Changes come about everyday of my life. Some of the changes are good, some are bad, and the rest do not affect me in a positive or negative manner. Some of the changes concern my friends, some my family, and some my employment, but the one thing in my life that has significantly changed each one of these things has been going off to college.
             Going to college has been a good experience for me, but my mother has not taken it so easily. My being away from home has been hard on her because I have never been this far away from home for this period of time. The longest I have been away from home was two weeks and that was for a baseball tournament last summer. I also think that it has been hard on my mom and my dad because I am now on my own. I have to make my own decisions and make sure they are responsible so that I do not get in any trouble or harm myself. I believe that my parents trust I will make the right decisions but I also realize that parents will always worry about their children and the decisions they make when they do not have parental guidance regarding what they should do in a tight situation.
             Finding friends at Mid-Continent has been really easy. I think this is due to the fact that there are only about fifty or so students that live on campus. Normally, when I am put in a new environment with new people I am really shy but the close, family-like atmosphere here has allowed me to open up a little bit more than I usually would. Back in my high school days I did not want to get to close with anyone In a friendship because after high school most people leave to go to college, but not only that, high school students are usually really immature. By immature I mean that they talk behind their friends backs no matter how good a friend you are to them. Unlike high school the friendships I have developed in college are really exceptional. I may not know the person inside and out but I do know that they w
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