Personal Experience Narrative of the First Day I Fell in Love

The 3rd of April, 2018 was my first day in college and it was full of nerves, excitement, and joy. Besides, it was my first day to fall in love. I had the feeling that everyone was looking at me and it caused me to feel panicky, but then with the teacher who taught the first class, he made me fit in the environment and little by little I lost the fear of relating to my classmates. I had high expectations of the teachers, and when I entered the classroom, I observed that this was my environment. It was 4 o'clock in the morning, and it was time to get up because it would be the first day of class at the university that would forge me into the future. My mother began to prepare what would be my breakfast. I woke up with the anguish of what would be my first day in a place that until that moment was entirely unknown to me and for many people who would join the University and what I think, they had the same nerves and the same anguish. At 4.30 in the morning, I was preparing to have breakfast that my mother made.

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At 4.40am, I was going to take a bath, but before that, I had already sent a message to a friend so that he would know that at 5.30am I would be at his house to not only arrive at the Arizona State University. While I was taking a bath, I thought about the arrival to the place, about the new companions, when suddenly they would look at me in for being a 17-year-old boy and that maybe I would be teased. Before leaving home, my mother reminded me of what many people had already told me, what my aunts and my close friends repeated to me regularly and made me panic.

I remember that that morning a teacher arrived where she was with my classmates and she showed us around the University, its surroundings and the names of the buildings so that we could learn them. We were taken on a tour of the university by the teacher who has been tasked with the responsibility of making sure new students are comfortable. It turned out to be an exceptional tour, aware of a large number of buildings and the history that was told of them, restless counted the steps to know the faculty where I would take my chairs. The guide mentioned the number of activities that I could join, in the field of sports or other science activities that are openly taught on campus. He told us about his experience in the university; however, he stressed that university life is very different, the expressions and manifestations of everyday life are mixed between the hours of study, the search for study materials, and the time for the lunch.

But even though nobody knew each other and we were complete strangers to each other, the reception was very warm, there were those who from that moment found with whom to free the hours, the truth everything was fun. However, little by little, the camaraderie was born, everyone started to talk and have a friendship. We all began to get along so well, they did not feel the notion of time, and the hours were super-fast because the free time was occupied for the tasks. That day I walked so much through the university that it was already at 9 am. Some of my colleagues, who were just like me, mentioned a cafeteria that is very popular at the University where many students gather after and before class to eat something or drink a soft drink.

It was in that cafeteria where I spotted a very beautiful girl who I had earlier on seen at the administration block the previous day during my time of reporting. I very more than nervous reason being I was not courageous enough to approach her. We all bought snacks and after serving us all settled in a group of two, to my luck, the lady came and sat next to me. I was afraid of approaching her but I was creative enough, I dropped my fork on her legs and she smiled gleefully and she collected it for me.

I was smiling from inside because I knew by then I could start the conversation. I asked her what her name was and without hesitating, she said sly and I told her my name and to my excitement, she said my name was cute. I was convinced that she was the one. In a short period of the conversation, we exchanged numbers and we all began to smile at each other shyly as we talked more about ourselves. We were done with eating the snack and we walked towards the school gate, she seemed very interested in me and I was more interested in her. I was deeply convinced that Sly was the girl of my dreams and I immediately fell in love with her, though I never let her know. What a day!! It was my first time in college and my first time to fall in love.

We went there, and we were talking to each other for a long time. Being already 11 am all of us who have there said goodbye and I started my way back to my house. I felt so happy because I had had a great time and had met my classmates. A week passed, and the other students of the University were already there. Some days I felt watched by many, but what they warned me most was that I did not hang around in groups because there I would be mocked. When I looked around and saw many people in large groups walking around the university and with faces of schoolchildren I thought they would do something terrible.

In my case, understanding the teachers seemed easy, but understanding the students was undoubtedly much more difficult. Young people usually talk very fast and not clear enough. Not to mention that they usually use a lot of jargon. None of us knew each other but, since the University is not very big, in class there were not too many people, so the first contact with the others was easier. The following days were not very different. I had to get used to studying in English. In the beginning, I did not talk to anyone because I was embarrassed and it seemed very difficult to express myself.

I thought my experience would be stormy because I imagined that students who go to university fresh from high school would be mocked or they would do something to me because with nerves and panic in which he arrived at the university, was not more than just normal reactions of the human body. Now, with nerves and only feeling respect and pride, I can say that the University has sheltered me three years ago and has made me an integral person with good learning bases. It is worth highlighting something supremely important and that is that I am in the best University in the city. My first year was the first time that I realized that I was not ready to be alone as I thought. Now looking back, I see what I have overcome. I became bold and I remembered that my mom moved to the United States looking for a better life. I am living that life and I feel strong. It does not matter where I study. What matters is what I receive from the school. This second year has not been easy and I know that there are people who are also fighting. Students fight socially, and some study academically, but we never forget where we come from, where our parents come from, and what our parents have done for us so that we are where we are.

Making friendships in the University is usually a little complicated, but I'm glad to have found partners who can give me the support necessary to get ahead when I need it and I will do the same for them. The adaptation to university life was, in general, very good, because I knew in a certain way what it would be like; in the University, life takes a different contrast to what was lived in the school age.

The expectations we have about something will not always be the same as reality, many times we will be disappointed, but when they are better than we had thought, they simply surprise us. The experiences that I have been accumulating in my first semester have been innumerable since they have all left memories that will not be easy to erase. This experience taught me several lessons. One lesson I have learned is that what a young person should expect from his university period is growth. The credits, the exams, the classes, and the works are only the elementary part, the skeleton of a body that has to be fed with enriching experiences. It is not just about treasuring knowledge; the student should aspire to the university to get the best out of it. Another lesson is that the university must serve to acquire another vision of the world, wider and more diverse. Contact with other cultures, with people from other countries, is key to developing a broad view of reality. The network of international agreements and the facilities to study several languages are some of the letters that the universities make available to students to play on the globalization board.