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Each of our college students brings something special to our community. What will you bring as your unique contribution to the Student U community as a College Promise Teacher? Why do you want to work at Student U as opposed to other opportunities you may have this summer?
My unique contribution to the Student U community as a College Promise Teacher is providing a realization for hispanic students in the durham public school systems that getting an education and going to college is possible. Being a hispanic teacher presents a comfort zone for them and someone they can come talk to. I once spent my summers sitting in the same chairs as these new students. I’m an example of how Student U has reached out to the community …show more content…
What did you learn from the experience? How will you take what you have learned to impact the students with whom you will work at Student U this summer?
I was halfway done with my first semester and midterms were coming up. I had five classes at the time and I wasn’t discouraged but I should have been. I was confident about all of my classes until I realized that I wasn’t prepared to study. I hadn’t set aside any time to review for my Art History Midterm Exam. The class was easy going with no homework so I focused my attention towards my other demanding classes. Come midterm exam, I had little retention of information from cramming the night before and I bombed my first exam. The class wasn’t looking so good in my favor as it only consisted of 4 grades throughout the whole semester. I earned a failing grade on the exam. I was shocked at how carelessly I had let myself slip up academically. I plugged in a couple of numbers and I had to get a 97 or above in order to get a B. I began to sob and freak out about how I was ever going to get that grade. I had the option to withdraw the class to just relieve the stress I was going through. Just before I was about to withdraw the class I ran by a conversation with my counselor who motivated me to stay in the class and set my mind on getting the best grade I could get. I decided to stay in the class and finish strong. I studied …show more content…
He’s always pushed me to become a hard worker. Back in first grade, I would spend my summers with him in the dining room table working out multiplication problems. I dreaded it so much but I didn’t realize how good I was becoming with numbers. By the time I had mastered that I was moving on to square roots and exponents. It didn’t end there. He recognized that I was getting older and by the 5th grade I started helping him out in the yard and our huge back yard. I was dead by the afternoon. My grandpa never failed to wake me up. As I got older it became more of a responsibility for me to help him out. I used to complain about doing yard work and my grandpa was always famous for telling me “You have to work if you want to eat. Nobody is going to look after you, clean after you, or work for you in the future. You’re whining now but later you’re gonna say I should’ve listened to my grandpa”. If that isn’t the truth. I remember those exact words come out of his mouth in spanish on a hot summer day. I was never too sure what he meant until now that I listen to him more. Having him there as a personal coach pushed me to do well in school. For a long time he lived with me until my senior year of high school when he left to Mexico. I miss him so but he has transformed me into the hard worker I know I can be
Each of our college students brings something special to our community. What will you bring as your unique contribution to the Student U community as a College Promise Teacher? Why do you want to work at Student U as opposed to other opportunities you may have this summer?
My unique contribution to the Student U community as a College Promise Teacher is providing a realization for hispanic students in the durham public school systems that getting an education and going to college is possible. Being a hispanic teacher presents a comfort zone for them and someone they can come talk to. I once spent my summers sitting in the same chairs as these new students. I’m an example of how Student U has reached out to the community …show more content…
What did you learn from the experience? How will you take what you have learned to impact the students with whom you will work at Student U this summer?
I was halfway done with my first semester and midterms were coming up. I had five classes at the time and I wasn’t discouraged but I should have been. I was confident about all of my classes until I realized that I wasn’t prepared to study. I hadn’t set aside any time to review for my Art History Midterm Exam. The class was easy going with no homework so I focused my attention towards my other demanding classes. Come midterm exam, I had little retention of information from cramming the night before and I bombed my first exam. The class wasn’t looking so good in my favor as it only consisted of 4 grades throughout the whole semester. I earned a failing grade on the exam. I was shocked at how carelessly I had let myself slip up academically. I plugged in a couple of numbers and I had to get a 97 or above in order to get a B. I began to sob and freak out about how I was ever going to get that grade. I had the option to withdraw the class to just relieve the stress I was going through. Just before I was about to withdraw the class I ran by a conversation with my counselor who motivated me to stay in the class and set my mind on getting the best grade I could get. I decided to stay in the class and finish strong. I studied …show more content…
He’s always pushed me to become a hard worker. Back in first grade, I would spend my summers with him in the dining room table working out multiplication problems. I dreaded it so much but I didn’t realize how good I was becoming with numbers. By the time I had mastered that I was moving on to square roots and exponents. It didn’t end there. He recognized that I was getting older and by the 5th grade I started helping him out in the yard and our huge back yard. I was dead by the afternoon. My grandpa never failed to wake me up. As I got older it became more of a responsibility for me to help him out. I used to complain about doing yard work and my grandpa was always famous for telling me “You have to work if you want to eat. Nobody is going to look after you, clean after you, or work for you in the future. You’re whining now but later you’re gonna say I should’ve listened to my grandpa”. If that isn’t the truth. I remember those exact words come out of his mouth in spanish on a hot summer day. I was never too sure what he meant until now that I listen to him more. Having him there as a personal coach pushed me to do well in school. For a long time he lived with me until my senior year of high school when he left to Mexico. I miss him so but he has transformed me into the hard worker I know I can be