College Admissions Essay: The Teacher Who Changed My Life

For as long as I can remember, every teacher I have ever had made us share with the class what we wanted to be when we grew up. As a group, we would sit in a large circle and take turns sharing how we wanted to spend our adult lives. Some would be squirming in their chair, anxiously awaiting their turn to blurt out their lifetime goal. I, however, would be intensely listening to everyone else 's answers. Eventually, I would hear one that I could piggyback on and agree for the moment that I might want to do that too. I never had a recurring answer every year. I have responded with a wide range of jobs that included president, teacher, film composer and international business woman. But as hard as I tried, nothing seemed to be the calling that I always wished to figure out. At this point in my life, I am expected to know where my life should be headed, and I feel like college will be the first stepping stone to doing that. My whole life I have been searching for contentment. I was the elementary school kid who had to try everything at least once to experience it for myself. My time after school and weekends were jammed packed with activities. There were long days of doing homework and eating takeout in the …show more content…
It’s that transition from childhood to adulthood. It gives exposure to things that high school just couldn’t provide. Having the opportunity to take classes that I previously may have not known existed allows me to do the same thing I did as a child with all of my activities and filtering out the things I ended up enjoying. In high school, all I had was the required classes that I could base my life goals on. At the most, I discovered I didn’t like science. My mood about the other classes were only based on whether I liked the teacher or not. In college, you can really base the curriculum on the material itself and know whether you actually like the class, rather than the teacher you are stuck with for nine