College Essay On Growing Up

Growing Up Everybody is so eager to graduate high school, leave home, attend college, and make something out of themselves in this world; but fail to see how much work and dedication is at hand in actually achieving that goal. For me it was the same, I would tell my parents every day that I couldn’t wait to leave and make my own rules. Looking back at it now, I miss being under their wing or being guided by their intelligence. However, that’s life, you have to grow up eventually. In the end, that is really what I learned from attending the lectures of Dr. Moore’s class UGS 303: The Race in the Age of Obama. And because of the type of service learning experience that was taught in this course, I also took away that in order to be successful you can’t be average, help others so you can be grateful for all that you have, and never let society’s criticism bring you down. Being average is just a way to get by, you never really want to change and just have the same results over and over again. It doesn’t bother …show more content…
I know most definitely that I will wake-up each and every morning blessed with what I have and the people I have behind my back supporting me along the way. Not only that, but because of my SLE I was able to take away more from what was being taught throughout lectures and the readings. But most importantly I learned that, being average will never make you stand out in the ways that you want to, if you don’t help others how you can accept others to help you when you’re down, and letting society’s opinions about yourself will tear apart your mind if not strong enough to see the truth; all tahnks to my SLE. Not only did this experience change my views it has also been a wake up call. Reminiscing about this class made me realize how much I’ve learned and accomplished so far and what I will soon accomplish God