There are various reasons as to why I’m deserving of the Etna-Dixmont School Scholarship. The most prevalent reason is my family history and connection with the town of Dixmont. My father and my grandparents moved to from Massachusetts to Dixmont, Maine when he was in second grade. My grandfather bought a house on Route 9 in Dixmont, and some other land in addition to that. The Dixmont Corner Church was built in 1835, and had an active one room school house next to it that was built in 1808.…
Coming from a multicultural community, the essence of being non-tendentious and empathetic towards everything minoritized in society are a significant importance to my parents. I was born biracial, with my mother being Argentinean and father being white. The value of vigorous work, loyalty to family, and education are prioritized by my parents and myself. These values have influenced my life in an effective and affirmative way that I can contribute to Towson. My mother often recites "hard work beats talent when talent does not work".…
I have always taken my education seriously. It’s important to me. I hold myself to a very high standards. However, school has been a challenge for me. I have a working memory learning disability and I am dyslexic.…
Fort Morgan is a pretty small town located in North Eastern Colorado. It is full of diversity and sits close to a population of 13,000. Within this town is the high school that I am currently attending, Fort Morgan High School. It is a pretty decent sized school; we currently have under a 1,000 students enrolled here. At this school, I have dedicated a vast majority of my time to school related activities.…
It wasn’t until I was entering my freshman year of high school that a challenge became almost immediately life changing. Feeling as though I was climbing a mountain; not knowing if I was going to successfully make it to the top. Feeling like I was crossing a road; unknowing of what was going to be on the other side. Never had anything been so scary or so difficult to execute. I walked in to the school.…
Dyslexia Everyone processes information differently with some people struggling more than others. A person with an average brain still may have a little trouble processing information sometimes but some people may have a genetic disorder or a trait that was passed down or inherited. This genetic disorder is called dyslexia. Dyslexia can be genetic or inherited with three parts of the brain affected, and multiple cures to help the brain be more efficient.…
“Parents believe the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education should provide training for educators so teachers understand what dyslexia is” (Leicht). Children with dyslexia may experience difficulties at school because they feel like they do not fit in with the other children in their class. Teachers can break tasks down into small easily remembered pieces of information. “Parents of children with dyslexia often have to struggle to get their children the education they need to succeed” (Leicht). “Encouraging a daily routine to help develop the child's own self-reliance and responsibilities could help in the classroom environment” (Leicht).…
I am a student who is proactive, organized, and seeks help when needed. During the four years of my high school career I worked really hard to develop these skills. I was challenged with a variety of rigorous classes, I was part of many extra curricular activities, and I encountered teachers who assisted me through my learning process. I actively engaged in the classroom and I was able to receive good grades. I confronted arduous tasks such as the adequate way of writing a history analytical paper, the proper way to cite a MLA essay, and how to analytically read any text.…
My Struggles of Literacy and How I Work to Fix Them Literacy, in my eyes, is the way of sharing ideas, facts, and emotion. Emotional literacy such as poetry has had a big role in what I read today. They can express things in simplicity and make it so vivid at the same time. Any book can have the ability to change a perspective on a certain topic or helps me acknowledge the things around me. Enjoying to read has never been the issue, but pronouncing certain words that I’m reading has.…
Whenever the concept of failure is brought to my attention, the proceeding word that enters my mind is dyslexia. My whole life I have drawn correlations between failure and my dyslexia, not because dyslexia is an excuse for failure, because dyslexia is my motivation to avoid failure. In third grade when I was diagnosed with dyslexia I had no preconceived idea of how broadly the scope of dyslexia would affect my life. Throughout the following years, the academic demands heightened and I fell drastically behind academically.…
Dyslexia is an inherited condition that makes it extremely difficult to read, write, and spell in your native language, despite having an at least average intelligence. Dyslexia is very common, but has only been talked about in recent years. It was 1878 when German neurologist, Adolph Kussmaul, first used the phrase “word blindness” describing what we know as dyslexia today. The word dyslexia was first used by Rudolf Berlin of Stuttgart, Germany, in 1887 to describe the inability to read. In 1905 W.E. Burner published the first report of childhood reading difficulties in the U.S..…
As an immigrant from a different country, that doesn’t speak English. I didn’t how a school is important comparing to other countries. THis situation affected my life. I had to struggle with everything and wasn’t informed with any school information. I play around all the time and didn’t really care about the school and were one of those that think about the job and a minimum wage to get money.…
Building supportive school communities is very important not only for the students and parents, but also for the teachers. When parents, administrator and teachers build a supportive school community the learning done by students with exceptionalities grows tremendously. The more support there is between the different parties within a schools environment, the safer it is for all students, not just the students with exceptionalities. Once parents, administrators, and teachers work together the better and easier life will be for everyone involved in the life of children. To build a supportive school community it starts with the principal wanting to work with families, promoting collaboration and monitoring students’ academic achievement, and working to create an inclusive school environment…
Last year in January my mother and I decided it would be in my best interest to switch schools. It was hard to get to my old school and I didn’t understand the classes and I didn’t get along with the other kids. Also it was the first year I had ever had homework and it was hard for me because I wasn't used to it…
Becoming a teacher is a career path I came across while working for the Realizing Amazing Potential (R.A.P.) before and after school program. In my undergraduate program I always knew I wanted to working with children, but it was a challenge for me to choose one career path I felt my work would make a difference. The defining moment for my career was the passion I found working with special need students, and the hard work to help them succeed academically. Being part of the education growth for students with special needs helped me find the career path I fell in love with, and knew I wanted to continue to advance my education in the field. The passion of helping students with special needs is a career I love and allows me to want to continue…