I feel as though this semester has gone by extremely fast, the days flew by and I had a lot of fun experiencing this new college. Though we are not fully finished with the semester, I am ready for it to be over and I feel prepared enough to do all of my finals. I definitely see myself lining up with Sarah’s experiences as she had a very fulfilling time in college and all of the events were unique in a way showing that not everyone views college the same. I am a sophomore and I transferred here from a different university, therefore I am new to this campus and the classrooms. After being here for almost a full semester I realized how much I appreciated the change and how I am so excited for the semester coming up. I fear I will face problems surrounding my class subjects and how I might be overloaded with work. This worries me, especially since I am not only taking English classes which are my strong suit and am instead taking archeology classes and math classes. I will definitely be thinking about spring break and how excited I will be to go home again and see my family. My family is extremely bad at planning trips and events so we do not have anything set and stone yet, but I feel like with some convincing I can get them to go somewhere other than our hometown for a getaway. I plan on working a lot during summer and spring break which might deviate from any plans. It would still be nice to brainstorm some ideas and see if they would be possibilities. I hope to find some internships here at Longwood later on, possibly even this summer coming up. Overall, my mind is ready to be done learning for this semester and have a total reset so that I am able to do my best work for the semester coming up. I feel that with the time we have left I am going to be able to achieve great final scores on all finals and relax for a good amount of time with no worry about school. 

As almost coming to an end of my first semester of college, I can say that I have been through a lot of ups and downs. I have learned a lot about stuff that I never though I would be capable of doing here at Longwood. Such as getting comfortable with my classes and schedules, I have come to enjoy my professors way to teach. Everything has gone by so quick, that I haven’t have time to process all of the big changes in my life. In each class I have given every percent of me, some were one hundredth percent and others less than that.

I am very nervous and excited for  my new classes for the upcoming spring semester, there’s new challenges that are waiting for me to  be accomplished, and the least I want to do is wasting time on things that don’t allow me to focus on what is more important. I do not have a plan for spring break; However, there is a chance that I  will be taking it as a break from all the tension I will go through from classes. But my main goal is making sure I do complete all of my credits that are required so that I can move on to sophomore year.

This summer I want to focus on doing something that is related to my major, weather is working, volunteering, traveling, etc. I want to put into work what I learn in school, to make a progress and keep me active throughout the day so that I can start new habits when it comes to learning and putting myself out there to try out new things in the real world. I will be 19 years old by then, and its crazy to think that I will be living my last year as a teen very soon. Because even though I don’t feel ready, I still manage to get through it one way or another.

For this week’s blog, I want you to actually start your Zine. You should have a topic by now, so it’s time to create. Sometimes the most difficult thing is creating the cover. That is this weeks blog post. Create your first draft of your cover, take a picture, and upload that picture, and insert it into your blog post.

Your post should discuss

1. What is the topic for your Zine
2. What do you know about your topic and what research, if any, are you going to include
3. What steps did you take to create this cover.

Often creating the cover gives us the creative spark needed to get started on the rest of the Zine. DO NOT LEAVE THIS TO THE LAST MINUTE.

I can’t wait to see these first drafts of covers. Remember, it’s just a draft and can take whatever form it needs to take. Just be sure to include a picture, and HAVE FUN!!