agent that has positively influenced me the most in my academic career has definitely been my High School senior year English teacher Mr. Green. He convinced me to peruse a higher education after High School, when I wasn’t planning too. Over the course of that year we built a strong teacher to student relationship. We also became good friends as time went on and even spend some time discussing interests outside the classroom. He showed an interest in helping me as an individual since the…
But the 4 years in high school went by in a blink of an eye. My mom was very emotional as was my dad. Mostly because they were involved in my very unique journey through high school. I didn 't go to the traditional High School, I went to a new start up High School, Central Coast New Tech High, I would be apart of the first graduating class. My parents are the people that motivated and encouraged me to go to this new school. As I approach early adulthood, me graduating high school is an…
students in California school systems. I was a female, Mexican-born immigrant, growing up in Oakland in a pretty rough neighborhood. In high school I demonstrated grit by applying myself and fighting the urge to quit and finally graduating, while the curriculum helped me, there was still many other burdens in my life apart from education. In community college, when I first began, the “Student fear factor” definitely applied to me because I did not know what college was even about. I was so used…
that should be the ultimate determining factor? This is the perception of college admission criteria amongst the majority of high school students all around the world. While these qualifications are fairly appealing, it’s an understatement of the capabilities each individual student can possess. College acceptance criteria is crucial, but is it really an accurate record of all students’ strengths? One of the main reasons why MSU stands out from other colleges is how the institution looks beyond…
has been their academic history? In which classes have they been successful? In which classes have they struggled? Has their academics changed over the years? In my life of being a student I have had many struggles and I also had many victories.In school I was outstanding in science I have never received less then a B in the many years of taking it. Unlike science I have a love hate relationship with math and English language arts. In the various grades levels I have entered I either; do good…
I believed my life was over and that I would grow to be a lonely homo sapien. Getting taken out of high school is not how I wanted to leave Riverbend high school. I wanted to graduate with my friends I’d known since kindergarten. I thought my hopes and dreams could never be achieved because I wasn’t in regular public high school. I felt like my future plans to go to college and leave Virginia were ruined. Were they really? Or was this just the dramatic thoughts of a typical over exaggerating…
personally have always hated to read and write, it was never my strong suit. Although I still received good grades in English classes for the most part throughout high school it never was enjoyable. English was my second language that I learned rather quickly. Throughout elementary, middle and high school I disliked every English related class all throughout my education. Even though I did not like reading and writing there have been exceptions where I did enjoy literacy related things…
somewhere,” despite coming from a poverty-stricken household. I utilized school as my escape from my home life, in specific sports. Compared to other students who were withdrawn, didn’t speak…
My Journey after High School As I begin my senior all the thoughts about what I want to do for the rest of my life really run through my mind. When making my future plans I ran into things like my fears and some setbacks. But then there was also things that helped my decision like important people in my life who influenced me a lot to go to college and what to go for. I plan on going to college for two years and then getting my degree in computer science at Terra state Community college or…
Many people judge people who went to a Catholic school. They believe that all we do is talk about God and pray. I had one kid ask me all of the girls in my 8th grade class were becoming nuns because that’s what all Catholic schoolgirls do. People think of Catholic school and they think of how much more expensive it is. Whey that is true, the education is worth it, at least in my opinion it is. A lot of people believe that Catholic schools students do not get a well-rounded education because many…