Significant Events In My Life

There are certainly many events that happen in my life that were significant and helped me become a better person. There is one of these events that particularly stands out and had the greatest impact in my life. In my early years, while attending high school, my focus was never on the academics, but rather skipping classes, going out and having fun with my girlfriends. I hardly paid attention in class and failed to complete any type of work given to me. My lack of care for high school affected me within my first year of community college. However, until one day my grandfather, the person I always looked up as my hero, passed away, my life had changed forever.
As we all know, it is extremely difficult to get into a four year college when one’s …show more content…
Nearing the end of my senior year I finally came to realize my fate and that I was headed for community college at Houston Community College (HCC). In order to see where a student fits in classes a placement test is given before we attend HCC which is fairly simple and doesn’t take much time at all. This placement test was given to me during my last week of senior year and I made a big mistake. I had the mentality in my head that it was my last week of high school, it’s my senior year, and it doesn’t matter what I do anymore. I was very wrong and proceeded to take the test. I rushed through the test so fast that I wasn’t even looking at the questions anymore and before I knew it I was done at least thirty minutes before everyone else. As I look back I wish I had put at least five seconds of thought into every …show more content…
I had fun whenever possible and that’s just the way I am. I like to live my life in the moment and get the most fun out of everything I do. Again, my grandfather’s death impacted me greatly and I realized that it was time for me to become “somebody” that he’d always wished for me to be. Even today the feeling of grief still creeps back, but it takes a different form. It is more of remembrance and gratitude of my grandfather. If it wasn 't for him I wouldn’t strive to continue college and be who I am today. I guess one could say I slightly changed my mentality, now I pay attention a lot more and make effort to do better in academics. If I had the choice to go back and change things in high school I honestly would choose to do so much better. There are many memories, being good or bad, that will last a lifetime. Now that I am taking credit classes at the University of Houston – Downtown, I take things seriously, I pay attention, take notes, and do better on exams. I think I will end up doing very well and reaching my goal of getting out of the university in the very near