What was the writer afraid of when he first became a college student? 2. What are the three questions he had about his classmates and himself? 3. What did the writer have to do in order to do well in his studies? 4. What mistakes did the writer make at first? 5. What happened to him shortly after? 6. What other things did the writer do in addition to his studies? 7. How did the writer begin to see himself as a result? 8. What did he think of his future at that time? 9. Why was the writer so sure about himself and his own future? 10. What does the expression “this important hurdle in my life” mean?