Michael Morse Case Study

Michael Watson has a math degree and owned a business. He wanted to go to school part-time to become a teacher, but his business and family came first. Once he became bored with it he started to cooch the tennis team at Raddison High School and that in couraged him to become a teacher. He started taking classes at the college nearby, eventually, a math teacher became an assistant principal and he was able to get the teaching position.

In this summary, Mike has his eyes opened to the world, and he explains his feelings and emotions. He wants to make the point that, no matter the struggle, if people only keep pushing for what they want, they will achieve excellence. Going to school was something big for both Mike and Anthony, and both learned some very important lessons from their experiences during their enrollment. Also, there is a lesson that Mike also learned about how people are not going to use their minds, unless they try to experience the lives of others. People in everyday life are more distracted than they lead on to be. They need to open their eyes, and see what is right in front of them

He told his parole and probation office that he would miss that particular class. Today he sits in jail waiting to be sentenced for how long he is going to be locked up. He had five years over his head. I am not going to say the drug court system is 100 percent to blame, but once something happens it is a downward spiral for many people in this area and he is the latest victim of this failing drug court system.

Kelsey’s recent ongoing stress is resignated around his academics and family priorities within the past two years. He was an Engineering major in one of the top schools in Wisconsin, he felt pressure to make his family happy and pursue his academic major. Before applying to the Mechanical Engineering program, Kelsey bit off more than he could chew. Seeking membership into a fraternity, visiting home every other weekend to assist his family financially and emotionally during his mother’s bankruptcy period, and taking a huge course load of 16 credits. As a result of his commitment and sacrifice, sadly his grades failed as a result. Within this year, Kelsey went from withholding a full ride (scholarships, grants, fellowships) and summer internship to losing everything including his studentship at Wisconsin. During this tough time in Kelsey’s life, I observed the frustration he endured during this strategic time. He found himself questioning his

1. Brian is a perfectionist when it comes to school. Only once has he got any grade under an “A”. Brian’s parents but a ton of pressure on Brian to perform exceptionally in school.

Orion is currently pursuing his degree in criminal justice and wants to further seek his Master’s Degree in Social Work so that he can assist others. I know he will be successful in both endevours and I will continue to stand beside him as reference and mentor should he need.

During middle school Michael’s eyes were opened up from the amount of different ethnicities Lodi actually had. By then Michael was being placed in advanced classes because of how he performed during Elementary school. The trend continued during middle school because not many minorities were being placed into the higher level courses like Michael did. He never felt

Shannon Williams is an African-American male, who attends DePaul University. He’s currently a junior majoring in Communication and Media in order to pursue his dreams of working with a professional sports organization. Over the years, Mr. Williams has encountered a lot of adversity. Getting dismissed from NIU back in 2012, he fell victim to the statistic of being a college dropout. He didn’t know what his next move would be as he sat at home from the couch with no source of income, friends nor vision. Within 6 months, he started to realize that he messed up a big opportunity and took college for granted. Mr. Williams got another opportunity to enroll back in school at Wilbur Wright College, in the fall of 2012. This time around, he wrote down

I am one of the following students who had the chance to obtain the South Bay Promise Scholarship. I didn't know about the South Bay Promise, nor the First Year Experience. I am thankful for having such an amazing statistic’s teacher, Mr. Espinoza from Hawthorne High School. When he told the whole class about the opportunities here in El Camino College, I knew I had to apply because it would make different. If it wasn’t for him, a teacher so passionate on seeing his students not just graduate but to motivate them to go to an university or a college after, I would never be in the place that I am.

My name is George John and I’m writing this personal statement in order to be readmitted into San Jose State University for the upcoming spring semester. I was a student here at SJSU from Fall 2013 to Spring 2015 and I left the university because I felt as if I had no direction in life. This lack of direction and motivation caused my grades to suffer, at least to my standards, but I still maintained over a 2.0 GPA and I was never put on academic probation.

As a transfer student at Texas A&M, I demonstrate what determination and hard work stands for through staying self-motivated to attend my dream school. Prior to the start of my education, my family and I moved to this country in hopes of escaping crime and violence, seeking opportunities and freedom. I was able to undertake my own opportunities and enrolled at a community college while also working a full time job in an effort to pursue my dream of attending Mays Business School. Every year, thousands of students apply to Mays; however, Texas A&M only accepts 100 candidates to attend their business school. Because of this transfer process, I have become a motivated, persistent and dynamic individual who strives for success.

As the friends of Michael Bunning, we write this agreement, to vow to assist, monitor and ensure that Michael’s academics and general school experience improve if he is allowed to remain in school . We will do this in the following ways:

During my career at SUNY Orange, I have grown by leaps and bounds. I have mastered my short comings, earned a 3.5 GPA, made the Dean’s list three semesters and running, earned the Peter Albergani Inspirational Scholarship, and I was selected to attend the Exploring Transfer Program at Vassar College. SUNY Orange has opened many doors for me, doors I did not even know existed. I was not sure that I wanted to attempt to get my Bachelor’s degree, seeing as just getting my Associates degree was more than I ever imagined I would accomplish. That all changed when I was given the opportunity to experience what it would be like to attempt learning at a four year institution.

Michael continued to argue, and speak disrespectfully. Ms. Wood's warned him that she would need to call for an administrator if he continued to disrupt the rest of the class. Mike chose to continue singing, humming, and his computer was taken away. (When the computer was taken away, it was noticed that he had been taking "selfies" instead of trying to log in as Ms. Woods requested.

Lesley Choyce’s The Book Of Michael illustrates that it is important to move on from hardships that occurred in our past. Michael decided to move on from his girlfriend’s murder, and instead of mourning, he decided to go back to school and do something with his life. “I had nothing to lose. I had already lost it all. I was free. Strangely enough, my parents tried to stop me. They thought I had lost my mind. ‘Why today?’ my dad asked. ‘What do I have to lose?’ was my answer.” (Choyce 147-148) This quotation tells us that Michael wanted to go back to school and start a new life again. He keeps repeating that he has nothing to lose, which shows us that he is starting from scratch again and has nothing that he can possibly lose. In addition, Michael