MyCollegeYearsHaveyoueverconsideredthechangesthataretakingplaceandwilltakeplaceinyourlifeasacollegestudent?Hasiteveroccurredtoyouthatyourprofessorsandotherschoolpersonnelhavecertaingoalsforyourgrowthandmaturityduringyourcollegeyears?Hasiteverdawnedonyouthatcertaindevelopmentalchangeswilloccurinyourlifeasyoumovefromadolescencetoyoungadulthood?AsIturnedtobeacollegestudent,Iconsideredthesequestionsalot.Iwantedmycollegelifetobedifferentfromothers.Itriedtomakeeverydecisionbymyself,whichmeans,Imademyliferichandcolorful,andfullofuncertainties.Truthfully,Ihadatoughtimeincollege.Thereweremanythingsdisappointedme.Duringthattime,Iwashelplessanddepressed,astheworldwaspaintedwithonlyonecolor----grey.Once,Iwasinacompetitionforclassmonitor.Ifeltlikealionthathasgreatconfidence.IneverthoughtabouttheresultbecauseIknewitmustbeme.But,therealresultwasoutofmyexpectation.IlosttoanothergirlwhoInevertreatedasacompetitor.LaterwhenIwentbackhome,Ileftmyselfinmyroomandfellintoadeepthought.WhyIlostit?Ibegantoaskmyself.WhyIlosttothegirlwhomaynotbetterthanme?Thosequestionskeptshowing.Icouldn’tfigureout.Suddenly,asentenceslippedtomymind.Whenyouaregoingthroughacrisis,itoftenhelpstotalktosomeone.SoIbegantosendmessagestomyfriend,askedheradvice.Shetoldmethattheshynessmaybethereason.Thepeoplewhodidnotknowmemayconfusemyshynesswithunconcern.TheymaythinkthatIamnoteasygoingandhardtobeworkwith.Itdawnedonmethatshewasabsolutelyrightthistime.AlthoughIlostthecompetitionandIcouldn’tforgotthatterriblefeelings,Ilearnedfromit.Iknowhowtopreventit.Inaddition,thereisalsohappytimeduringmycollegelife.Atthebeginningofmyfirstyearincollege,Ijoinedschool’svolleyballteam.Atfirst,thereasonIjoinedtheteamwasjusttobuildmybody.Butacoupleweekslater,Ichangedmymind.Thevolleyballteamwasimpressedmedeeplybyitsstrongactivemood.Everyonetherehadthesamepassionforvolleyballandthesamestrongmindtowinthechampion.Wewerenotonlyteammatesbutalsofamilies.Althoughwehadn’tagyminourcollegeandwehadtotrainingduringtheburningsummerandthefreezingwinter,wehadnevercomplainedevenaword.Wetrainedharderandharder.Ourarmswerefullofpetechiae,ourlegscouldnotraise,butwestillkeptbigsmilesonourfaces.Becauseweknewthatwecouldimproveourselvesafterthathardtraining.Ilovedandstilllovingourvolleyballteam.Inthere,IrealizedthatIcouldgethappinessnotonlyfromapersonbutalsofromateam.IrealizedthatifIpaymore,theteamwouldbebetter.Everyone’seffortcouldmakethewholeteamstrongerandstronger.Recently,wewonthechampionsofleaguematchofvolleyball.Ourfeelingswerehardtodescribe.Inaword,passionsandeffortsmakesuccess.Thepasttwocollegeyears,IwasthroughanidentitycrisisandwasendeavoringtofoundoutwhoIamandwhatmystrengthsandweaknessesare.Itwashardtogetclearofit,butafterthesetwoyears,Iknowmyselfmoreandmore.BecauseoftheopportunitiesIhadwhileattendingcollege,I,likemanyotherstudents,experiencedanewunderstandingoftheworldandofmyself.Collegeisdesignedtobeatimeofpersonalgrowthandexpansion.Attimesitcanbethreatening.Forcertain,itisanexperiencethatcontributestomygrowthandmaturity.IthinkIw