My Academic Journey

complex the entirety of my childhood and adolescent life, I wanted to be seen and be considered popular by my peers. When it came to my values, my parents always imposed being truthful and genuine to others. When it came to my studies, they taught me a great deal about accountability. The internal and external influences following give more context to my academic journey throughout high school and college. During my early high school years, I joined a ‘party crew’ that my cousin was in because he

My nontraditional postsecondary academic journey began in 2012 where I made a committed decision to attend St. Petersburg College with a major in Psychology. As the first person in my family to have the privilege to attend college, I found my motivational drive, persistence to achieve, and the inspiration to overcome many obstacles that stood in my way. I excelled in my passion as I continue on my academic path as a single mother of two children who have special needs, and having my own disabilities

I choose Florida Atlantic University because I felt in love with the sprit of the school. In my opinion FAU has all the requisites to provide me with an extraordinary education. In other words, the school is unknown for one of the best public University in Florida. For me is an honor to be able to represent the university and to able to enrich my academic journey at Florida Atlantic University. Most importantly the locations of the school was very important to me because I want a calm yet diverse

past two years, my life has changed drastically, and I have been blessed beyond my greatest dreams. Two years ago my son, Noah, was born, and last year, I created my own business, Rebecca Elaine Accounting, LLC. Those two events are going to be the biggest influences on my academic journey at Colorado Christian University. Every day I spend at home with my son is a blessing. Noah is my motivation to continue my education so that I can have a strong home business. I decided to create my own business

There are many events that have shaped my life and also cause me to pursue academic work and create goals here are Colorado Christian University. The one that stands out the most is my recent church planting experience and my desire to learn more about the Lord and become better equipped biblically to serve my parishioners. In this essay I will discussion how this major event has transformed my life and also cause me to venture further in my education and seek a degree here at Colorado Christian

product of my environment or allow it dictate my life choices. I also knew if I wanted to become successful, I was going to have to work hard not to be just another statistic. This became the fuel to the fire I have to help other students that are in the same unfortunate predicament. I never imagined being capable of going to graduate school. As I sit here and type this letter I reminisce about my academic journey and all the important people that have helped me pave the way to get this far in my academic

UP863617 A self-reflective report detailing my transition into higher education. Introduction For the purposes of this reflective piece, I have chosen to adopt Gibbs reflective cycle. Gibbs conceptualises the reflective process as a cycle which begins and culminates in the development of an action plan for future practice. Gibbs (1988). I personally felt that Gibbs offered a more comprehensive technique than Kolb, for example, who has been criticised for being too narrow and underdeveloped (Heron

This was the easy step in my life because I knew what I wanted and I still know that I’ll do anything to get to my final destination. This requires undertaking the difficulties of the academic path by attending various institutions. Prior to this, growing up in Kathmandu, Nepal, my childhood consisted of me daydreaming of becoming the one and only computer scientist. I was just another young, eager child to meet life’s challenges. Taking these daring challenges led my journey to University of Massachusetts

My personal education goal is to create a study plan where I can have time to do my everyday activities. My number one thing to do is work. I have to work five days, sometimes six days per week. I found SAMRT goals as a very good tool to create a realistic study plan. Improving my math, writing, and reading skills are some of more important subjects as an English learner student because learning how to write and speak in an academic way is the number one object I should

As a candidate for the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Honors College, I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the invitation to submit an application for consideration. As a UTSA student-athlete, such an opportunity is an extraordinary moment in my life, reason being, the UTSA Honors College invitation validates that I am worthy of the title a true student-athlete. Accordingly, this opportunity dispels the negative stereotypical categorization associated with being an athlete;