I cannot believe that I am sitting here working on my dissertation. If you would have asked me half way through my first year of college, I never would have thought that I would make it this far. At that point I was just trying to make it through that first year. It was the hardest year of my life.

While in high school, I never had to study or work hard to get good marks, so when I started college, I did not know what to do with the work load that was given to me. Sadly, I will even admit to purchasing a few custom term papers to help me get through the first semester.

I did, by the end of the first year, get myself into a groove and learned how to study. The second year was so much better and by the time I got my degree, I really loved school and knew that I wanted to take my education as far as I could. This brings me to the present, where I sit, working on my thesis and thinking about days gone by.