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I would say to keep my grades up, and chose a better school in the future. I would take college classes for senior year and get an early start. I should have listen to my counselor, and apply to an early admission. Another advice I would give myself is that I should have told my mom to stop checking me out of class just for her enjoyment. I thought it was fun not going to class but often I would miss tests and just hang out with friends. I never thought I would end up in a small college, and pick crappy majors. Tell myself that one assignments is important, and not even care to do homework, and stop being lazy and making excuses.

I would have graduated high school in 1979 if I had stayed in school, but none too wise as to the ways of the world I chose to quit school and go right to work instead. I foolishly thought having a little money in my pocket right then was better than going to college for a better paying job later on. Now, at 48 years old and a single mom, I wish I could go back and tell myself to stay in high school, get that high school diploma, go to college and learn to be couragous, not timid. Be brave, not scared. Be myself, not who others wanted me to be. Because in the end, the others are not here now to make sure my bills are paid or food is on my table. That is the most important thing I should have known then: Be couragous, be brave and most important; be myself.

If I could go back in time to when I was a high school senior I would tell myself not to put things off at the last minute and most importantly to make a well thought out study schedule. While in college I didn't have to worry about parties on the weekend or finding new friends because I decided to go to a community college in my home town. On the other hand I did have to worry about my performance in class and how I managed my time. As time went by starting from my first day of college I soon realized that college and high school were very different. Unlike high school I needed to make a study schedule because every class that I went to was either once or twice a week and for every class there was something due. I also found out that once you put things off in college its hard to catch up because every class an assignment was due. These two principles would be the most importnat advise that I would give myself if I could go back in time.

I was always a good student taking classes to prepare my self for my college experience. The only thing I would change is probably my unwillingness to take interest in math classes. So I would make sure to tell my self that Algebra classes weren't enough even though the councilors said it was sufficent.

I have asked myself this question countless of times and unfortunately in all reality it is impossible. If it were possible, I would definitely have to tell myself to not take education for granted by slacking off and assuming I know the material needed to study. To apply myself to studying fervently without ceasing except to sleep. To stay away from drugs and alcohol when I was in high school. To utilize everything that was available to me in achieving excellent grades, not only in the academic setting also in the residential setting. I attended a boarding school in Santa Fe , NM during high school and there were many after school programs available to us to prepare for college life. I would tell myself to utilize these programs and be mentally prepared for life after high school. The last thing I would definitely tell myself is to disassociated myself from bad influences and associated myself with students who were into accomplishing goals for their lives. If the opportunity was a reality I would make these changes because I believe the transition and expectancy of college life would have been an easier to grasp.

The best advice would be to allow yourself room for change. In the past I stuck to my plans and didn't allow any deviation in them. Now that I have been to a large university and have come back to a Junior college, my plans, my route of obtaining my goal have changed but the overall picture didn't. "The future belongs to those who dream it" Eleanor Roosevelt. Know what you want out of life and stick with it but do allow for your path to change, to curve, or even go backwards if needed. Life isn't a linear function, you made need to experience other things to better prepare yourself for what may lie ahead.