14-A "Halfway Reflection"

I would say that about halfway through the second week of this course is when I realized that this class would be much different than any college course I had taken before. Unlike most classes that I've attended here or any other university I found myself learning a lot from my classmates. Most professors teach with a specific format that consists of a specific criteria of material that to-say-the-least is vey basic. I find myself intrigued even when I'm challenged in this course because I look forward to comparing my posts from others and only use our blogs as insight and motivation for my career as a businessman. I don't find the assignments very challenging per say, but they definitely require you to really think about all sorts of aspects in daily lives.


As far as giving up, there was one a time period when I was fresh out of high school and didn't really want to enroll at any colleges and I thought I was ready for the workforce. I was discouraged because I was an underachiever in high school and found myself awkwardly conversing with parents at my friends graduation parties after they asked the question "Where are you going to college"? I knew my grades weren't good enough to get into any major university and thought that my academic career was coming to a conclusion. After weeks of my parents convincing me to enroll somewhere I decided to apply for a local community college. Shortly after applying I received my acceptance letter and registered for classes. I hated the college and hated living at home as was about ready to drop out within the first couple weeks. However, it was about the 4th week of my first small semester when I visited Gainesville for the first time for the Kentucky game. I immediately loved the atmosphere and thought wow this is how you do college the right way, but never even fathomed that one day I'd be student at the University of Florida. Shortly before I left to go back to home I saw someone I knew from back home whom I held in high regard. This person who was my age and a student at UF, tried to belittle and somewhat insult me in front of our friends just because my accolades were no match for hers. I remember thinking the whole ride home that all I wanted to do was prove this person wrong. A year and a half later I was accepted into UF with a near perfect GPA. I felt that weekend is when I started to form a tenacious attitude and have maintained it ever since. Over the past month I would agree that my tenacity has increased, but what has increased even more is my ability to be open minded.


To the students enrolling next semester I would say don't think of this as just "work" and appreciate your colleagues feedback and ideas because you'd be surprised how much you can learn from and inspire one another. Look forward to thinking like and entrepreneur and really interview people with the upmost interest in their responses. Its not a very difficult course but It can really help you in the future. Don't let the work pile up on you and set aside time each week to acquire more knowledge for your career in the business field.