ENG 122 Reflection Piece

In my time at English 122 I was able to further develop my writing skills that I had from my high school. A couple of the techniques that I’ve learned in this course I had already learned in high school. Drafting and peer reviews were one of the few techniques that I’ve already been engaged with. But…

A New Me

-Troy Gondola

Coming into college you can be who ever you want to be or at least attempt it. No one knows who you are, no one knows your past, and no one knows what you will become, a even yourself. Thinking this way, you have endless possibilities and you are capable of doing anything you…

My First Year at UNE

It is a saga of frustration, a tale of success, and ultimately the story of my first year at the University of New…

Fresh Start

Ever since I have begin my college experience at UNE, my decisions have become more of my own. While at home, when I was unsure of something I would turn around and ask my parents or my brothers. Things at home were for me were regimented with some rules unlike here at college where I am independent and on…

College, from my world to yours

Iowa to Maine is so far away, many worried I wouldn’t be able to do it. I myself had doubts as well don’t get me wrong. But here I am at the end of my first semester at college, 8 days until I get to go home and I can say it wasn’t easy but I would’t change it for the…

Learning To Live With Others

When I first moved into college I was unsure what I was getting myself into. I went from living in my own room with one sibling and being able to go where ever I wanted to be alone like my room. Once I moved in I new everything was going to change. I realized that I was going to…

New Beginnings

Coming to college I knew that I was going to not be an athlete anymore. having done athletics for the 8 years of my life, it was going to be a serious change in my work ethic. I knew that I had to find a way to include fitness into my regimen somehow. So I decided to go to the gym at the Campus…

My First Semester of College

What I’ve learned about myself in this first semester of college is that it’s very easy and very bad to procrastinate when it comes to doing work in college. I haven’t had to pull an all nighter yet but I have come close a couple of times when working on a paper or a project…

What I learned about myself during my first semester of college

I was so nervous to move into college. I spent the week before move in day on a cruise to Bermuda. I thought maybe I would be distracted by how much fun I was having on the cruise, although most of the time I found…

Independence: Every College Kid’s Dream

Woah, that’s intense.

Getting ready to leave for college all I could think about was, “I can do whatever I want and no one can stop me.” But even with that thought, I knew that could also be a dangerous thought to be thinking.