For my first semester in college, I have a single word. WOW. It seems like yesterday that I walked into class on my first day of college, not quite knowing what to expect or not to expect. I remember being a little scared. My little security blanket from high school was gone, and I was left alone to face both myself and everyone else.
Thinking back to those few short months ago, I feel that I have changed in a big way. I guess being from a very small and secluded town, I never really got the chance to experience any of the "liberal arts." In a way, I lived in a little "box", only knowing and understanding what was inside the box. I never thought about what it was like on the outside of the box, or in the "real word." In just this first semester, I feel like my horizons have broadened a great deal.
In my FYE course alone, I did many things that I have never done before. Believe it or not, this semester's visit to the art museum was the FIRST time I had ever been to an art museum. It was also the first time I read anything that was not written by an American or Shakespeare. I had never been to a piano concert before this semester, and I had never heard a Holocaust survivor speak. In just the last few months, I have done all of this stuff that I would have never done on my own. The scary part for me is that I actually enjoyed most of them. Before this course, I had never thought that I would take reading a comic book seriously. (I usually cannot stand comics, but Maus was definitely an exception). Who would have ever thought someone as computer illiterate as me would have their own website?
I guess this first semester has helped me to come out of my "box", at least a little. I feel like I am more well rounded now than I was in August. I still may not LOVE music, art, and literature, but after this course, I have a much deeper respect for all of these things.
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