Freshman year of college.

In a matter of days my freshman year of college will be OVER. I honestly can't believe it. Time has flown by. I've learned a lot, not only about myself but about the education system. As for me I learned that I need to apply my full potential. This year I've gotten so many "You have so much potential and you aren't where you should be." College is an entire new WORLD that high school DOES NOT prepare you for. I learned that time management is everything in college and that the professors could care less about YOU. I was a A/B+ student all four years of high school and once I hit college it was C's and D's. It's rough, so many times I wanted to quit. QUIT! I've made it this far and I know what I'm capable of next semester I need to let school be my number one priority and get my stuff done on time. Less procrastinating. I'm currently on academic probation because of remedial math and that is where the SCREWED up education system comes in. Senior year I was stuck taking FIVE regents because I had moved to PA in 11th grade and returned for 12th grade. So when I was applying for college I had NO regents. Which meant that even after I passed my regents to graduate HIGH SCHOOL placement testing was not optional once it was time for COLLEGE. After taking my placement test I was informed that I failed the easy part of the math placement test. Which made no sense. To make matters even worse had I scored ONE just ONE more point on my regents I would of been exempt from remedial math. Last semester I took the course and failed. Math is honestly my weakest subject exactly why I refused to re take the course this semester. I decided that I would start over next year with a new mentality and new determination. The question is not if I can do it because I know I can, the bigger question is if my professor this semester will have more patience and be more fluent in English. Now it's gonna take me an entire extra semester to receive my associates in Liberal arts, I mean if I really think about it it's just three more semester's that's it. I can do it. I wouldn't go back to high school if you paid me but I do wish college's were more well associated with it's student's. Where the professor's and students can build bonds and understandings.