Adjusting to Life at William Penn University

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My experience so far at William Penn University has been a roller coaster ride. It has had its ups and downs similar to any other new experience to a person. As a freshman it takes some adjusting to get used to the style, especially when I have had the support from my parents for a long time. I have had moments here that I have enjoyed, and other ones that I would rather not have to deal with. It has been a full 7 weeks, but it definitely has been an experience I will need in the future and it is better to learn it now than later on down the road. One of the biggest thing that was a big change was going away, and not living at home. I have never been on an extended stay away from home, and I’m enjoying it to an extent. It is nice not having …show more content…

I have always gone to school for 8 hours, and coming home after or going to practice. Now it is 2 to 3 classes a day with a lot more homework. That transition didn’t surprise me it just was weird having that much time on the day. I enjoy the classes here. The teachers are excellent at what they are supposed to do, and they treat everybody like they know them. Which is an aspect I had in high school, and I like that setting here too. I do not think the classes are challenging just more work which can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how a person looks at it. I thoroughly enjoy that because besides general classes I am taking classes that I want to take to eventually get a degree, so it may be more work, but it is more work in a field I would rather learn about unlike high school. I do enjoy the time between to because I have a lot more free time than I thought I would which is unique to what I thought it would be like. Another thing that I like about the classes is that they are not too easy, but not too challenging. They have an intermediate tone to them which is probably because most of them are general education classes, but I do think that the difficulty in them is just right. Sometimes in high school it would be one extreme or another varying on the class which is why here I have 5 classes, and they all have the same kind of difficulty to them. I enjoy that because it is easier to study and work

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