Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-24-2023
Abstract
“Fake it until you make it.” While a common phrase in the leadership/business management advice genre, it’s genuinely how I survived my freshman year as a first-generation college student.
I smiled. I nodded. I tried to exude the confidence that I knew exactly what I was doing, but in reality, to quote Michael Scott from “The Office”: “I knew exactly what to do. But in a much more real sense, I had no idea what to do.” I would quietly ask questions to friends I could trust or pray that another classmate asked the question I wanted to ask in class. Or I would just flounder and pray my professors and the staff at my college would show grace towards me. Floundering rarely worked out. Don’t be like me. Don’t use floundering as a strategy.
Recommended Citation
Pickett, Tiffany and Office of Communications & Marketing, "Confidence for graduation" (2023). Press Releases. 1318.
https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/press_releases/1318
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