Graduation Speech : My Learning Experience

In class, we have discussed: writing-to-learn, rubrics and research. In this paper, I will reflect and summarize on topics discussed in class. I sense that all of these topics can have a positive affect off of the other. Thus far I have really enjoyed the topics we have discussed because they stretch so far and are opinionated topics. From my own personal experience, I do not really enjoy writing. I had teachers who made me write things like spelling words over and over. When the topic about research came up I instantly sighed because my first thought was that I was going to be assigned what to research. What fun is researching something if you don’t get to do it on something interesting? As I reflect back on my own experiences from grade school I remember using rubrics starting around 8th grade. Seeing how then, I just thought there were no use for them now I absolutely love them because it gives expectations from the teacher for the student. I think rubrics are awesome to use but if they aren’t worded just right I see failure waiting to happen.

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.

I would like to commence this speech by saying that we have all been truly blessed in being given the opportunity to celebrate our graduation with each other in such a manner. Being able to spend our final moments as a class in such an important place is wonderful, and before I delve further into this speech, I want to thank the man who allowed us to graduate from the church, Father Jenik. He’s a great preacher, a charitable bishop, and most importantly, he is a great man.

The world is becoming increasingly diverse and integrated with each passing day, and so too has history in education. The classrooms I have worked in have had an incredibly diverse group of students, and being able to work with and to understand different cultures is an imperative for me. Two years ago I was lucky enough to have the privilege of spending the summer abroad in Hong Kong through UCLA for my college classes. From the beginning, I knew that my goal of this summer abroad was to understand how to work with a culture very different than my own. I would be lying if I stated that I wasn’t a challenge to adjust, but with my patience, understanding, and my desire to succeed, I eventually prevailed. I pushed through my fear of not doing well enough and decided to try my best. The skills I learned in communicating with people whom English is a second language and understanding a culture completely foreign to my own are skills that I will retain for the rest of my teaching career.

After living at Syracuse University for the first semester I have done things both inside and outside of my comfort zone as I have adjusted to life as a college student. I used to cheerlead throughout high school for both the basketball and football seasons, so attending my first football game in the Dome was something I easily crossed off my checklist within the first week of being a college student. From freshman year to senior year of high school, I had attended every single football and basketball game, whether I wanted to be there or not. As a member of the varsity cheer team, at every single game I cheered on my school and learned the basics of each sport. The second I received my acceptance letter in the mail, I asked my parents to purchase me the season tickets for all of the Syracuse football and basketball games. Although I do not necessarily love all sports, the idea of going to every football and basketball game was a goal of mine to show my school pride and get the full experience of college. One of my requirements when searching for the right college for me was a lot of school spirit and sports, along with educational requirements, all of which Syracuse fulfilled.

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.

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

At the very beginning, of when hearing about First Year Experience I was indifferent about going. I knew that if I attended FYE then I would not get my summer after my high school career. Instead, I would graduate high school and then enter school again, but sooner than others. I do wish I had a long summer before entering school again, yet living in the experience now changes my whole outlook of entering college early. There are the good times, bad times, stressful times, and the sad times. One just has to take it all in and try their best to process what happens. I, myself, has done that, and still am doing, since starting the summer program. And with every decision I make, they’re either a benefit or a toll on my body both physically and mentally.

This class, UWP 104FY, has lead me to realize the areas I struggle in and how I overcame those struggles. When I entered this class, I lacked practice with writing and was unable to adjust my habits to accommodate the flow of this course. I had not written an essay, except for research papers, since my fall quarter of freshman year. It was especially hard for me to adjust my time to account for all the activities in the class. Since the course is a hybrid course, I only had one face-to-face meeting with the class. Half of the class requires self-pace and constant checking of what needed to be accomplished. With my initial abilities, I was unable to excel in the course. However, as the course progressed, I was able to change some of my

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.

Trim and Lee (2004) assert that a learning organization is especially skilled at regular problem solving and is better prepared with the power of communication and information technology to confront arising challenges in the external environment. A learning organization can be defined as “an organization that concentrates on developing and using its information and knowledge abilities in order to produce higher-valued information and knowledge, to alter behaviors and enhance outcomes”, which yields a competitive advantage (King, 2001). Moreover, the Learning Company is a vision of what might be possible. It is not realized simply by training individuals; it can only take place as a result of learning propagation at the whole organization level. So, a Learning Company is an organization that eases the learning of all its members and persistently develops itself (Pedler et. al.,1991).

In the United States, the outlook for recent college graduates seems bleak. In 2014, graduates left college with both a degree and an average of $28,950 in student loan debt (“Survey of the States” 1). In addition, over half of all millennials are having trouble saving for the future and seventy five percent were unaware of late payment charges on their credit cards (ibid). All of this builds up into the current situation in the United States, where collectively, college graduates have over one trillion dollars in debt, the second largest debt category (ibid). Now, the spending and saving of money starts at an earlier age than ever before. Students fresh out of high school are being asked to make thousand dollar investments in the

Congratulations to my fellow graduates and their parents and guardians. The only way out is through and we did it. I am proudly standing here as valedictorian of the first graduating class here at Humanities III. Before I begin, I would like to offer specials thanks to the staff and faculty who have journeyed along with us and kept our heads on straight, especially those who have stuck by us for these past four years.

English class seemed to be the most dreadful to take within school. Writing essays for most of my grade in a class is not what I was looking forward too. When I entered college I knew that it would be one of many challenging classes I would have to take. Starting from the lowest English class to moving on up, the writing assignments became longer and more thought out. The time came when I got into this class that I knew more work was going to have to be put into essays and thus brought out what I had not seen before in my work progress.

In my twenty nine years of life I have met every type of teacher. I remember when I was in