My Experience

One of my personal experiences that I had was when my family decided to move from New Jersey to Florida. I never planned on moving with them but my mother basically forced me into moving with them. It wasn’t really all that moving stuff because the new house was actually pretty nice, it was just I had all my friends there and I was doing well in school. Nothing I said convinced my mother so after a week of packing we was off to Florida. The first week being there was a horrible week. Nothing was going right for me, I missed the school bus for a whole week, dropped my milk on my new shoes, and tripped over nothing in lunch. It was just trying to move back but parents always have this life lesson speech about trying to make new friends and try to get used to being here until we move again. It’s been about a month since we moved to Florida and I met about zero friends but I got used to living here since I’ve found something that interested me as an after school hobby and that was fishing. There’s barley any lakes or ponds in New Jersey so fishing wasn’t really something you do as a time waster. I usually fished right after I got home but on that day it was rainy and it wasn’t really a good time to fish so I just decided to practice my free shots until it started raining hard. I think I was outside for about 20minutes and suddenly a couple kids from my new school asked if they can shoot

Studying abroad would force me to interact with others and put myself out there to make the most of a trip that I would otherwise never experience. I want nothing more than to leave the purview of my comfort-zone. I know there is a potential within me, but I also know that it’s my responsibility to myself, and Papa as well, to force it out. Being furtive will take me no further than I’ve already come. In that sense, I will benefit monumentally. My enjoyment as well as academic success abroad will depend on socializing with varieties of people Shawnee State University could never provide. Among those people, most importantly, are those different from myself. As an e-board member of two different clubs, I believe communicating with different types of people would be an invaluable experience. Immersing myself into settings that challenge me to become more than I am would lead to the growth of my socializing skills and the confidence I posses pertaining to them, which is perhaps of greatest importance professionally speaking. And then, personally, I would learn about the heritage of a man that I loved so deeply. I would make him proud, and that surpasses any goal I could ever set. Going to Italy would be an adventure, and I plan to embrace

When we arrived in New York City, a nice man with a black car took us to our hotel.. We checked in our hotel and set off in the beautiful city of New York. When we took our first walk along Times Square, a strong odor of sewage and street food hit our noses. New York will always have that special

WAAS, the Wild Area Augmentation System is an air navigation system developed by the FAA to Augment GPS satellites. WAAS is used to track aircraft in flight to better improve its accuracy and ability to locate aircraft within 25 ft. actual measurements of the system have shown accuracy as precise as 3 ft 3 in. laterally and 4 ft 11 in. vertically throughout most of the United States and Canada. The WAAS system has the ability to critique itself and correct problems such as incorrect signals in as little as 6.2 seconds. The WAAS system does this by using ground segment stations that continuously measure the small variations in GPS satellites in the Western

If you are not convinced yet, you should just get to know the friends that I made in that year. Reason #5, one of the main benefits of studying abroad is the opportunity to meet new lifelong friends from different parts of the world. For instance, my roommate was a lovely Russian girl. She influenced me so much, I can defend myself in Russian, and the best thing is that I know that she will be always there, even from thousands of miles

Studying abroad has been the most rewarding experiences of my life. I have been fortunate enough to study abroad twice during my time as an undergraduate. I spent six months in Melbourne, Australia, and I am just finishing up a month abroad in London, England. I have learned a lot about myself, and being abroad, through both of these programs. I do not want to think about how different my life would be if I did not get to go abroad twice. Throughout my two study abroad trips I have compiled a list of tips that would have been helpful for me to know ahead of time. However, if they can help someone else when they go abroad, then I will not feel too bad about it. In next few pages I will relay some of my tips that may help you when you travel to London, or anywhere, on a study abroad trip.

Not many people can say their biggest life lesson was taught by a bus. On October 23, 2015 I was shown to never take my life for granted. Lakeside Rams football was ready to face Dequeen for the chance to win a conference championship. The intensity of game day was electrifying even though it was a humid, sultry, and rainy day we loaded the buses with our earphones in preparing ourselves for the night ahead.

It was a dark and warm night as the wind was breezing on my face. My parents and I went to the entrance of the airport in Ethiopia. The date was September 15, 2017 and that day was the day that we were leaving Ethiopia. We had stayed there for one month for a vacation and to meet our other family members. We went at 7:30 pm and the flight was at 10:30. We went a bit early because it is better than being late. Also, if a problem insists, we would have time to fix it but that wouldn’t happen,...right? Honestly, I didn't think we would've gotten on the airplane that night because of that horrible incident. It was the most meaningful experience of my life because it made me surprised when I heard that our visa was expired. All this time we did not check that the visa stamp said that September 14 is the day were leaving in the month that we stayed there. We told the people who worked at the Immigration that we were leaving on September 15 but their mistake caused us to be a problem when we were about to leave Ethiopia. We had to be in a rush so we didn’t miss the airplane flight. For that reason, the life lesson that I learned is that managing your time is crucial when it comes for many reasons. We came a little early so would get the process before the flight done and if something happens, then we would have plenty of time to do something about it. If we didn't manage our time and we came later, we would probably miss our flight or we would've gotten really

As a child growing up, there are experiences that change your views on life along with what you want to accomplish in life. Fortunately, growing up for me was never what some would say a struggle. I grew up in a middle class family of five in the small town of Mercedes, TX.

It was a cold and windy Saturday night when I sat alone in the pitch dark classroom contemplating my life. With tears dripping down my face, I truly wondered my existence. Why did I have to stay and deal with my emotional struggles and loneliness? At this point, I made my decision to walk over to the Schuylkill river at 11pm at night. I had no idea what I was planning, only that I needed to feel the vast emptiness of the deep, mysterious flowing river.

If you asked me to describe a moment, a specific period of time in which I faced a challenge, setback, or failure, it would be impossible for me to answer. The challenge I face, unique to less than 13% of the population of America’s school-aged children, is something I contend with on a daily basis. One wouldn’t know by looking over my academic records, looking at me, or by speaking to me that I have a comorbid neurodevelopmental learning disability. When I was seven years old, I was diagnosed with ADHD without the Hyperactivity and a Sensory Processing Disorder. Essentially, I have considerable difficulty blocking out any and all audio-visual stimuli and trouble with organizing and processing the information I receive from the outside

Not everyone has to go through a traumatic experience in life, however the experience I had to go through made me a stronger person and changed my life forever. This life experience changed my view of the world and shaped me to be the individual I know I am destined to be. I know that as a result of this shocking incident I could have dwelled on all the negatives in my life, but oppositely, this event made me focus on all the blessings in my life and focus on the all the positive aspects of every situation. For me, this experience took place on a day that will forever be permeated into my brain: August 8th, 2010.

I was 10,000 feet above sea level and all I could hear was thunder. It was so loud that it sounded like multiple explosions in the sky and the echo continued to ring in my ears. Hail the size of quarters pelted me while I was squatting on my toes in lighting position with my 80-pound backpack. Lightning danced around me and eventually struck the ground about 200 yards away.

Friday, September 13, 2013 was my worst experience ever why? Cause it was the day I lost my mother's she decreased about 4 generation ago on she had an asthma attack furthermore, it’s not a day goes by that I don’t miss her. It was tough for us when I first find out she had decrease yet I was still young and still in Middle school, but I knew my soul was about to adjust by cause of losing my mother's will adjust the way I examine the world. I would characterize my mother's as a beautiful, well-educated woman. My mother’s carried me for 9 months, gave birth to me, she was the first person I noticed when I opened my eyes, fed me when I was hungry, didn’t get no hibernation for months when I had awakened up at

On one night, something terrifying has happened to me and my family, a scary experience that has taught us that life is too short and that anything can happen to anyone at any moment. These life experiences can be life changing along with reflecting. Reflection is the process we take to make meaning and learn from our experiences. This is a story that has definitely changed my viewpoint of life.