The relationship between the school and I is not just one where the institution is the only one that gives, butrather a relationship that benefits both parties. rather, one where both are giving. I hope to exemplify the core values of Howard University and know I can do so much to give the words excellence, leadership, truth, and service even more weight. I am passionate about the world and the issues in it. I think this passion will bleed into the way I conduct myself in any college I might go to. As a Black girl, and an aspiring adult, I know how important it is to uplift the Black community. I know that my education is a way I can take ownership of my future. Education is how I can embody excellence. I think of college as an empty slate.
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Part of it could have been the environment I was in, where my parents always pushed my brother and I to study hard so we could become successful lawyers or doctors. Another part of it was my lack of personal experience with people such as those. I needed something tangible to attach all the stories I was told to. My experience with hospitals and emergency situations did just that and intensified my desire to be a physician. Little Nana Ama Amponsaah-Opoku began to raise her hand first whenever she was asked what she wanted to be when she got older, and recite that she wanted to be a pediatric neuro-surgeon. But, like teenagers, my role models changed, my aspirations matured, and now I have tangible goals that I am working …show more content…
I was fortunate enough to attend several diverse schools. My first magnet school was Glenarden Woods Elementary School. Their Talented and Gifted Program put me in contact with people from all kinds of different cultural backgrounds. For seventh and eighth grade, I attended Kenmoor Middle School, where we had cultural parties to celebrate the food and culture our classmates came from. Finally I am attending, Eleanor Roosevelt High School, where the Science and Technology program pulls students from all over PG County. I can never stress how important our environment is in shaping the way we think. Attending school with black, brown, and white students alike taught me how to interact and empathize because of the discussions our teachers had us participate in. I will be forever thankful for these experiences, and want to continue to study in a heterogeneous environment for as long as I attend school. Diversity opens our minds to understand others, and even the material we
Part of it could have been the environment I was in, where my parents always pushed my brother and I to study hard so we could become successful lawyers or doctors. Another part of it was my lack of personal experience with people such as those. I needed something tangible to attach all the stories I was told to. My experience with hospitals and emergency situations did just that and intensified my desire to be a physician. Little Nana Ama Amponsaah-Opoku began to raise her hand first whenever she was asked what she wanted to be when she got older, and recite that she wanted to be a pediatric neuro-surgeon. But, like teenagers, my role models changed, my aspirations matured, and now I have tangible goals that I am working …show more content…
I was fortunate enough to attend several diverse schools. My first magnet school was Glenarden Woods Elementary School. Their Talented and Gifted Program put me in contact with people from all kinds of different cultural backgrounds. For seventh and eighth grade, I attended Kenmoor Middle School, where we had cultural parties to celebrate the food and culture our classmates came from. Finally I am attending, Eleanor Roosevelt High School, where the Science and Technology program pulls students from all over PG County. I can never stress how important our environment is in shaping the way we think. Attending school with black, brown, and white students alike taught me how to interact and empathize because of the discussions our teachers had us participate in. I will be forever thankful for these experiences, and want to continue to study in a heterogeneous environment for as long as I attend school. Diversity opens our minds to understand others, and even the material we