What I Learned When Attending College

After I completed high school it was never in my plans to attend college because I always felt like I hated school and it simply just wasn’t for me or wasn’t something that I had planned on doing ever. After graduation, I played around, partied, and didn’t take life seriously. A year passed by and I thought to myself what are you really going to do to show your future children that success comes as long as you put in hard work for it. Fall 2016 I got into to college and it was the best wake up call ever. It made me realize that time never waits on you. This semester at HCC has taught me how to be consistent with one thing at time and patience. I have never in my life been able to do one thing completely and finish it, ever. I told myself if school isn’t for you throughout this whole process you can always learn two things. Patience teaches how to be calm and not so in hurry and learn that everything takes time and it’s never your time, it’s God’s timing! Consistency teaches you how to accomplish and achieve goals at a consistent rate. Going through this semester made me realize that procrastinating and studying are my weakest points. Next semester I plan to be more organized, more self efficient by devoting 15 minutes a day on each subject weather its reading over notes, studying for a quiz that may …show more content…
The reason why I’ve always wanted to give back to Houston is because once before in my life I was super poor watching my mom struggle for money so we can eat and survive. During my career I plan to give back in numerous ways. After I graduate college I’m going to start a non-profit cancer youth organization for 100 kids. In the organization we will hold fundraisers to raise money towards there doctor bills, they will be able to come to my office at no cost any time during business hours, we will go on family outings once a month, and I will visit everyone about every two weeks to grow and build a rapport with