On August 25, 2008, a new time of many people’s lives started. This was the first day of class for Nebraska Wesleyan students. For a lot of these students, this was the farthest away from home they had ever been. For others, it was a short drive from their house every morning. Some students went to a school times larger than this while others had come from a town with less people than this University has students. No matter which walk of life they came from, they all had one thing in common, they were freshmen.
When starting out, I think that many realized that they were going to have to force themselves to meet people, to make friends. Another issue facing these newcomers was to develop some sort of study habit to make sure they succeeded in all of their classes. Many kids made friends by striking up a conversation before class, maybe asking for help on a problem, while others boldly sat at a lunch table with kids they had never seen before. Sometimes, these first meetings grew into friendships that would last the rest of their college days.
Now that the first semester is coming to a close, the majority of the freshmen on campus have gotten into a routine that is consumed with hanging out in friends rooms, studying until the wee hours of the morning, and sleeping well past noon on Saturdays. With finals quickly approaching, students might (keyword might) be studying material from August trying to refresh knowledge that has more than likely leaked from their brains.
Over the past 3 months, these young adults have journeyed from a protective high school lifestyle to a self-sufficient one that for many is the epitome of college: Freedom.

Left - Handed

For this assignment i chose to write about being left handed. I am a twin, so the chances of me or my brother being left handed are fairly high. I was the fortunate one in my opinion and was blessed with the "southpaw" abilities. Left hander's are actually fairly common in my family, as my uncle and a cousin are left handed as well. There are only around 10 percent of the world's population that area left handed, making this group an extreme minority.

There are a few reasons for becoming left handed. One is a possible over-exposure to testosterone. Testosterone suppresses the left hemisphere growth as an unborn. This allows the right hemisphere to become dominant, which controls the left side of the body. Living in today's world there are a few everyday objects that are not left hand - friendly. Scissors, kitchen knives, and computer mouses are made to be used by right handed people.

From personal experience, I have been able to adjust to using scissors and the computer mouses without any problems. However, when my class was learning how to write cursive, it was a challenge because the teachers were not able to teach me left handed because they weren't left handed. As a result, my handwriting is almost legible, and I sometimes need to be careful when writing a paper that actually has to be turned in.

I have just researched this topic online and found that people who are left handed are shown to excel in academics and more artistic lines of study as well. This was shown in a research study performed by the University College London.

I can say that I am proud to be left handed, not only because of the supposed greater mind but also because it makes me unique.