Hello again everyone! Wow what a week it has been! This week back at high school we voted and nominated my senior class homecoming court which was very exciting! At what we call our tapping ceremony, each person nominated to represent each class is chosen as well as three girls and guys from the senior class to which from those three a homecoming king and queen will be selected. However the senior class, not only gets to select three people to be in the running for king and queen, but also get to chose a 'Miss Congeniality' and 'Mr. Nice Guy' to which those two are considered to be one of the nicest people in their class and this year I had the honor of being chosen as Miss Congeniality! I am very excited and honored to be able to represent my class and humbled by their decision to chose me. This picture is of myself after the tapping ceremony smiling for my little brother who is having to take a picture to send to my mother to whom is at work at the time giddy about me being chosen (gotta love moms!). I chose to blog about this because back at high school I feel like I am liked by a lot of people and consider a lot of people my friends. Back at college I am still meeting people in my geology class on campus and feel as though I am a bit more nervous to meet people here rather than back at high school. I believe this to be because I feel as though I am a lot younger than most of the college students I am working with and that they would not seem to like me being so much younger. Although I know this is just a mental block and that most of the people in my class are college freshman, making them my age or a year older, I am still yet trying to find my way to make friends at college. I feel as though I am slowly getting there asking more questions of my peers in that class and as a matter of fact on Wednesday's class I was talking to a guy in that class who said that I blended right in as a college student and he would had never known otherwise; this comment made me feel a lot more confident about myself and am looking forward to meeting more people throughout the semester! So comparing my life as a high school student to a college student I realize I have still some growing to do when it comes to making friends but am truly capable of making it happen!
Saturday, September 17, 2016
Miss Congeniality
Hello again everyone! Wow what a week it has been! This week back at high school we voted and nominated my senior class homecoming court which was very exciting! At what we call our tapping ceremony, each person nominated to represent each class is chosen as well as three girls and guys from the senior class to which from those three a homecoming king and queen will be selected. However the senior class, not only gets to select three people to be in the running for king and queen, but also get to chose a 'Miss Congeniality' and 'Mr. Nice Guy' to which those two are considered to be one of the nicest people in their class and this year I had the honor of being chosen as Miss Congeniality! I am very excited and honored to be able to represent my class and humbled by their decision to chose me. This picture is of myself after the tapping ceremony smiling for my little brother who is having to take a picture to send to my mother to whom is at work at the time giddy about me being chosen (gotta love moms!). I chose to blog about this because back at high school I feel like I am liked by a lot of people and consider a lot of people my friends. Back at college I am still meeting people in my geology class on campus and feel as though I am a bit more nervous to meet people here rather than back at high school. I believe this to be because I feel as though I am a lot younger than most of the college students I am working with and that they would not seem to like me being so much younger. Although I know this is just a mental block and that most of the people in my class are college freshman, making them my age or a year older, I am still yet trying to find my way to make friends at college. I feel as though I am slowly getting there asking more questions of my peers in that class and as a matter of fact on Wednesday's class I was talking to a guy in that class who said that I blended right in as a college student and he would had never known otherwise; this comment made me feel a lot more confident about myself and am looking forward to meeting more people throughout the semester! So comparing my life as a high school student to a college student I realize I have still some growing to do when it comes to making friends but am truly capable of making it happen!
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Hi Ariel! As a senior in college this year, I feel like high school homecoming was so long ago! However, I enjoy hearing stories like this because it takes me back to my high school experiences. Also, from personal experiences, don't worry! You are one step ahead of all those freshman because you get to slowly ease into college life instead of being thrown in it. Enjoy your senior year of high school! Trust me, it goes too fast!
ReplyDeleteAriel, that's so exciting! Congratulations. I agree with Alicia, I'm nearly 23 now and it seems like AGES ago that I was going to prom and homecoming and all that. Still that's super exciting and something you'll be able to look back on fondly. College can be tricky, and is definitely an adjustment from high school, but it sounds like you are a step ahead of the usual college freshman which will be very helpful!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on being chosen Miss Congeniality, that's fantastic! I dual-enrolled when I was a senior too, I know that feeling. Usually if you don't say anything, people will assume you're a full-time college student! Like you said, you're only about a year younger than a lot of them. This is also around the time when age differences start meaning less. My friend group right now, who I all met in college, ranges from age 21 to 27, and we've been friends for years. I found that I started making longtime friends in college after I graduated high school and was able to live on campus and get involved with clubs and such. You'll get there, and you're already doing a great job! Plus you have a bit of a head-start from the rest of your peers.
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