band. I had stepped up since the band was going to have a "year off" and had been working for several weeks with a small group of students. I found the venue, rehearsal hall, times, and the arrangements. The students and myself had put in long hours and the day had come to perform in front of the community. As I stepped up, I saw the nervous faces that I taught and smiled, turned around and introduced the band to the community. As the concert came to a close, students came up and thanked me,…
I am privileged within my age group, 25-40, society regards this age group to be privileged because at this point we get marries, start a family, buy a house, and for some have a college degree and/or a career. Some might say ‘we have it all’, and this why I consider it a privilege. We start to really find out how and why we are who we are. This is the time we reach most, if not all, our life achievements, such as those listed above. The old saying, “old enough to know better, and young…
Starting my journey with post-secondary education in high school has allowed me to realize how important it is to continue with these classes after high school is done. These classes have been an essential stepping stool into helping me prepare for not only college, but also for the challenges that I will experience later on. With continuing on with these classes in college, I will be able to acquire my bachelor’s degree followed by a three-year Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program, which…
Growing up I have always had a passion for planning. I used to play games with my younger sister where we would sit and draw up plans for how we would design our bedroom. Coordinating events with an emphasis in weddings has always been my dream job. Weddings mark an important stage in one’s lives. And I want to be the person people think, to make their magical day come to life. During my high school career, I enrolled in a dual credit program where I took college courses at the College of…
the most significant challenge you have faces and the steps you have taken to overcome this challenge. How has this challenge affected your academic achievement? See you later Feeling a kiss on my forehead, and hearing the words “see you soon” would be the memories I had of my dad every time he would go to Mexico and visit me. I would keep my eyes closed and just try to remember the funniest memories I had with him. I was capable of having an upstanding childhood, since my mom was always…
These tasks involve serious time management and organizational skills. I also spend most of the summer caring for the milkweed plants that the caterpillars need to survive.Trimming diseased leaves, relocating predators, and removing pests is all part of my regular summer routine. The last few years I have only raised 10-25 monarchs a year, and I felt that I wasn't doing enough. This year I resolved to raise as many as I could. I have tagged 22 monarch butterflies so far and have at least 30 more…
until I entered my first year of high school that I truly understood the beauty of video gaming. I was captivated by the fact that videogames could allow users to role play as certain characters and bring the story to life. It created a unique platform for friends to connect. Inspired by this new understanding, I decided that I wanted to create my own game. Extremely motivated and determined to complete this task, I asked my friend if he wanted to collaborate with me and be my animator. Being…
My 12-week internship at Tierra Madre Horse Sanctuary was almost exactly what I expected from this course. After switching to the Non-Profit Leadership and Management degree I was immediately intimidated by the thought of my final semester being nothing but internship work, but it turned out to be not as scary I as thought it would. Working the non-profit field has its own set of challenges and I believe that horse rescue has an even deeper set of challenges. Tierra Madre is a special kind of…
Growing up, I used to hate writing with a deep passion. Fortunately, I understood the necessity of it, so I made sure in high school to take classes that would challenge my writing abilities. Not long after that, I found myself deciding that I would pursue a career as a photojournalist, and would be writing every day I worked while in the Marine Corps. I came into this course with a strong understanding of journalism-style writing and reporting. Now that I have taken this course, I have a more…
problems we may have or have had growing up. To use what we’ve learned this and apply them proactively in a way that we can answer some of the personal questions we’ve always had, but couldn’t really dictate them eloquently — like birth order. As a middle child of three from the Dominican Republic growing up in Brooklyn, I’ve always felt like an outsider alongside my older sister and younger brother and this research paper sheds light on the…