"My Freshman Year" by Mr Robert X.

I am so glad to invite one of my best friends, Mr Robert X. , to talk about his experience in freshman year of the college.

"I have been a college student for a year, and the freshman year becomes one of my histories now. Within the freshman year, I have learned and suffered a lot. However, it is true that “no pain no gain”. Now, let me describe the “ordeal” in this unforgettable year.

At the beginning of the first semester, I endured a lot of suffering. Before I entered college, a lot of people had told me that college life would be either horrible or excited. When I looked around those sitting next to me, all of them were not from my country. Thus, we didn’t have a common language at the very beginning. It made me feel uncomfortable. Nevertheless, I tried to make friends with them actively because I was a gentleman. Maybe it was fated. All people, who were sitting around me, were ladies. In this case, I had to talk with these females. When I managed to get along with them, I found how delighted to come across them in this class and how lucky I was. Many of them were so nice that they solaced me as I was vacant and vexed. Especially, when I was looking at my paper which my professor had made a lot of corrections, all of them came to me and encouraged me to make progress. They told me how to write the essay better, pointing out my disadvantages. With their help, I felt confident when I wrote an essay, and when I review my paper, I felt proud of myself because those mistakes I made become lese and less. My professor also congratulated to me. She said that how surprised that she saw me making such a great and rapid progress. Honestly speaking, I should be graceful to those ABC since they offered a lot of help to me. For example, when the second semester began in January, I needed to buy a lot of books. Looking at the price of the books in bookstore, I found out that they were quite expensive. However, I had no choices and had to buy them. At that time, those ABC came to me and gave me some books I need. With their sponsor, I saved $200 at least. I felt that I was so lucky that I made friends with these nice ladies.

I met them everyday and had lunch with them. We usually talked about something interesting in our class. Of course, we also had a lot of problems. When we couldn’t solve our problems alone, we always sat together and tried to find a way to solve our problems. As we know, different people have different advantages. We confronted those difficulties and beat them. After suffering from the vexation, we usually took a walk in the facility, the Brooklyn Bridge, or went to beach. How comfortable that we intake fresh air. We felt very relaxed and our brain was very clear. However, though there were so many nice girls around me, I believe college students should not fall in love so early. Love can damage our bright future. If we look for a girlfriend, we begin to go dating everyday and ignore our class. This kind of relationship can be poison. Day after day, you will burn your future. In this case, we better still focus on our homework instead of falling love with others.

In a word, college students should make true friends. Plus, falling in love can be a challenge because we must manage our time. If we did not manage our time well, it means that we disaster our future. Hence, college students don’t hesitant to fall in love when you meet your lover. In college, what you need to do is to just study hard and build a good relationship with other people."

(The article is just the writer's opinion, it is not related to the position of this blog.)