Bridge program

When I was first enrolled into the bridge program I was thankful. So far I have been successful due to my tireless effort in trying to get into Columbia College, as well as trying to make being away from home work. As far as feeling like I do not need to be in the bridge program, it has never occurred to me that it will not help me in any way, because I knew it would sort of be a head start, and so far I have actually learned. I understand that some people feel that they are over qualified to be in the bridge program, which may be true, but they are here and they might as well give it their all, it is only going to do them well. Some of those might also think the same thing, but get here and realize that they really did need the bridge program to move them along because they would review math and learn something they may have missed before. Or figure out that their writing skills could be improved as well.

In Lost in Place, Mark and I share the same concept of taking the opportunity to learn something new. Mark was eager to learn Kung Fu; he knew that he was not suitable in an environment full of professionals because he had never had professional help himself. By joining the House of Kung Fu, Mark did not stand a chance against anybody in his class. At first he thought to himself that maybe he should have joined the younger class due to the teasing from his fellow classmates, and his ability to fight compared to people in his class, but Mark was determined to follow his dream. My situation being involved into the bridge program was not forced, but encouraged. For example, before I got here, I had felt that writing in a smaller class was no different than writing in a larger class. But going to one of the lectures and hearing what other students had to write down for ideas and questions, I froze and couldn’t think what to write because a lot of these students’s writing skills were far too advanced to top.