Thank you, Dr. C. Moorer's book for sharing your personal life experiences, wisdom, and knowledge. From Failure to Promise was an incredible, inspirational resource (Moorer, 2014). Many of the examples referenced in your book resonated in my past and present life. In fact, many of them reminded me of my personal path. When individuals can articulate and apply their faith and knowledge with others, we begin to grow personally and as a community.
Life Lessons: On Track Upon review of Dr. C. Moorer's book, I can apply each track to my life course. This made it more of a challenge to select only one track. However, one track called "on track" was the most influential application of my life lessons. As a young child, I grew up in a small …show more content…
My parents were divorced at the young age of two-years-old. My mother and I moved to Long Beach, California. As I began school, I excelled in academics. Teachers began to exclude me from other students because they said that "I answered too many of the questions and did not give the other students a chance." I often sat outside of class and played games. Sometimes, I was able to bring a friend. One time, Mrs. Beasley had me organize the library's Dewey Decimal System. As a young child, I felt only isolated and began to realize being perceived as smart received too much negative attention. As a result, I began to falter. My mother worked two jobs to support us. I quickly became an eight-year-girl who independently dressed for school each morning, made lunch, went to school, came home and cooked dinner. As a result, I ate a lot of hot dogs and spaghetti. My mother worked both an office day job and worked at a bar at night. Many times her boyfriend stayed over, and they taught me how to roll marijuana and make cocktails with Jack Daniels and coke. My mother was gone a lot. She was either at work or the bar; I did not know the difference. I was scared alone at home many nights. Her boyfriend made inappropriate gestures in front of me. …show more content…
Moorer, faith, effort, experience, and education were all vital to his success and amazing life course. Upon reading Dr. Moorer's book, it was evident his faith was at the top of the list related to contributing factors towards his successful path. There were multiple references in the book where Dr. Moorer referenced scripture. He lived his life through the words of God's promise to help him achieve his plans. He shared examples of failing grades. Also, the pivotal impact his parents had when he had to tell them that he was failing. The faith his dad role modeled was extremely monumental. His dad verbalized to him as a young man that he needed to work harder. Dr. Moorer's effort was relentless. His dad told him that "life was not easy, and he needed to work for it with blood sweat, and tears" (p. 47-48). All of these examples were instrumental during his impressionable years. These appear to be some of the most influential values
Life Lessons: On Track Upon review of Dr. C. Moorer's book, I can apply each track to my life course. This made it more of a challenge to select only one track. However, one track called "on track" was the most influential application of my life lessons. As a young child, I grew up in a small …show more content…
My parents were divorced at the young age of two-years-old. My mother and I moved to Long Beach, California. As I began school, I excelled in academics. Teachers began to exclude me from other students because they said that "I answered too many of the questions and did not give the other students a chance." I often sat outside of class and played games. Sometimes, I was able to bring a friend. One time, Mrs. Beasley had me organize the library's Dewey Decimal System. As a young child, I felt only isolated and began to realize being perceived as smart received too much negative attention. As a result, I began to falter. My mother worked two jobs to support us. I quickly became an eight-year-girl who independently dressed for school each morning, made lunch, went to school, came home and cooked dinner. As a result, I ate a lot of hot dogs and spaghetti. My mother worked both an office day job and worked at a bar at night. Many times her boyfriend stayed over, and they taught me how to roll marijuana and make cocktails with Jack Daniels and coke. My mother was gone a lot. She was either at work or the bar; I did not know the difference. I was scared alone at home many nights. Her boyfriend made inappropriate gestures in front of me. …show more content…
Moorer, faith, effort, experience, and education were all vital to his success and amazing life course. Upon reading Dr. Moorer's book, it was evident his faith was at the top of the list related to contributing factors towards his successful path. There were multiple references in the book where Dr. Moorer referenced scripture. He lived his life through the words of God's promise to help him achieve his plans. He shared examples of failing grades. Also, the pivotal impact his parents had when he had to tell them that he was failing. The faith his dad role modeled was extremely monumental. His dad verbalized to him as a young man that he needed to work harder. Dr. Moorer's effort was relentless. His dad told him that "life was not easy, and he needed to work for it with blood sweat, and tears" (p. 47-48). All of these examples were instrumental during his impressionable years. These appear to be some of the most influential values