12. NOW WHO INVITED YOU!!!!!

Ok! The day was going great. Family had arrived and we started playing board games and watching football games, all the things that ordinary families do. At the blink of an eye, everything went into a downfall. I went to the bathroom, and when i came out, i saw my cousin Johnny was in the living room. The first thing that came to mind was, " WHO INVITED HIM". Everybody know that he is the thief of the family. Just last christmas he stole my presents and tried to sell them to my brother. Now tell me that aint a hustler. But i left that in the past, I just wanted to know who invited him because someone should have let me know so i could put my good china away. But i wasnt tripping, I just didnt let that swipper out of my eye sight. So Im over there playing monopoly and ole Johnny is not no where to be found. I must have went in my room and he was in there suspicious. I was like " Naw playa, u gots to go! You aint got to go home but you got to get out of here." So he took his swiping paws back into the living room and stayed there until it was time for them to leave. But in the mean while, You know how every family has that one drunk relative! Well mine has two! They just cant say no, so i had to say it for them! I had to let them know, they cant be coming over to my crib acting a fool. Plus, if they break it, they bought it. And I dont have the time to be dragging people back into they cars and taking them back to their house just because they cant control their liquor! Not I, said I. So the moral of the story is.... Make sure you send out a guest list, and dont invite any guest that might want to talk to your drunk uncles or your swiping cousins!

LOL! JUST KIDDING!!! That was just a relief from all the soul searching, mind boggling writings from earlier on in the semester. P.S. My family is nothing like that. I wish they would come to my crib stealing! I'd break his hand off and smack my drunk relatives with it for bringing that crap in my house! LOL!

11. Fight for Your Life

As the end of this semester comes to an end, i find it harder and harder to pass the courses. Its not the classes thats getting harder, its the increase in work and projects in every class that makes it harder to survive here at mc. It seems like when i finish one project, i have two more do a couple of days later. It is stressful because you want to put your all into your work but you cant concentrate on one topic when you have another topic of one of your other courses in the back of your head. Thank God for the Thankgiving break because it gives me time to catch up on my work. It helped me lighten my work load. Its like fighting for your life at the end of the semester and to me, it just keeps getting harder and harder as time goes on.

10. One Life to Live

I was in the middle of BIBLE 120, half way asleep, when Dr. Johnson said something to catch my attention. He said " You only have one life to live." Of course i was laughing inside because i couldn't believe he said something so lame out loud for everyone to hear, but then i started realizing. This is my only life. Am i making the right decisions that i can prosper from in my future. Am i doing the right thing. Do i want to be a nurse, or am i just doing it because of the money and the prestige that comes from the title. These were some hard hitting topics that I could only figure out in time. But luckily, we live in a society that we dont have to stay in our first profession in order to make a living. We have options. We can go back to school and pick up another major or we can get certified in our original major and comp out of all of the "annoying" duties of our careers. Thank God for financial aid. lol.

9. CHANGE

The day is finally here. The day for change that is. Obama won the election! everybody was proud and happy that we finally got our first black president. But why put the emphasis on his race. Is it because they think that because he is black that he will steer america in a different path that what the white presidents did or is the emphasis on his race emphasized because it symbolizes the progress that america has undergone in the last forty years? I personally feel that it is the change that america has undergone in the previous years. Two generations ago, my grandparents had to fight for the right to vote, now we have a black president. Its a beautiful thing that we came together, both democratic and republican, to vote for one person that fights for the same goal as us. To be honest, i thought i would never see the day that we had our first black president. Although i do feel that the south has an enormous fear of change, we still have progressed alot from what we were. I dont feel that this fear comes from racism, I feel that it comes from tradition. A tradition that no one wants to let go.

8. STOP CALLING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think everyone gets to that point where they have that parent that just won't stop calling them. My mother calls me about 2 to 3 times a day, just to speak and ask what i am doing. It drives me crazy. Thats the main reason why i took the ringtones off my phone and put it on vibrate. So one day i was watching t.v. and i looked on yahoo and saw an ad saying jennifer hudson's mother and nephew was murdered. My mouth dropped to the floor from shock. I was thinking " How could something so tragic happen to someone so positive. And that is when i realized that i should be thankful that i have a parent to call and check up on me because you never know when death will come knocking on your loved ones door. I hate the fact that i was getting agitated from here act of care. It was quite selfish of me and i could only ask God for forgiveness while i held my head down in prayer. I said all that to say this, be thankful for all the ones that care about you in your life because they may be here today, but tomorrow is not guaranteed!

7. Service Learning

At first I thought service learning was going out and changing lives out in the community. But i was fairly mistaken. Service learning is not only about changing lives, it is simply impossible to change a person's life in just two hours, but it is about making an impression. One that will stay with that person or child that might encourage them to do the same duties that you have done for them. My service project was with playing with children at the playground. At the end of my project, i felt like we impressed not only the kids, but their parents as well. I hope we impressed them well enough that they go out to the playground every now and then and play with the kids in that community. And I hope that the kids grow up to come back to those communities and exibit some of those same duties.

6. Trouble In Paradise

MC is a very good place to go to school. You develop more as a person here. I know I have in the last 2 months that I have been here. But i do have a problem with MC. The English, Bible, Psychology, and Sociology department is very good at what they do. From the behavior that they have exibited to me, I come to understand that they actually care for their students. But the Chemistry and Algebra department seem to be careless to me. I came here to learn in a classroom, not for someone to tell me to look in a book and figure it out. I could have did that myself and save bukkus of money and took the online class. I feel like those to departments arent helping, only a dissappointment. Ive experienced revelations in all my classes except those two. I dont know if its me or them, but i doubt its me since three-fourths of my classmates are dropping the class because it is impossible to convience the professors that their way of teaching is not relating to their students. I guess the professors mistaken constructive criticism for destructive criticism. But i don't know, i just hope something change!

5. Crash Course to Adulthood

Time is constantly going by and I think im getting a hang of this college thing. Ive came to find out that MC is more comprehensive than just digestive. You have to understand what you are being taught to fullful the MC standards. That is a bad thing because I have to pay more money for the class when I have to take it over, but it is also a good thing because it is helping me develop into what my calling is in life. I dont know exactly what it is yet but I know it is in the medical field. The student-teacher relationship here at MC is like no other. It feels more like a mentorship kind of program rather than school. The teachers help me not only with school work, but they help me deal with situations that i go through in my everyday life. Its kindof like a crash course into adulthood. I can feel the change developing in me. I feel myself maturing the longer i stay here. Of course it gets hard, boring, and exhausting at times but thats some of the thing that we have to face in life. Coming to MC is one of my best decisions in life, it just took me until now to realize it.

4. Different Experiences

So far, my week has been bad. I got back some of my test grades back and they were not what i expected them to be. I dont understand how im not succeeding the way i planned to. I study the materials that they give me. I guess I got used to regurgitating information back out on test than to really comprehend it and take it in. I guess I have to change my perspectives of learning to do well. The teaching here is way different from the teaching I was used to in public schools. Of course there is the intertwining of faith with education but im talking about more than that. The way that professors here teach is more comprehensive than just giving you a test from your notes. Its more challenging. Its hurting my GPA but it is helping me grow. Which is a good thing, I think? But all in all, Im liking my college experience here at MC.

3. Starting to see a pattern

College life is starting to look like a pattern to me. Not saying that it is anything wrong with that, Its just getting back into the routine just takes a toll out on you. The classes are starting to get harder. I dont know if it happens to everyone but it seems like my professors teach faster and faster everytime I go back to class. And everything builds off of the last thing so excelling in class is kind of difficult for me at this time. But MC has tutoring class. Its good to know someone is looking out for me. But Im slowly getting the hang of the college life. The freedom is cool, but the amount of independence that comes with it is kind of hard to bare all at once. But im pretty sure I'll get the hang of things eventually.

2. Readjusting To Things

So far, life at Mississippi College has been great. I find it easier to get along with the people here. The staff is quite helpful and actually care about your education. Quite different from my high school experience. From the morale of MC to the bonds that ive formed with the few people that i have came into contact with. The expectations are emencely greater here than at my highschool. In high school, I was pretty much guided to do my work and assignments. Here, the professor/teacher gives you an assignment and goes on to the next subject. It causes for a little bit more work but it is just going to take a little readjusting on my behalf to get the hang of things. It is also quite different than being at home. Going from being babysat by my parents to independent living is one of the big changes that I have endured. Its great to be around the new friends that i have made here at MC, but its always good to go home to see the faces of the people that i know, and knows me best. Last week was quite a homecoming for me. Going back to the place that fathered me my whole life. I like being out on my own, but it is something about home that will always hold a spot in my heart.

What is education

Education is a systematic process that trains an individual for a trade for life experiences. It basicly gives you a mindset of what the world will be like when you are out on your own. Preparing you for life's demands and the challenges that might come along.
Education goes way beyond high school and college, it is a life long experience. To build one's culture and learn of other cultures along the way. It takes trial and error to master at the subject called life. Getting your feet wet, trying new experiences. Live life to the frllest because everywhere you go, there is knowledge to be gained.
Education is dependent, and also independent. Dependent education is the education you get from your parents and friends. From the instincts and fundamentals that your parents taught you from birth, to the relationship skills and bonds that you gained from friends. Independent education is the knowledge that you choose to gain from independent living. The learning you gain from institutional structures or schools that is based off of your dedication to you life and career.