参考答案: My First Year at College
My first year at college opened a new chapter in my life. It was a year of great changes . Almost everything was new to me.
From the very first day, I had to take care of myself . I must not leave things about as I had done at home. Fortunately soon I found a place for everything and a time for every task soon. I wrote to tell my parents that they did not have to worry about me.
Classes were conducted quite differently from those at high school. There were plenty of discussions. The lectures were designed mainly to usher us to new worlds of knowledge. I worked very hard after class to catch up with reading and writing assignments. Later, as I learned to plan my time, I did even better .
Finally, I managed to adapt to the new life here.I think my most important attainment during that first year was that I discovered new worlds of wonders and developed a passion for learning, learning for a rich, useful life .