Personal Narrative: My Life In College

I am proud of how far I have come, it has a been a tough yet interesting but all the same I have learned so much about life. I have learned to be persistent, to be determined and to never give up no matter what comes my way.

I am a third born out of four siblings and I have always been known as the most reserved and calm one. My calm personality was somehow an intrinsic personality but as I grew I realized that I was my reserved and calm nature was as a result of how I was brought up. I noticed that I was not as loud and outgoing as my mates in school because of fear. I came from a family where anything I did I would be shouted at, a correction was done in the form of shouting. This created some sense of fear in me. I would rather be quiet and not do anything than touch something or say something that would let my parent

Life in college made me more focused in life, to be persistent and to never give up. I almost left college after my first year, when I realized my GPA was way below average. I did not like the school that much so I did not take any of the courses I took seriously, this made me perform really bad. That was the first time I had really bad grades, so it hit me that I needed to improved. To ensure that I did not have lower grades I started picking up in my second year, my grades in the third year were very encouraging as I paid serious attention to all the courses. I never missed any class unless there was a need to and I took office hours with lecturers very seriously. I would not relax until I completely understood a topic. My determined nature helped me to improve my grades. Each semester was an improvement on the other. This experience in school has taught me not to take anything for granted. The fact that I am not interested in something does not necessarily mean I should not strive to do well at it. I also learned that it is never too late to improve on yourself and giving up is never an