College Readiness Leadership Report

Youth leadership and development is a huge part of agriculture education. It is one of the many things that FFA is known for. Leadership is important in all career areas and should be a part of every student’s education. As a teacher, I will strive to integrate leadership development in all of my classes.

Patrick Sullivan's paper is to encourage and help 9th grade students towards college readiness. He starts off by explaining that by following this guide for the next four years will propel them to be mentally ready for college and will assist them in excelling. He mentions that there are crucial skills to be mastered in order for them to be prepared in college. The skills of writing, reading, grit, listening and maturity are needed to help and student not struggle. He believes that honing these skills to near perfection will help them achieve to great heights. He does not fail to mention how every college freshman needs to enter college with maturity. Sullivan strongly pushes that 9th grades start as soon as they can to grow these characteristics

College success is defined as graduating with a degree in order to earn a good living.

To my fellow college classmates, I'm going to set you guys up for college success. The very first thing to college success is showing up, you need drive and motivation to push yourself through college. Not all days will be stunning but if you’re going to make through college you will need have the desire to exceed. Next thing for college success is taking responsibilities for yourself, you need make sure that you have all component’s you need for yourself successful in your own system. Another thing for college success taking notes in class, not all classmates love this, but it will make you recognize important subjects that your class is trying to teach you. Great notes will make your class a lot easier for you exceed and working you get that

When I was in seventh grade I decided to take painting classes. I did well in them and the next year I signed up for them too. The next year proved to be a challenge. I was having a difficult time with the first painting of the year. My teacher pointed it out that I wasn’t doing it right. I got discouraged and I didn’t attend class again. That same year I also signed up for piano lessons. I had unsuccessfully tried to master the skill before, but I would always quit. I was one of the oldest in the class of about fifteen. I remember two kids in particular. A boy and a girl about two years younger than me. They came from families that had been playing the piano for generations. And wow, I had thought then, they were naturals. I started feeling discouraged when they were ahead of me. I was older, so I thought I was supposed to be more skillful. I blamed it all on the fact that they probably had piano playing talent in their genes. When the lessons got more challenging and I couldn’t yet master the basics, I thought that there was no hope for me and

I was born in Raeford, North Carolina to Stephanie W. Henderson and Donnie Henderson Jr. When I was three my parents separated and they agreed to joint custody. My mom and I moved to Kansas City, MO in 2008. I lived back and forth between Raeford and Kansas City from 2008 to 2013. Summer 2013, I moved in with my dad for high school. From the age of five, I’ve loved music. Any type of music is my type of music. In example, my playlist includes Dolly Parton, Metallica, Rihanna, Keith Urban, and 2 Pac. I’ve been in choir since I can remember. My love for music is phenomenal but as far as being a musician; I’m a mediocre singer and I’ve tried to play bass guitar. I inherited my love for music from my father. Only difference is he’s good at playing instruments. The reason (what I had thought for years) my mom moved to Kansas City was to mend her relationship with her mom. Neither of my parents went to college, my mom didn’t even graduate high school. The last time my mom saw hers was when she dropped out. Turns out the

I was really sad that my favorite classes were getting cut. I really wanted to take the next level of pottery and drawing. But after they cut all art classes, I just didn’t care about drawing anymore and lost my touch on it. I never practice drawing until my senior year of high school when they brought them back. I said “What the heck let me try it again”, so I decided to take a drawing class. But this time I didn’t have that feeling I had when I took drawing a few years before. I lost the touch of my pencil creating the lines I was used to doing.

I was suspended academically by SMCC in the spring 14-15' year for poor academic performance. This was eye-opening because I had just transferred from Saint Joseph’s College as a pre-med student and was suspended at the end of the year academically for a poor performance. It was earth-shattering because I thought that SMCC's curriculum was nowhere compared to Saint Joseph’s college, I was wrong. I was working two jobs the entirety of the year and I put school aside, even though I was a full-time student. Work was more important because we were at risk of losing our home. I needed to make money to support my family. I believe that it was the best thing that could happen to me it helped me to humble myself and truly find passion in what I was

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When a person establishes the idea that they can’t do something, that is what usually sets them up for their own downfall. Anyone can do anything and everyone has their own artistic, athletic, technical etc. ability. Dweck states, “But when it comes to artistic ability, it seems more like a God- given gift ” (67). Anything that is considered god-given in the term of a person’s personality is exaggeration at best. It all goes back to putting your time and effort in it. If you don’t put your mind into your passion then you’ll just be sitting in a dead space for the rest of your life.

Imagine going to college and having good grades, then you graduate and have a successful life. Well college will help you to have a better life in the future. In this essay I will be explaining the values of the college. My First reason is how college can help you in life. My second reason is how college helps people get closer with their families. My third reason is how college helps you get closer to your family. Lastly is how college is best for everyone to attend.

Everyone is unique and wants to find where they can fit in and excel. For me, it was a bit challenging. Growing up, I never had a “thing”, like everyone else. I had friends that were great singers, dancers, athletes, actors, artists, and everything else in the book. But I didn’t have a specific talent that made me special, so I set out to find one. In the eighth grade I joined every club I could find to see where I thrive. I enjoyed myself in each activity, but I still didn’t find a talent.

My college readiness index shows that overall I am generally ready for education at the next level. All of my scores are at least within the "somewhat ready" category. My highest scores are in the Key Cognitive Strategies and Key Content Knowledge at 4.7 and 4.9, respectively. Good cognitive skills easily allow you to identify problems and think of ways to solve them effectively. It is also possible to interpret information and clearly communicate what is learned to others. These abilities will help in situations when working in a group is necessary. My high score in content knowledge is most likely attributed to my general want to have a general understanding of what I am doing or what is going on around me. I constantly look random

With my future college education, I am determined to achieve change in society by inspiring minorities to pursue a higher education and closing the school-to-prison pipeline. Today in society, minorities are not really expected to go to college, but instead, are expected to go to prison or work minimum wage jobs throughout their life. I want to inspire people by changing their mindset and letting them be aware that they are the future advocates for change.I want to show that backgrounds should not be the roadblock to future success and prove that there are numerous amounts of opportunities. During college, I plan to become a tutor for the Advanced Via Individual Determination program which encourages students to continue their education. After

Albert Einstein wrote, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”