One Month Already?

It has been a month since I began San Francisco State University. I have to admit that it is much different compare to Diablo Valley College and Contra Costa College. I am dealing with a lot of reading plus participation during the class. My Asian American Studies (History of Asian American) class the instructor picks students to answer questions from the reading. When he picks me I freeze up unable to answer the questions. I have hard time doing the reading. It is finding time to do the read plus do the other work in my Journalism class (Reporting). In journalism I have to be in the street of my neighborhood (Parkmerced, Stonetown, and SFSU) a total of 10 hours per week. That is being on the street day and night which I been doing ever since the semester began. There is not much stuff going on in my neighborhood. I have to say that the neighborhood does not have any crime. The only only even that I have seen occur is the Farmer’s Market. I been checking up-to-date information what been going on through people that live there plus checking out the internet.

I find it difficult for me to wake up early. I drive to San Francisco State University Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I come on campus 8 in the morning but my first class does not start until noon. My last class does not end until 3:25 in the afternoon. I can’t go home until 7:30 in the evening because of traffic leaving San Francisco. What I do after I get out of my last class is study at the library, Borders, Starbucks, or Barnes & Noble. That would be the only way I can kill time to avoid traffic. I refuse to be stuck in traffic. It is too much stress to wait for a long time on the freeway. There is not even a carpool lane in the city. I would take BART but I am carrying my backpack with books and binder, my camera bag, and notebook computer. I have invested in USB flash drive but I rather have my notebook computer with me if there is no available computer to use on campus. It would be easy for me to live on campus but I can’t afford it, my parents don’t want me to leave home, and also I am working at Sam’s Club as well.

I am working at Sam’s Club Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. That is also hard for me to do my classwork. My supervisor ask me to work Friday evening for the holiday and days there are nobody to work their shift. Even more load for me to handle.

I have until the end of December to survive the first semester at San Francisco State University. Do I think I can do it? I’m crossing my finger that something better will occur as the days are passing by. I don’t want to be dropping any classes. That is going to delay my chances of finishing up SFSU soon. As long as I am not going insane I would make it through the semester. There are things that I have to give up in order for me to do well.