The Importance Of My Life

The walking to the tour and information session proved to me that I am now in control of my life. I’m making my own decisions. I am progressing. For years of my life I felt that I wasn’t moving in a positive direction. I was constantly battling life, fighting to finish the day on a positive note. I was trying my best but I just could not overcome the daily struggle. I was always told in school that I should be doing better than I was and all that I needed to do was try harder. It is difficult to explain the feeling of want without the ability to do. I knew that there was something more than just my inability to complete homework on time or study sufficiently for a test. I had countless meetings with teachers, advisors, and administration …show more content…
I looked at school as a way to gain knowledge, the same way I would look at watching a documentary. Going back to college is not job training. While I did enjoy the business and economic portion of running a business, I felt that there was more to it than just being able to sit down, run programs, and compute numbers. Having a focus in life is extremely important especially when you truly enjoy doing what you do, but there is a need to be more holistic. Throughout my life so far, I love knowing but I have realized that if I want to know I would need to take the steps to learn. I went back to Brookdale Community College with an open mind and understanding that to be successful I would need to be knowledgeable in a wide variety of topics. I took classes on topics that I would have never imagined that I would enjoy, philosophy for example. I came to understand that I needed to want to learn as opposed to wanting to do well, learning goes before doing well, the grades will fall into place once you have absorbed the information in the class. I took advantage of what Brookdale had to offer. I was extended the opportunity to join Phi Theta Kappa. I joined the Honors Program, which offered more challenging classes but the best professors, as well as the Honors Society. I wanted to make a change in the school so, I participated in Governance which allowed me to …show more content…
I want to break the stigma of mental disorders. I want people to take them seriously, and come to the understanding that it is real. I want to show others that struggles that seem insurmountable can be overcome. I want others to understand my story and see that they have the same opportunities. The Columbia School of General Studies allows anyone the ability to be as knowledgeable and as successful as they would ever want, so long as they see it within themselves. I feel that the School of General Studies gives me the ability to achieve these goals because I would be surrounded with other non-traditional students, they know that life can throw you a curveball and one would imagine that these individuals would be the most willing to understand and change the way they think and view