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Passage
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The Road to College
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For the past four years of high school I had studied, worked
hard, and received excellent grades in order to achieve the
privilege of attending college. I spent all summer wondering
what my first day would be like. I had no idea it would go the
way it actually did.
The Day Finally Arrives
I woke up the warm morning in late September excited to be
starting a new school. From my bed I stumbled over to the
closet to pick out my first day of college outfit. It took
me awhile to get ready because I wanted everything to be perfect.
I looked one last time in the mirror before heading out the
door. As I rushed out the garage door I told my mother, "bye."
She then replied, ＂have fun and be careful driving to school."
As I drove up and down the lots
I realized there was no close available parking, so I made my
way under the freeway and into parking lot 30. After circling
the parking lot a few times I realized the only available spots
were in the back. As I parked the car I glanced at my watch
and noticed I only had ten minutes before class began. As I
quickly got out of my car and started to walk away a parking
attendant stopped me and said, "I'm not going to
give you a ticket
this time, but next time if you park your car the wrong way
again I'm going to give you a ticket." I didn't understand
what she meant. I had parked the right way. I didn't know if
we were all supposed to park a certain way. Then I noticed the
car next to mine was parked backwards and realized the parking
attendant thought it was mine. I couldn't believe it my very
first day and I almost got a ticket for a car that wasn't even
mine.
I had finally made it to class with only one minute left.
I took a deep breath and opened the classroom door. As I walked
in the room there was dead silence and I felt all eyes on me.
I was the final person to arrive in class. I checked around
the room and found only two desks were empty and they were in
the very back. The aisles were very narrow and as I tried to
make my way down it I bumped a girl's folder that was on the
edge of her desk. The folder crashed to the floor making
a booming sound. I quickly said, "sorry." Again
I felt all eyes on me. As I went further down the aisle I stepped
on a guy's foot causing him to say, "ouch." Again
I said, "sorry," quickly. I felt so embarrassed.
I didn't want my first day to start like this.
By the end of the class my embarrassment had vanished and
I felt like I was starting to have a good day. I realized later
that college was very different from high school. Nobody laughed
at my great entrance, like they would have done in high school.
I then realized I had nothing to be embarrassed about. I feel
now my first day is something to laugh about rather than get
embarrassed.
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