When most freshmen attend college, they feel themselves at last absolutely free from high school. In general, freshmen think childishly that college is an open place so that they can do whatever they want. For example, they talk to one another freely during classes and even sleep leisurely on the desk. However, college is more terrible than high school, because freshmen do not how to deal with emotional instructors, to be responsible for class attendance, and to balance work and social life.
First, as a freshman, you have to deal properly with motional instructors. For example, Professor Ma is one of the extremely famous hysterical instructors in our English department. If you take Professor Ma’s course, Introduction to Literature, you do not sleep on the desk, wear a cap, talk to one another, and even borrow a pen from your friend. I have remembered vividly that my classmate, July, wanted to borrow a class note-taking book from her friend who sat next to July. As soon as July whispered slightly to her friend, Professor Ma noticed that they were talking. Incredibly, Professor Ma burst into a rage shouting “What are you two girls doing? Get out of my class.” Therefore, as a freshman, you have to watch out for your behavior when you take Professor Ma’s course.
Second, as a freshman, you have to be responsible for your class attendance. When you cut class, you need not to feel lucky if the teacher does not call the roll. One of my classmates, Jerry, felt Professor Lin’s course, An Introduction to Language, awfully boring and uninteresting. Thus, Jerry cut the class casually. That day, however, Professor Lin showed a film about how babies learn a language and asked us to immediately write down a short summary of the film. Professor Lin said “Your writing regards as a class roll call. If you do not hand in your writing in class, I will flunk you.” Unfortunately, because Jerry did not go to the class that day, he did not have to take the course any more during this semester.
Third, as a freshman, you need to know how to balance your work and social life. One of my classmates, Judy, joined badminton club and was also the main administrator of the club. She went to the badminton club three times a week to plan badminton competition for her members. In addition, Judy had two tutorial students at the same time. Tutoring her students in English four times a week, Judy had no time to preview and review her schoolwork. When the final examination was coming, Judy was anxious about badminton club, tutorial students, and her studies. Finally, Judy failed to plan badminton competition, stopped her tutors, and flunked final examinations because she did not balance her work and social life.
Although college is more terrible than high school, you still can have an easy college life by dealing properly with instructors, by managing appropriately class attendance, by balancing efficiently your work and social life. If you do so, you can be proud to be a happy freshman.
Cindy