My Experience At School And Outside Of School

most people think of high school they think of the memorable football games that would embrace the zesty flavored hot dogs, and the beautiful cheerleaders. They also think of the tasty school lunches that would make your nostrils flare with desire, and possibly maybe the cute guy that you “accidently” sat by each math class. Though, this seems ideal, my high school experience wasn’t quite that pleasant. High school was very difficult for me. My complications began with my full time job at McDonald’s…

look at who you’ve been.’ My past school experiences and out of school experiences have been a huge contribution to who I am, and what I believe in now. However, I got to decide if these experiences had a negative or positive effect on me. By recognizing what and how something influences us gives us the opportunity to have authority over our mind and what we teach others. I was the first born girl in my family. Growing up in a big family with many girl cousins, my life was filled with Bratz…

Determined Almost every kid in middle school will probably say that their favorite class is P.E.; I know it was definitely one of mine. I did not realize what a huge effect one P.E. class would eventually have on my life. This class period became the first in a series of events that would lead to my first hospital experience four years later. On a typical day near the beginning of my seventh grade year, the sun was shining. This meant P.E. would be outside. The class marched across the street…

top students in my photography class (not to be conceited at all). I worked very hard to make my work as precise and spectacular as it could be. I was able to have the chance to enter my photo into a contest at our school. This was such an eye opener for me, and led me to such more amazing opportunities. The highlight of my piece is my Chinese cousin, who was adopted into the arms of my aunt and uncle about eight years ago. She suffered so much and I wanted her to be my highlight of my piece. I worked…

needed to change my attitude. It all started on a Monday, and everyone knows Monday is the worst day of the week. I woke up at 7:06 a.m. With only nine minutes to get dressed, brush my teeth, and eat breakfast. I had missed the bus, and today is the one day they both my mom and dad start work early. So they were not home to drive me, so I had to ride my bike to school. When I got to school, I had one minute till the bell rang. Of course that was not enough time to go to my locker that is on…

I’m captain of my school’s varsity cheerleading squad, I’m an honors student, I’ve got a talent that works for me, and I’ve got a bright future ahead of me. Few people understand that getting to where I am hasn’t been easy. I have to admit that I’m disappointed with some of today’s youth. Most of us want to get high-paying jobs that don’t require tedious work. They want to forget college, to forget the future. They don’t care about the outcomes of their doings. They think that school should be something…

Currently, my academic journey has been filled with very difficult trials and tests of my resilience. During high school, I was not very motivated or responsible when it came to academics. I did not believe in my intellectual capabilities and did not consider college as an option for me. None of my friends or family had been to college; so I did not see it as a likely avenue for me as well. In my experience, graduating high school was a major accomplishment within my family and nothing more was expected…

Going into high school didn’t give me the effect I was expecting. Instead of my usual indifference about life, I found a light at the end of the tunnel. My entire outlook was shifted from one point of the spectrum to its opposite. Everything I thought I knew had been revised in way. My experiences in high school have done a great job in shaping how I perceive the world. Freshman year is when I began learning about the real world. Like every other new student, I was completely lost when It came to…

graduated high school and I was still seventeen. I had applied to colleges throughout my senior year just to show my parents that I was doing it. I honestly had no idea what I wanted to do after high school, which was my first change. There are unlimited paths to take once you graduate high school, I did not know which one was for me. I had friends who all had a path they wanted to go down and accomplish, and most of them to this day are still on that path. As for me, I have changed my mind over twenty…

My experiences in European schools have immensely impacted my professional conceptual framework and changed the way I view education and teaching. One take away that changed me professionally is the notion that micromanaging does no good for anyone and that, as a future educator, I need to eliminate micromanaging all together from my teaching repertoire. Students need autonomy and they cannot achieve this with a teacher controlling everything they do or how they act. Students need to be given more…