My class! Starting clinical hours in a preschool classroom felt like stepping into a whole new world. I knew this experience would be different from my high school experience in my child development classes, but nothing quite prepared me for the reality of working with young children in a real classroom setting. This post shares my personal journey through my first placement, highlighting what I learned and how I adapted to the challenges. First Impressions and Initial Challe

Don't like going home after college? I gotchu!

As someone in college whose only close friend is her boyfriend, I know it's super hard to make true friends that you can be yourself around. When I say I have no friends, I don't mean that I never talk to anyone ever who isn't my boyfriend. I mean, I don't have someone who isn't my boyfriend that I can just sit in their presence and be on my phone and show them funny things as I find them. I don't have someone I feel comfortable inviting to my apartment and watching TV with w

I personally never thought that this would be an issue for me. However, I really found my independence in college, and being home has truly been a challenge for me. I know many people have the same feelings and have been struggling to survive until we go back. I just wanted to share my experience of this difficult time in my life where I dropped my whole life that I had for 9 months and moved back to where I left my high school self. This also really depends on your parents a