Marisa Erazo
Dr. Bloom
9/3/14
“Ecology of Mind” Reflection
Gregory Baetson once said, “Change may be scary, but not changing is even scarier.” This is my life in a sentence; moreover, it is the perfect sentiment for how every college freshman is feeling. Going to a University is an intimidating situation. The previous year we were the top of the school but now we are thrown to the bottom again. We must pick up on all the new patterns and ways of life to try and avoid looking like the freshman we are, even though it is futile because we wear our lanyards for everyone to see.
Change is a funny thing, we always crave it until you have it. We are so eager to go to college but it is always in the distant future, until suddenly it is thrust upon us when we walk into our first college class. That is when everything gets real. Nobody really prepares you for the leap from being in high school, where everything is laid out for you, to going to college where the teachers do not know your name and syllabuses are actually important, not just some slip your parents sign.
On the other hand, I have tried to imagine what life would be like if I would have stayed in the same place. Yes, it would have been extremely easy, I even thought about going back when I first moved in, but then after those initial jitters wore off what would you be left with? You would be at home with your parents breathing down your neck, surrounded by “devices of convenience” that may be nice to begin with but at some point in life one must take responsibility and become their own person. I believe whole heartedly that no change is the scariest thought of all.
*All quotes taken from the movie Ecology of Mind