its simply what you make it:)

College, college, college, the insitution of higher learning beyond high school. One of the most important decisions that have to be made to somewhat depict your future. Coming from a predominantly black high school, choosing to attend a division one school, or any of the HBCU's that are known for excellence (Howard, North Carolina A&T, SpelHouse, etc.) was looked at as crazy. When I decided to attend the University of Georgia some of my peers looked at me side-ways and sarcastically said "good luck with that" or my favorite "you can have that". HMMM????? How come my peers who decided to attend HBCU's or community colleges didn't get wished the same sarcastic good luck? After all the schools stated previously above are some of the few that will fully prepare you for the real world after your degree. so who really should be wished good luck???

I can't speak for all but I can speak for me, when I say, life after high school is really what you make it. Cedar Grove High school may not have prepared me for UGA acedimically, but it did [prepare me for reality]. And i feel that alot of Cedar Grove students focus on what they aren't or didn't gain from Cedar Grove versus taking what Cedar Grove gave us and using it to shape a better future. If attending and all black High school was a fail acedemically, in your opinion, why go to a college or univeristy that gives off the same thing. Its like high school all over again with dorm rooms, loans, and drama.

In the begining of my freshman semester here at UGA, it was a challenge, not b/c I was a black student at a predominantly white insitution, but b/c I didn't know what to expect. Before I started this semester at UGA I always had people in my ear saying, "oh those white people arent going to hold your hand because you're black" or " those white kids are going to show you out, b/c they are better prepared". True enough the "white and black" teachers wont hold my hand and cripple me because they aren't expected to do that for any student regardless of race. And as far as the white students showing me out, in actuality we are all the same. We all suck as freshem with time management and study skills. Grant it they may have more credits due to AP and IB programs in their HIGH SCHOOL, but all in all we all have to learn how to become a productive college student.

I love my University, and the teachers, and students alike. Yeah there is racisim, that anywhere, but the good people out way the bad. And i love that all the students that attend the University of Georgia have the same goal, which is to graduate and change the world one step at a time..lol :)

~signed pink ink