Favorite Academic Subject

Ever since I was accepted into A Capella Choir, I felt like the smallest fish capable of survival in the big pond. The seniors were actually good- they practiced, and they have been members for 4 years; I could never aspire to even equal these larger than life figures. Rather than working with us underclassmen,

My interests and passions supplement my education in high school in a variety of ways. Show choir, musicals, plays, chorus, band, jazz band, and so much more allowed me to use my creativity everyday in multiple ways. All of these arts opportunities added to the excitement of coming to school, which naturally helped me succeed in my academic pursuits. Not only do I enjoy high school, but many weekend days have been spent waiting to go back to school so that I can sing again, or play my trumpet again, or just learn something really interesting.

When I was in my sophomore year of high school, I had a music teacher named Ms. Valentine who taught vocal and piano classes. Ms. Valentine was known as the “mean dad” of the vocal department, because she oddly reminded everyone of a dad instead of a mother, I know it’s weird. She never took the phrase I can’t from a student, and she would never put up with anyone’s bullshit. She believed there was no such thing as “I can’t”. I had the pleasure of having Ms. Valentine as my choir director, sadly. Ms. Valentine was known for assigning students to critique boring plays and concerts.

The course that appealed to me the most was my senior year psychology class. The teacher was really helpful and knew what he was doing. The teachers who inspired me to become a music educator were my band teachers. From elementary school to high school they always loved to teach the class and were always there when you needed them.

I studied various subjects that help me to learn new knowledge. Psychology was one of my favourite subjects, which helped me to understand human behaviour, but also my self. Life science was my passion, I learned the amazing way our body works. It is so incredible how different cells, microorganisms, organs and others are connected together and work together to form what we are. I found Core Skills as a very helpful subjects .I was constantly acquired new skills and develop them such as essay writing, referencing. Health Studies was the subject that I studied for the first time. It was very educational and it has helped me to broaden my knowledge of British Health Care System. OCN English and OCN Maths were both very helpful for me to upgrade my knowledge.

Choir is something I deeply care about and it really does help me get through each day of school with a positive attitude. I am also one of the top choir students in our school, being accepted into all the top tier choirs at our school and making honor choirs throughout the state, but the All State Choir was the real prize. Only the best are accepted into it and I made it my sophomore year and I thought I would never face failure in choir. The next year however took a downward spiral. I tried out for the All State Choir the next year and walked in with confidence and pride. Then I sat with patience to waited for the results that were posted five hours later. When I looked at the list one name was missing and I

For my performance analysis, I observed a few choirs at the District 1 contest. These groups varied greatly in skill level and experience, but most of them were younger and less experienced choirs. The first group I observed was a smaller men’s chorus. This group reminded me of when I used to sing in our Men’s Chorus. The group consisted of about 17 guys, most of whom seemed like less experienced singers. Their sound seemed to back this up. They all seemed to really enjoy doing what they did, and individually seemed to be decent singers. What they seemed to lack, and what most likely hurt their score, would be their ability to listen to each other as much as they sang. They held out some pretty horrendous chords that were completely out of

Many studies have been completed showing how much music can help students in listening, memorization, other areas academically, and social skills. Since one of the outstanding things about VCMS is our choir, it is very important to see Mrs. Grizzle’s--the choir director here--perspective. It is also important to see how the 8th grade chorus members think that choir has affected them throughout their middle school choir experience.

My overall favorite class has got to be my geography class. Despite the challenging curriculum, I had many memories of talking with friends as we stress about work, complaining of not having a morning coffee, and learning independence through unique projects and solitary assignments. Another class which brings many memories is choir. I have learned so many lessons from the people in choir. Diversity, uniqueness, many personalities converging, and amazing people to influence someone is what comes to mind when I think of choir. Organized chaos is usually the norm and the craziest people are the best people. Despite all the chaos, good friends are there. The best parts are the people, performing, the singing, choreography, and being able to be yourself and being totally accepted by everyone. Choir has been a highlight of my year and every single moment is one to remember.

The first class I took part in was weaving and fibers, and similar to that of playing an instrument, art influenced my life. Weaving and fibers opened up a whole new world I had never experienced; my grandfather built me my own loom, and my whole family became interested in my art projects. After taking my first art class I chose to participate in many more: arts & crafts (twice), ceramics, and stained glass. Art opened up many opportunities for me both socially and intellectually. I participated in art competitions including the contest for the Erie Times News 100th year anniversary (my school placed second) and the Vans Custom Culture contest. I collaborated and built friendships with diverse groups of individuals, worked on group projects (such as stained glass windows), and a plethora of independent study projects (macrame hangings, dream catcher’s, gnome houses…). Through the arts both musical and visual I experienced unimaginable opportunities and experiences that allowed both self-expression and

In my last year of high school, I chose classes that would help me in my career as a speech pathologist. My favorite class was Careers in Education. I learned that every kid learns in a different way and how to make activities that would help visual, auditory, reading/writing, and kinesthetic learners. Additionally, I took a Sociology class so that I could learn about society’s problems and learn how to solve them so that I could help my future patients and their families with any conflicts they

A few things that have influenced myself as I am today are my family history and my environment. Growing up, my classes were always fairly easy to me, so naturally I always had a higher than average grade. But when things got harder I started to work harder to maintain my grades. I always felt so accomplished when my mother and father would brag about my grades and intelligence and I wanted to always feel that way. My brother never applied himself in school and I would see how disappointed they were in him and I knew that I only wanted to make them proud. By the time I got to high school I had figured out that no one in my family besides aunts or uncles that were married into the family had ever gone to college and from that point on it was my next big goal to achieve.

Hello, everyone, I'm Vic, and I am studying Business Studies in Computer Information Technology. My interests are writing, business ownership, technology, and filmmaker, hence the program I am pursuing. I am originally from Chicago, however, I now live in Las Vegas.

You want to know what shaped/molded me as student. Wow, that's a funny qurstion! I believed I didn't know what made me who I am, but as I look back and forth, I realized, it was me. I am my own motivation. I don't look up to anyone, I just look forward to something. I am a believer, dreamer, achiever, and wonderer. As I look around me and see how my family and others of a different and same ethnicity living their whole life on a budget, barely making ends meet, I tell myself I will be better and become better. I will not let my surroundings select or change the way I am. When I was younger, I believed everything would just come and fall into my arms. I wanted to be all of the occupations I seen on TV. I planted in my head that I would be a

Remember being taught something new in a mathematics class and thinking to yourself, “when am I ever going to use this in life?” Sure, not every mathematical theory taught in class will be used in your career, but from my experience, many of the skills learned in mathematics are frequently utilized each day. While mathematics may not be everyone’s favorite subject, I found it to be not only the subject I use the most outside of school, but the one that I enjoy the most, which is why mathematics is my favorite subject.