First Week of College

Brad Campagna Kathy ORourke College has so fara mien exceeded my expectations in a huge way. As a untested share of the ice field field hockey aggroup there were some(prenominal) uncertainties and worries, as thoroughly as tons of excitements and anticipations. Obviously the biggest part, school, was nerve wracking and exciting too. In college hockey its very common that players take a few old age dark of school prior to attending, to play hockey in junior hockey leagues. This created a bit more nerves so excitement for the classroom aspect of school since ive only taken 3 college courses since graduating high school, fashioning it a bit harder to get substantiate into the swing of things.Besides getting back into school r come out of the closetine, being a hockey player in college has do the beginning of school an unbelievable experience for me. On move-in day bandage still in the process of getting eitherthing together, my roommate and I met the origin player on o ur team. Since my roommate is withal on my team it was a huge relief to meet someone before our parents even left. Since then its been smooth sailing and yield got made number of friends on the team, m some(prenominal) which I already know ill be very near friends with in the future. This was probably the biggest relief for me so far because I had no idea what to expect.I kept worrying about how the kids, especi whollyy the new recruits, would be and literally every one is an awesome person. I didnt realize how lots being on a sports team would help me make friends this fast, which I am extremely grateful for. Weve all had so overmuch romp already and we are just one week into school. On give of all of that, we are all at least 20 years old and up as freshman. I think this gives us a big advantage of transition for things like college because we are all at least two years more mature then we would look at if we had gone right from high school.Now that is not to toot my or an y of my friends horns, but I do feel as if the maturity take is definitely higher then it would have been by the overall way we carry and present ourselves as opposed to being 17 or 18. If the year is going to continue on like this, I tail end only imagine how much fun its going to be. This is also all going without mentioning the hockey part. Hockey hasnt even started yet which excites me that much more. I think and foretaste we have a very rock-steady team that can do very well throughout the season. Now manifestly college isnt all fun and games.The school aspect of college hasnt really sunk in yet since were not very far into the semester. It definitely concerns me somewhat, but I think I depart end up doing well. I of course have a good work ethic through hockey, so I visualize on using that into the classroom. Sure it will be harder some meters because of practices and games and whatnot, but thats what my teammates and the rest of the accommodations that Potsdam supplie s for us are for. Its a good start for me professor wise, since pretty much all of them seem to be very good at what they do.The only thing that has gotten me a elflike annoyed and anxious about is all the reading. Reading takes up a lot of time and that what most of college is. My time management needs to be very efficient if Im going to do well this year. I rely my next four years here will just find getting better and better as I meet new people and explore new things. There is still so much I havent done yet and so many experiences I have to look forward too as long as my school works stays up to par.When my career at Potsdam is over I hope I will have accomplished my goal of excelling in every way whether its school, hockey, friends, community status and more. Obviously I plan on having my degree whether I continue with my Business major or change to something else. I hope and expect to have good grades throughout the whole experience not just getting by. I also expect to do very well in hockey and hope to make an immediate impact on the team and carry it out through the whole four years here.I also hope to have my friends that Ive already made be my best friends and friends for the rest of my life. Finally by the time I leave Potsdam I hope to have had a big impact on the overall community. The hockey team stresses a high importance of being active in the community and having a positive attitude in every place in every situation. So far theres been much positivity here and I will be contributing to that as much as possible. If my whole time at Potsdam is going to be how this first week has been, then I anticipate having an extremely good experience here.