How Big Is My World

Winton’s intended audience may be towards 17-18 year olds who are experiencing or are about to experience the inevitable transition between the structure of high school and the sudden unknown future of limitless possibilities. Big World is also suitable for an older audience as they will have, in their youth, experienced common feelings

Although my transition was rough, in my sophomore and junior years of college, I thought that I wouldn 't be able to continue, but I have, and I am doing great. Pushing through struggles, making sacrifices, and staying focused on my goals has helped me to gain persistence and see the bigger picture. My adversities made me stronger as a person to reach for things that I never thought were possible. I have exceeded not only the limited expectations placed

College changed me. Ok, well maybe not college in the traditional sense but, the high school Ridley College certainly did. When I told my parents that I wanted to apply to Ridley College as supposed to continuing on the route that I was on and going to my local high school something changed for them. For the first time, at least to them, I was branching out and making decisions for myself. Up until that point I had always just sort of quietly done what was expected of me and never really branched out or stepped off of the beaten path into the unknown. Yet, coming out of elementary school I was fed up with being normal. I wanted to be extraordinary and, in order for that to happen I knew that I was going to have to change things up. I

There are many significant parts of my life that have had a huge impact on my personality, but there is one that has not only affected me, but has changed me for the better. My personal life changing experience was coming to America. For me, this bridge between my old life and new life is a shaky bridge that I attempted to cross and entered a whole new realm of life which changed everything. The decision about coming to America has taught me how to respect other people, be more responsible, and be more loving towards various friends and families. It has also helped me adapt to the new life that I’m about to begin. It was so unexpected. Out of nowhere my parents broke the news: “We’re going to America!” Living in a big town of Bhopal,

Giggling, I envisioned myself in my future college dorm with my side of the room neat and tidy while my roommate, who had not had the responsibility of chores as a child, struggled to keep her side clean. With this picture in my mind, I realized that even though I might not always enjoy straightening my house or chopping vegetables, helping around the house had taught me several important skills I would use latter in my life.

This semester I participated in a service learning partnership with two other students. Through the semester I spent a little over ten hours with each of my partners. Most of the activities we participated in were activities in which we were able to get to know one other on more of a personal level. The thing that made this partnership interesting was the fact we were all from different parts of the world. Which means the way we had grown up was very different for each of us.

Over the course of the semester I have crossed many boundaries that I never would have thought of. Whether that be domestically or culturally over the course of the year and with that it has changed my identity. This semester I found who I am more than anything and gave me an approach to how to live within a community that at first I do not know. With this being said I speak most likely for many that college started out scary as we knew no one and had never been away from home this long. I know personally I found my new identity that I never knew that I had because I crossed boundaries. As time goes on identity evolves when you cross domestic and international boundaries.

My friend reminded me that even if I didn't want to be, I was still her sister. I had to make sure she didn't go through everything I had to. It was easier for her to say with her own little sister not yet a freshman. I thought that she didn't understand what she was talking about, and that was the click that got me to

I have had multiple experiences in the past few years of my life that have greatly impacted me and changed the way that I go about life. During my Junior year, I learned that I had been granted the opportunity to attend the California Boys State program. This program took place during the summer after my junior year, and it was one of the greatest experiences I have ever had. I met hundreds of new people from all across the state. During the program, I made many great friends, and I still talk to a group of around fifteen people from the program. While talking to other people from what seemed so far away, it really opened my eyes to the scale of the entire country, or the world. For once, I truly realized that everybody has their own problems and their own life. Every person that I talked to had a different story and it was very stunning.

Another big decision I made, was to move my Children of the American Revolution State project to the Museum of the Southeast American Indian, which means I will not be traveling for CAR, as I was doing in the Spring. This project being located somewhere on my campus means I will be able to check in on the project whenever I need be around my class and study schedule. Even though its hard to stay away from people you have been with friends with for several years, I have realized how important having the right friends are this semester. Which is why I chose roommates who have positive goals and they set their goals and work towards them. These are the people, I need to be around to keep myself positive and working towards my own goals. In the course of the semester I have weeded out friends that are no longer worth my attention because they don't support my goals. One of these goals is to graduate and eventually earn my Doctorate in Education. My career goals, really have made me realize that I have to put aside organizations and a social life to achieve what I have my mind set

These lessons build on who they are. They learn to adapt and they learn from others whether they may be good or bad traits. At school, my classmates and the staff are all well mannered and mature above their level and I learn well. However, I spend even more time with my family. Since an early age, they have taught me both in manners, education, and the responsibilities of being a person. Just like a growing plant, I believe that being accepted as a student of Stockton Early College Academy will provide further sunlight, water, and nutrients to support my leaves and

College changed my whole perspective of how I looked at life. I also figured out that not everyone was who I thought they were. Everyone learns this at different times and Welty found this out

I believe what Thayer means when he states this is that explanations from others is a trap, because no one should determine the world for you. It is up to you to find the answers. For example, in today’s generation the media does a lot of thinking for people. It is consuming much of what is out there for people to believe. From how we act, to the way we think, dress, or even the way we talk. We don’t understand much because we let other do the thinking for us. In order to understand others we first have to understand ourselves. Once we understand ourselves, we then can understand and be understood by others. I am a Christian, and I believe in God always. I do understand that there are thousands of religions and some people may not even be

My footprint size is a medium that states it is about 7.13 city blocks, and the U.S. National Average is also medium but two footprints from being high and it also shows about 12.38 city blocks. Although there could be adjustments to shrink my footprint such as reducing my shower time to 7 minutes instead of 10 minutes because I could save 7.5 gallons of water. I can save 3-7 gallons of water every time I do not flush the toilet, instead let it mellow when it is yellow. Another adjustment would be to swap clothes with friends or family to reduce ecological footprint rather than buying new clothes. Furthermore, since I drive a distance to work five days a week it would be helpful to consolidate car errands in one day to reduce fuel rather than

Everyone has that one experience that makes them look at life with a new set of eyes. My life changing experience happened a little earlier than most. It was the summer before first grade. We had gotten an exceptional amount of rain in the past months even though it was summer. I did not notice, though, because summer was every six year old's favorite holiday, next to Christmas and their birthday. My summer was supposed to be like any other but it quickly took a turn. For the best or for the worst? That is debatable.