Paraphrase Unit1 1
My plan was to keep my ears open and my mouth shut and hope no one would notice I was a freshman
I planned to be observant and silent so that nobody would notice that I was a freshman
Popularity was not so important: running with the crowd was no longer a law of survival
It didn’t matter whether you were widely liked or not: you did not have to follow other people so as to be accepted by everybody else
This was my big chance to do my own thing, be my own woman----if I could get past my preoccupation with doing everything perfectly
College offered a great chance for me to do my own thing and have my own style so long as I could give up the attempt to be perfect in everything
Unit2 1
He didn’t realize how hard his maxim hit
It often returns to haunt and rebu