opportunity for them to make something of themselves. It is kind of hard to keep up with all of the work but it is a must for the students to turn in every single peice of assigned work that the professor assigns. One missed assignment can cost them a semester and caus them to retake the samw clas that next semester. I would say that I have the most work in either my geography class or my composition class. I do the most reading in geography and the most writing in composition. If I were to choose a single class to take this semester it would probably be weight training. Even though there is no reading or writing, I do enjoy lifting weights so I could do that everyday. I really do like my professors and they can work with me at anytime that Im having trouble. I really appreciate everything I have right now.

Study Hall

As we go each week preparing for a new opponent, we go every tuesday and thursday to study hall preparing for our classes. Some people may think that football players get treated differently. That a false accusation. Football players have it harder than regular students because we have to go to practice while everyone else has free time to do their work. We, the football players have to have time managament on lockdown because ther is a lot of work to be done. If we dont get our work done, there s a chance that we might be inelligible and wont get to play in the upcoming game. Study hall really helps me out for the fact that it gives me a chance to really focus on what Im doing. Who ever it may be that is watching us makes sure that it stays quiet. The silence helps me out even more because with distraction I get off task and dont get the majority of my work done. Some students take study hall as a joke and it kind of upsets me because they get out of hand. Once they do that it disrupts me and I dont do so much. The person watching us punishes the entire study hall group for one person misbehaving. He will either add more time to the session or not let us have our music on. I dont really listen to music sense its a distraction to me but others do. Plus, whoever gets in trouble gets mad at the person watching us. It makes no sense to get mad, your the one causing yourself to get in trouble. While they are mad Im catching up on something I might have missed or just getting ahead. I try to sit some place where I have a little bit of space around me so people wont try to talk to me that often. Sometimes I might still be in the middle of doing something important but then we are released to go home. At that moment I want study hall to go longer because if I continue the same work in my room I will most likely stay behind on it. Study hall is a great thing to go to when you need to get work done and the main part is to keep up my GPA so I can maintain my financial aid and scholarship. If my GPA drops below a certain point them I would be in big trouble. I really want to keep my grades high and make my family and I proud. 

College Friends

My college friends compared to my high school friends are way better. In high school, your friends would be with one minute and then the next their gone. They always ditch you for some apparent reason. Most of the time it is not important but I guess thats the way high school works these days. In college yo can be with your friends all of the time except for classes. I dont have any of my friends for any classes. Ive come to the conclusion that it is probably a good thing that none of them are in my classes because I would most likely get distracted all the time. Im almost positive that would affect my grade for that class. So, Im thankful that Im going solo in my classes. It really helps me focus on my work and I am more prone to getting my work done. My friends are always in my room and its hard for me to go to sleep because they are constantly being loud. I dont really mind but it would be nice for once to have a quiet night. Every day something new happens and we all have stories to tell. Most of them are funny but there are rare moments that we have that are serious. We pretty much go every where together. We always go to the paties together to cause trouble. One of my friends here at TLU was also my classmate in high school. He is my rommate here and its so much fun because we just do whatever we want and get away with it. We dont really care what anybody says,the only people that we really listen to are the football coaches. Another one of my friends is from Hondo which was in my high schools district. Its a small world if you go to the same college as your enemy. Overall he is a good dude and super funny. Makes me crack up everyday. Another one of my friends is from Houston. This gut has got some jokes. I remember the first day we actually hung out, he made me laugh so hard. We got lost going to a party and we were dogging on the driver because he had one little assignment. That assignment was to follow the truck in front of us. He lost him and we thought thta he was following him the whole time. Turns out he was following a completely different truck. We were making jokes about him and he was getting really mad at us. We didnt care because apparently we were the only people hacing a good time that night.

Fall Camp

On move in day, I was surprised at how small the room was. In my mind I was thinking that it was going to be difficult. Once I got everything settled in and I looked at it, it actually wasnt that bad. My roommate and I were already liking the college life. Even though we have been here for only a couple of hours. The very next day we had to get up at six in the morning to eat our mandatory breakfast. All of the football players had to do the same thing and everybody's face was filled with anger. I was mad that I had to get up that early. Not only did we have to get up that morning but every other morning for two weeks. It was tough trying to do it but we had to because we could not be late without being punished. The punishment here is terrible and the coaches do not take it easy on you. Im almost positive that if you did the punishment you would puke for a while. Maybe Im over exagerating but it is pretty bad. I almost threw up and all I did was rolls. The thing about rolls are that you get super dizzy and once you get up you dont know which way to walk. I really did almost throw up but I never did. I was scraed that I was at any second. One day after practice we had to do boot camp and there were four drills. On the first drill I had busted my eye open because someone else ran into me with his head. At first I thought that I was fine because my hand had no blood on it when I touched the gash. As soon as I put my hand back on it for the second time. I was thinking to myself that it was the same gash I had gotten senior year while playing basketball. It was a foolish mistake but oh well. Anyway, I had to miss the rest of fall camp because due to the injury, I got a minor concussion. My head was hurting every day for the remainder of camp. I was upset because in my mind I though I could be on varsity but I ended up playing on the OV. I guess the main point would that fall camp was boring for me. Everyone else was getting better while I was getting weaker and out of shape. Once I came back I had a hard time running because I was out of breath and I got winded very easily. Thats just part of football here at TLU.

Getting Away From The Books

College. A brand new life in a brand new world. Different atmosphere than high school and more importantly, the work. Prety much all of my classes have reading everyday. Now, Im not a huge fan of reading so I honestly dont do most of it. I usually ahve to wing it sometimes in class. Most of the time my grade reflects my work ethics. But once I finally do all my work, I like to have a little fun. Maybe play some NCAA because its always a competition between me and my friends. I never win so I always get frustrated but its fun still. Other than playing video games I like to go out with people and have a whole lot of fun. Just like the other night I went to an ABC (anything but clothes) party. It was literally the best party Ive ever been to in my entire life. So many people there and so much creative attire. People turned bed sheets into a dress. Like a professionally styled dress. No joke it looked like an actual store bought dress. I saw plenty of people wearing boxes and signs. Pretty typical I might add. My friends wore little skirts and long socks. Me, I had to find something to wear like last minute. So my friend had a chip bag that had a varity of different chips. I wore that as a skirt with long white socks. I thought I looked pretty good my self. The best costume I saw at the party was a man thong, cowboy boots, cowboy hat, bandana around the neck and a holster with two plastic guns. Swear to god, funniest thing Ive ever seen at a party. The cops came to the party like five times but didnt even say anything bad. The only thing he said was to stay out of the streets. I was kinda scared at first when they came. I was going to sprint in one general direction and hide in a tree or something. I was not about to get in trouble. So many hot girls at this party but the hottest girl Ive ever seen was wearing like a duct tape dress. She saw what I was wearing and kind of giggled but I really didnt care because she knows Im funny. SO yeah, I advise anybody who is getting stressed with school and is tired of doing book work or reading to go out to a ABC party or really any type of party. It is a ton of fun. No lie. I cant wait to go to the nex on. Thats how I get away from the books.

College Weekends

During the school week here at Texas Lutheran University, the campus is so loud and there is usualy a lot of things happening. Even though you see the same people, almost everyday you can see something different. Everything changes once the classes end on Friday evening. Everybody leaves the campus to go home. I havent been home since I moved in. But the campus is really quiet and no activities what so ever. Unlesss there is some sort of athletic event going on in Seguin. If theres not, then the town is empty. Luckily, Seguin is not to far New Brainfels or better yet San Marcos. Theres always a party at Texas State. I actually went to my first party there this past weekend. It was an experience. There were so many beautiful girls at these parties. I love dancing with them. Maybe get a couple of numbers here and there. Only if they are fine, if you know what I mean. The campus environment at Texas State compared to Texas Lutheran is quite a difference. Way more students stay on campus at Texas State. I mean, who would want to leave Texas State. I would never! I wanted to go to Texas State's first home football game but I had no ride to get there in time. I ended up going the day there game was held but at like midnight. The party I went to was at an apartment complex at like a clubhouse. It was a packed house that night but I wasnt complaining. I had a good time dancing hanging around with my friends from both schools. After the party we were supposed to go to another one but nobody knew where it was. So we all went back to our friends dorm at Texas State. Only three of us stayed the night there, the rest went back to their dorm rooms in Seguin. So the point I'm trying to get across to all you readers, even though I dont have any, is that if you have the chance to go to Texas State over Texas Lutheran to take it! Texas Lutheran is a good school dont get me wrong but my experiences in San Marcos have been better than Seguin. So take my word for it. I am seriously considering about transfering to Texas State and maybe walking on the football team. That would be so cool to play at a Division I football program.

Dorm Life

Dorm life compared to home has its differences and its similarities. For one, living with a roommate is quite a difference. It has its perks but sometimes he/she may get under your skin. That happens to me all the time. My roommate takes forever and never has anything of his own so he has to borrow my stuff. it gets on my nerves. i know its not a big deal but its just the way i am. first off he acts like he has no respect for my stuff. not even his own. i try to help him out but he just doesnt follow through. Its not like i hate him i mean hes pretty much my bestfriend but i dont think i can get use to the way he is. I came in here with no idea on how his habits were. Ill fight it out though because im not gonna move out and put forth all of the unnecesarry work. Another difference is that i dont have a mom here to clean up after me like usual. Im not saying i dont clean up and all that good stuff because i do. Im just not use to doing it all the time. Im not afraid to admit that i really do miss my mom i just dont ever show it. People call me mean mug because i walk around campus with a straight face all the time. I knida like that nick name cuz it shows that people recognize who i am. Also getting up on you own is not as easy as it sounds. I actually slept through the first class of the day because i slept through my alarm. I was upset and was worried about what i missed. i was praying that it wasnt something bug like a project or a pop quiz. i didnt know what to expect. Thankfully my classmates filled me in on the class i missed. wasnt anything big but still, its an absence. Some similarities is that the room comes equipt with a closet, beds, and a sink. These are a must when it comes to living on your own in college. Even though you have a roommate, you cant always depend on them. They might do something you would never expect them to do in a million years. Its not a bad experience over all but at first i got kind of homesick. then after a while i got used to it so its normal for me now. i just come back to my room and lay down or do my homework that i have too much of. thats dorm life for you.