Graduation Speech : My Goals

A higher education has been an important priority in my life. While I realized a high school education was important, my parents expected more. They said if I wanted to succeed in life, a college education was something that I could not live without. What they don’t tell you is how exhausting and confusing the process is to get even into.

How are you doing? This is Will, the tall black guy you would sometimes see in service. I'm writing to say goodbye. My project in Carson City came to an end and I've moved back to Texas. Thank you so much for making me feel at home at Hope. Your messages kept me going while I was in Reno. God used your words to truly bless me and also show me where I need to improve. Sorry I didn't get a chance to say goodbye in person, but everything happened so fast.

As result of creating and implementing this artifact, I realized that the most effective lesson plans are those which initiate with the final assessment in mind. So, I applied a pre-test at the very beginning of my lessons with every different group I would be teaching to measure a starting point or the amount of pre-existing knowledge on the topics to be taught. Based on this, I planned the instruction to deliver and how to differentiate it.

The American dream can be defined as “a life of personal happiness and material comfort as traditionally sought by individuals in the U.S.” or “the ideals of freedom, equality, and opportunity traditionally held to be available to every American,” (dictionary.com). Achieving the American dream is why many students pursue higher education and attend college. They believe that earning a degree is a stepping stone to ultimately achieving the American Dream. Unfortunately, college tuition has been on the rise and threatens to take away from the dreams of many Americans. Because of these rising prices of college tuition, higher education is no longer available to every American; a college education has become a luxury that only some can afford.

II. Main Point (state as a single declarative sentence): The progress that I have made helped me lead up to writing well-developed essays. The main reason I believe my essays are improved because of the time I take on my pre-writing.

Students in today’s society are not adequately prepared in high school to enter and take on the challenges of college. Yet, millions of high school graduates dive right in because that is what they are expected to do. We are setting them up for failure by having this unrealistic expectation that students can succeed unprepared. According to The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, nearly 60% of all first-time college students in the United States discover that despite being fully eligible to attend college, they are not ready for postsecondary studies.

In the commencement speech entitled “This is Water,” the speaker came to highlight to the graduates at the commencement ceremony, what the “real world “was like because he thought they are not alert enough to know. He made reference to this through the anecdote at the beginning where the two young fish didn’t know what water was and of course water is life to fishes. Therefore, the speaker found it necessary to tell what life was really about through a commencement speech because of his opinion that they may have limited knowledge concerning it. In paragraph 6 of his speech, he states “The plain fact is that you graduating seniors do not yet have any clue what ‘day in, day out’ really means. There happen to be whole large part of adult

During our meeting on March 23th, we discussed options to increase enrollment in the Early Degree Program (EDP). However, we quickly realized that low-income EDP students face a financial hardship when attending college without being eligible for the FAFSA. At this meeting, we decided that the best way to enroll more EDP students is to offer additional financial aid.

Going to college can be a very rewarding experience for a traditional, or non-traditional student who wants to go back to school. More money on a paycheck can be a reason why someone would want to presume their education. Another reason why someone would want to go on to college would be to increase their intellect so they can be more sophisticated in life. Someone might also want to further their education because college teaches your life skills. A college education can be very rewarding for a traditional or nontraditional student by making more money, more intellect, and learning life skills for the world.

As a group we decided to include a “College Success” course for freshman within out First Year Experience. Instead of making the course required, we would prefer to make the class optional and offered for 2 credits. The class would be for 50 minutes per day and either Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday and available both spring and fall semesters for first-year students at High Point University. The course would be recommended to all freshman for the fall semester in order to assist in the transition to college life, but would be offered spring semester as well for students who struggled first semester with becoming acclimated to the university.

I think this question begs to realize why “success” and retention are issues in the first place, and that that realization is different for faculty than it is for the administration. I’ve been present at numerous faculty meetings outlining why these two things are at odds, and how we can unite them. I’ve read multiple studies on why students drop out, and heard anecdotes about what colleges and faculty do to keep community college students in school. “Success” is much more subjective than retention, which is a numbers game. Retention also provides a measurement for something as abstract as success. Ultimately, I often feel at a loss as to how to define success or bridge the college’s goals with the student’s goals, and my lack of experience shows up most conspicuously here. Over my four years at this college, I have learned to deal with this issue in two ways, and both directly deal with the students: one is to approach the issue through providing outside support, and the other is by providing inside support. This means something particular to me and there are numerous strategies I employ for each.

With over half of my internship completed, I am eager and proud to review the progress I’ve achieved, so far, toward my learning and experience goals. Concerning bullet A, I have gained a greater understanding of storm water pollution and our regional watershed though my experiences distributing and installing outreach materials and signs. At a couple of outreach events held at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds, my general knowledge of pollution and our watershed was communicated to the public at a very professional level, which improved my confidence for outreach. Bullets B and C match well to my personal strengths, and once given the experience of working with CSP volunteers, SAC and SCYEC I was able to

Five years ago, I was just an outgoing, blonde, bucktooth, oddly proportioned, junior-high student-athlete that always told myself my only real job would be to find a rich husband that would take me on tropical vacations each year and never have to work a day in my life. When teachers often asked us what we wanted to be I was quickest to have an answer, “a trophy wife” is what I would shamelessly say. As soon as that phase paced, I knew I had to start seeking and setting some realistic goals for myself but wasn’t sure how to start. I knew I needed to go to college, but I wasn 't positive what I wanted to pursue until this year. College is a huge goal for me knowing that I grew up in a financially struggling house. Now that I know what I

I have learned a lot about me as a person or student, both from getting experience in the things that I do as well as the lecture I got from Christopher video. I feel confident at this point that I am capable of successfully applying those things that I learned from the lecture. This paper also describes strong points and weak points about men and women behavior and I also learnt significantly and how it will improve my personality. It also analyses about what else that is needed for an individual and how things can be made more effective and what was the problem there.

After completing this journal, I realized that my well being is reflected upon my occupations. Just a year ago, I recall how I spent majority of my time studying to get that 4.0 GPA for medical school. To obtain that goal, I did not engage in any creative or fun occupations that would make me smile. The only thing on my mind was to study from morning to midnight. That whole year, I was miserable as I failed to accomplish my goal. To make matter worse, my grandparents passed away, adding more stress. During that time, I did not know how to best respond to my situation. I thought studying hard was enough, but I did not realize others factors can prevent me from accomplishing my goals. After finishing this journal, I have realized how much I have change by engaging in meaningful occupations, sticking to new theme of meaning, and developing better habits.