Faillace-Personal Narrative Essay

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I have been there; I have done that. What is the purpose of putting yourself through this stress at this point in your life? In seeking the inspiration to return to the classroom and complete my Bachelor’s degree, there is nothing that inspires me more than the determination and hard work of my children. It is in seeing the progress and success of their efforts that they have become role models for me, their mother, to shake off the cobwebs and enter the academic world for no other reason than to fulfill a personal goal I never accomplished.
I attended Penn State University directly out of high school. I had dreams of completing my undergraduate degree and eventually maybe even graduate school. As so many of us soon
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There have been many days she felt she was not smart enough to stay the course, as she watched many of her friends and classmates drop out or be dismissed from the nursing program. Countless times I used the words,
“give it to the Lord…” and each semester I see her develop and the coursework becomes a little easier to understand. Emilee, my daughter inspires me.
Eric is a natural at school. Math and science are his strong points. I have never had to worry about him completing assignments, or quite frankly checking his grades. He has always seemed to breeze through school, except when it came to reading. He hated reading, not that he couldn’t, he just dreaded the thought of picking up a book and reading. In freshman and sophomore years of high school, I found many un-cracked literary books in his room. Upon questioning how he managed to pass the exams, he smugly exclaimed, “the internet tells all”.
This was a challenge. So once again, I left it in God’s hands. I asked that the Lord send someone into his life to open his mind to the “possibility” of enjoying reading a novel. Junior year arrived

Faillace.Session1.Journal and so did Mr. Quinn. The transformation was astounding. I now have a reader. He may not

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