Personal Experience Essay

to a friend who gave me his recommendation. I looked everywhere but every place I applied to never called or emailed me back. I felt a sense of despair feeling like my application was skimmed and rejected instantly because I had little to no job experience. But I asked friends if they could recommend me and luckily it was my ticket to success. Not only have I acquired a job but I have saved up enough money to buy moon bounces and set up a rental service to double my earnings. I have done this…

Over my four years of high school, I have done a lot of volunteering and have been exposed to a wide variety of experiences. Every single opportunity has helped me grow as a human being. From my volunteering experiences, I believe that I have strenthened my inter-personal communication skills, developed strong work habits, and shared my friendly personality with different types of people in many different situations. I love working with people and feel a great satisfaction in helping to…

The famous philosopher, Marcus Cicero, believes that, “The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.” Many people have different experiences with difficulty, and most admit that when they are faced with a difficulty in their life, they usually give up. Difficulty, depending on the matter, can make a person have different reactions, but the most common is when their own problems are making them feel bad about themselves. Someone may be trying to fix an issue with their life, but realize…

My parents are burdened with firsthand experiences of the Vietnam war, experiences which took away their youth. I can see the agony in their eyes as they recollect the violence and poverty that they witnessed. This drove them to immigrate to America, even if it meant leaving everything behind for a country that they did not know the language or have any ties with. They wanted to ensure that their children would never have to witness any of those horrors. As a child, I would stay up until two…

Tragedies, misfortunes, and disasters can alter the course of one’s existence. While existing only a fifth of my projected life span, illustrations of adversity have begun to shape my life. Maya Angelou clarified adversity best when she stated, “I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it.” Not a day goes by that I do not fail and succeed in some way, yet the lessons learned from the medley of failures and successes blend to create the ink in which I paint my Mona…

Overcoming a situation that everyone thought was impossible will bring upon good fortune. Many people struggle with getting over something that was near and dear to their heart. Many others feel as if they will never get over it, and it will always be detrimental to them. Although by leaving behind a situation, it can make it easier to be ready for the forthcoming blessing. In Nicholas Sparks’ love story, Message In a Bottle, two people are shown how the strangest occurrences can bring you…

This essay is focused on a period of my life between 2008 - 2011 that shaped my current management style and provides the basis for my personal and leadership development plans going forward. I will be reflecting on experiences that underpin the importance of understanding group and individual behaviour in a leadership context that will encompass references from material covered in module one such as “The Cultural Web (Johnson and Scholes), Shareholder vs Stakeholder Value (Milton Friedman) and…

Women and Education Praxis Paper: Personal Experience in Education “The most beautiful thing about education is that no one take it away from you” (A Day in Our Shoes.com, 2013). Utilizing the feminist pedagogy has been essential to shaping my education and my occupational experience as a student and teacher. It has been empowering on many levels and shown me how through feminist theory women and girls can be empowered to live within oppression. Through feminist pedagogy I feel empowered…

My experience at Trinity High School has been extraordinary so far. Although I am just a freshman, I think that Trinity has been a great environment to help me build up my confidence both inside and outside the classroom. I believe that my confidence is an important aspect of demonstrating my “girl power” at Trinity. Before this year, I was always the shy girl who did not like presentations or talking in class. However, after meeting new friends and learning to accept myself, I have grown out of…

The service projects, leadership positions, and extracurricular activities I have experienced at Mercyhurst have profoundly impacted my educational experience and transformed me as a person. By engaging in the extracurricular activities and serving in club leadership positions, I have been able to integrate the knowledge gained in the classroom into real world situations related to my career field. Through my involvement with the biology honors society and the research projects in the biology…