What I never knew.

Well, it starts fairly simple. You walk into a classroom for the first time. Your a new college student, which most people like to call freshmen. You think that this should be a simple review class and you took plenty of Chemistry in high school, well for me anyways. For others its English, Algebra, or maybe even good old Book of Mormon. Well, you sit down for the first time and you start listening to your professor, well you aren't really listening more just hearing, because you know this I mean you just want to stand up and say can I take the final already because I know this. Well, you make through your first class of it and get your first homework assignment. Yea what a breeze it is. Instead of spending the half hour you expected on doing two problems. You spend three hours on it and you really can't get a hold of yourself. You question everything that you did, you ask three or four people to check your assignment and compare answers and of course you got one out of the ten right. So you spend every ounce if time between classes redoing it and all you can say is that you are glad that you have until five to turn in your work instead of having to turn it in first thing in the morning. This is when it hits you. High school was a joke and really a waste of time. For me, I feel I should have skipped high school and came to college because high school, all it though t me was poor study habits and even worse listening, reading, and writing skills. Critical thinking, who needs it when you have a teacher to nag on until they give you an answer. Well, anyways, back to the story, I thought I knew Chemistry fairly well and that two years of it would have really pushed me over the top of everyone else. In all reality I don't even know where to start. I could ask my Chem partners back home and they might be able to help me but I highly doubt it. What I thought I knew so well, I am barely learning all about. Chemistry isn't some easy walk in the park thing, I mean I would be surprised if you could chew gum and learn chemistry at the same time. It sounds easy and ridiculous but you better put better bring your a game when you go to a college chemistry class or you won't stand a chance. Well, I don't think this fits Bryson's style to well, but I think I will try some more tomorrow.