Yay School!

Today I resumed school. YAY! I love school. And learning. And studying. And all of it! The classroom environment is really my element. My first class this morning was LEAP, for which I'm a Peer Advisor, meaning I took the class last year and now I'm back to help out. In my peer advising training, other PAs talked about "bright-eyed freshmen" on the first day, but OH MAN. Their eyes were really just so bright! Thirty students in the class looking scared, confused, eager, not knowing what to expect, excited, and tired were all staring at me, and my response was to be super bright and welcoming :) Hopefully it went over well!

Seeing those freshman today made me think of how I was exactly a year ago: scared, confused, eager, etc., and how I am today: confident, happy, excited, and ready to learn. I wanted to tell them so much! Things about the class and the professor and myself and college in general and mostly that post-high school education will not be so scary everyday. (And I'm hoping I took the edge off the scariness...) However, I know that getting over the intimidation of attending a university will only come with time and acquired familiarity. Telling them: just wait until second semester!! Really, the end of second semester! And how much they will change won't really do much today; it's something they will have to discover for themselves. And really, is there a better way?

I didn't think so either! :)