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I used to go to a little Christian college called Cascade College. In May 2009, Cascade was closed by its parent school, Oklahoma Christian, where I now attend. When Cascade closed it was heartbreaking because I loved the students and teachers so much, I hated that we all had to leave one another. Reluctantly and bitterly, I arrived at Oklahoma Christian, determined to hate them because they were the jerks that closed Cascade, thus forcing me to move halfway across the country. I now regret this attitude because Oklahoma Christian has been nothing but kind to me since I came here. I arrived expecting them to be one way, but finding them to be blessedly another. So what has college taught me? its taught me that you can be disappointed and have your heart broken, but from every failed hope springs a wealth of opportunity. I'm now able to pursue a major that will help me reach my life goals, I now have a better chance of employment and Graduate school, and I've met so many great people. College has taught me to be grateful, a life lesson I could have missed if I never came.

The thing i have gotten most out of my college experience is all of the new things i have learned. I have learned how to study better and know how to work for what i want in life. I have also gotten the privelege of getting to know people from alot of differnt countries. I have learned that there is a whole other world out there and that i want to learn about it. These people who i have met have changed my life and i feel like i know how to work with people better and be more tolerant of people who are much more different than me. This was only after the first year of college and i am greatly looking forward to my remaining years in college.

I have gotten so much out of because of the practice they gives us. They get your feet wet early with your major. I changed my major twice. At first I wanted to be an Elementary Education major. I started with my orientation to education classes and one of the was a practicum. I had to go to an elementary school and observe. Once I did that I realized I didn't want to teach. Then I changed to Mass Communication and I was enrolled to a Broadcasting Workshop and I loved it. It made me realized that, that is what I enjoy doing. The professors are great to work with. They don't let you go easy, they work you hard and want the best for you. They have made me feel special and are with me along my college experience. That is a reason why I love Oklahoma Christian because it is a great size for the professors to grow a relationship with their students.

Out of my college experience, I have come to learn that education is more than memorizing facts and learning material. The education you receive in college is about learning how to integrate it into our lives as students and to learn how that information is consistent with our values as people. Going to a religious school I have learned that my faith as a Christian is just as important to learn how to use as the knowledge I recieve from textbooks because if I don't combine the two I won't ever be able to function as a whole person in my career or in my faith. Attending college has shown me that the real life exeriences I receive outside of the classroom are as valuable as the in-classroom experiences. It has shown me that I must embrace the journey that I have embarked on for my life and that the journey is what life is about, not the destination. College has taught me how to be a whole person and how to enjoy life in my faith, my career and the crazy road on which I must travel for all of it.

The thing I have learned most from college is that things dont always turn out the way you want and second tries are important. Growing up things always went the way I wanted. I could get the grades I wanted without studying, had money for everything I wanted to do and could skip classes without missing important information. By going to college I figured out that not everything in life is under my control. Things get out of your reach no matter how hard you might try. With this knowledge if I fail at something I will know that it is possible to keep going and that I have to try again.

My experience at OC has given me a stronger faith and determination to succeed in pursuing my dreams. The professors make you want to learn and are always there to help you when you are struggling, or if you just need guidance. I've found that the students there are very accepting of each other and are willing to be patient with you if you don't share the same beliefs. I have such a strong bond with my roommate and friends that I have met through the social clubs and the tennis team and I know they are there for me. Through the Bible classes and experiences on campus, I have grown spiritually and matured as a young woman. As a pre-med biology major, I have been able to sit in lectures from well known researchers and have internships and research opportunities at my fingertips. The overall costs is admittadly a little pricey, but it really is worth everything I'm paying for it. My education is invaluable to me and if I can attend a university where I actually enjoy learning and am forming relationships that will last a lifetime, then the cost does not matter.

Having born in an underprivileged country in central of Africa, an education in the USA is a chance I had not taken as granted. Because my country, Rwanda, is one of the poorest nations in the world, going to college will help me bring home something that will change lives everlastingly. One of my dreams is to become a first-class power engineer and help my country overcome restrictions linked to electric power shortage. Even though there are a lot of things one can get out of a high-quality college education, the most interesting thing I learned is to learn how to learn. As an engineering student, I learned that most of everything is possible through hardship and perseverance. A college degree does not give all the necessary knowledge you will need in your career. It, however, gives the powerful tools to confidently approach life with no fear because in college one learns how to learn.

John Maxwell once said, ?Life is 10 percent of what happens to me and 90 percent of how I react to it.? I am currently a sophomore at Sierra College, and the one ?attitude? I have learned in two years of school is to always grasp for opportunities. It was my earnest desire to be on the men?s basketball team; however circumstances did not allow this goal of mine to be achieved. Instead of crying about it, I tried out for the men?s swim team, because I was not going to allow my dream of being a collegiate athlete to slip through my fingers. I recently finished my second year on the swim team that is ranked fifth in the state; and it is because of this cultured desire to embrace new opportunity that I will run for student government in the fall. This tenacity has been epitome of my college experience. It has not been easy and there were plenty of times for self pity because life was not turning out the way I expected. However, as my swim coach says, ?nothing in life worth winning comes easy, and anything easily won is not worth winning.?

Through college I have learned the person that I am and the person that I want to coninue to grow and develop into. I have had to experience things on my own and stand on my own, which has helped me see what I do best and what I what I want to do for the rest of my life. Through my college expereinces I learned what that what I do best was not what I originally thought it was, and therefore, I am now excelling in early childhood education and excited to go to class everyday. For the first time I enjoy learning and want to learn more about the career that I am pursuing so that I may teach students and impact their lives in the most special and influential way possible. I now understand that I want to make a difference in peoples' lives, particularly children's, and so I go to school every day with that in mind. College has helped me gain the knowledge, experience, and abilities to be the best at my chosen profession that I want to be. I am now armed with the tools that I need and desire.

It's a hard decision to make. Do I want to go to college or not? There's so much to think about; all the homework, reading, studying, essays, exams, term papers, and doing the same in other classes. It's a handful of stress and responsiblilities. I finally stepped up and filled out the application to start my first year at Dalton State College, Gilmer Center. Now, I'm having a blast, making new friends, learning things I never thought I'd know, and still keeping up in classes. I've not been devoured by readings and writing essays, even though, essays are one of the most vital things going through college. Valuable things I have attained from college are facts like: go to bed early so you're not late for class, get your textbooks on time, listen to your teacher's lectures, it's where most of the test questions come from, and just have fun.