The Truth of Growing Up As a child all I wanted to do is just grow up and be an adult. As I grew older and taken on more responsibilities, I realized that growing up is not all that exciting and is actually difficult. In the final year of high school when college is the big stress, all the teachers want is to prepare us for the long papers, difficult tests and more stress. In the back of mind I’m thinking, wow this is going to be stressful, I don’t want to go to college anymore. Well my wish came true and I didn 't go to college for the first six months. Now I decided I’m ready for college and the future to come. I believe I am truly ready because I have discovered my mindset, my strengths and weakness and my past education has
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Costa. In His article he explains the sixteen habits of mind. That’s when I discovered my true strengths and weaknesses. I reveled that my strengths was Listening with empathy, responding with wonderment and awe, and even thinking interdependently; my weaknesses I discovered was managing impulsivity. In Habits of the Mind, Costa refers to the listening to others with understand and emphy, as somebody who is a highly effective problem solver. He also explains this is someone who spends a great deal of time and energy listening (81). Having this habit of mind also also states that a person has more diverse perspectives on other people. I believe I have this habit as one of my strongest strengths. Being a future psychologist, I am certain that I can easily listen and understand others in a way that most people can’t. Listening and understanding is a complex skill that is ideal in many situations. In my lifetime, I recall many occurrences when I need to listen to others and reply with empathy. In my years of being in elementary and middle school, I was surrounded by friends of all different cliques. I was everyone 's best friend, simply because they trusted me. I was there with empathy for every little thing, from girl drama to boys and even personal situations; I had words for everything to make that person feel better. When I reached high school, everything was different. My friends and …show more content…
Some schools either prepare for factory work or college and the future. Ken Robinson the creator of “Changing Education Paradigms”persuades views to change how we educate our children. he explains our current system is like a factory and outdated, because of all the bells and the children are educated in batches by age and everything is separated from subjects to bathrooms.( Robinson). I disagree with this, all my life I have gone to a private school up until now. Everything is taught at a fast past and they teach every subject under the sun. The teachers would take time to make sure we were ready for middle school, high school and then college. By providing and separating us into classes that will improve our learning and career focused. As early as eighth grade, my school extensively focused on careers. The school counselor would instruct us to take multiple personality and career quizzes, which lead us to attending a career fair later on that year. From my educational experience, I was prepared for college more and more each
Costa. In His article he explains the sixteen habits of mind. That’s when I discovered my true strengths and weaknesses. I reveled that my strengths was Listening with empathy, responding with wonderment and awe, and even thinking interdependently; my weaknesses I discovered was managing impulsivity. In Habits of the Mind, Costa refers to the listening to others with understand and emphy, as somebody who is a highly effective problem solver. He also explains this is someone who spends a great deal of time and energy listening (81). Having this habit of mind also also states that a person has more diverse perspectives on other people. I believe I have this habit as one of my strongest strengths. Being a future psychologist, I am certain that I can easily listen and understand others in a way that most people can’t. Listening and understanding is a complex skill that is ideal in many situations. In my lifetime, I recall many occurrences when I need to listen to others and reply with empathy. In my years of being in elementary and middle school, I was surrounded by friends of all different cliques. I was everyone 's best friend, simply because they trusted me. I was there with empathy for every little thing, from girl drama to boys and even personal situations; I had words for everything to make that person feel better. When I reached high school, everything was different. My friends and …show more content…
Some schools either prepare for factory work or college and the future. Ken Robinson the creator of “Changing Education Paradigms”persuades views to change how we educate our children. he explains our current system is like a factory and outdated, because of all the bells and the children are educated in batches by age and everything is separated from subjects to bathrooms.( Robinson). I disagree with this, all my life I have gone to a private school up until now. Everything is taught at a fast past and they teach every subject under the sun. The teachers would take time to make sure we were ready for middle school, high school and then college. By providing and separating us into classes that will improve our learning and career focused. As early as eighth grade, my school extensively focused on careers. The school counselor would instruct us to take multiple personality and career quizzes, which lead us to attending a career fair later on that year. From my educational experience, I was prepared for college more and more each