Senior Portfolio Reflection

I’ve experienced many hardships when dealing with writing assignments, but the worst would have to be my Senior Portfolio. After starting the assignment, I learned very quickly that the assignment was going to be the easy compared to gathering all the information needed about myself. I was required to create multiple different essays that consisted of my post-high school plan and a reflective essay. It seemed easy to write essays on myself, but until I was required to write it all down, I never realized how many experiences contribute into making me who I am today. Even though I find it as the most challenging writing assignment, I also see it as the best learning experience to show who I am and how I plan my future. After explaining all my past and future, I made it a goal to learn from my past experiences, good and bad, and allow them to shape me into who I want to be based upon my future expectations. …show more content…
Before writing the assignment, I didn’t know which college I wanted to attend or if I even wanted to attend one. I knew that I wanted to pursue drafting into a career in engineering, but I was never sure about how I wanted to go along with doing so. I created a plan/goal to attend college for four years and begin working at the same time so that I could assist my family in paying off college debts and all the while saving for my future. After I had a foundation of how I wanted my future to go, I had the advantage of staying more determined and persistent in completing these goals I set upon myself. When it comes to the essay itself, I managed to complete the writing portion of the assignment with ease after thinking long and hard on what I thought would be the best possible future for