Pursuing My Education

It has taken me many years to be able to attend school. I struggled several years with health issues that kept me from realizing my dream of furthering my education. Now I am finally in a much better place healthwise. My health is no longer a barrier keeping me from receiving the education I have always wanted. However, I still have struggled when it comes to getting my education. Like many students, I struggle financially. I am paying for school on my own and I have found myself having to cut back on my hours at work in order to complete my school work. This has made it even more difficult to continue paying for school. It is not impossible for me to continue paying for school, and I am thankful for that, but it is a struggle. NSCS is a great

My educational goals were to get a certificate in Health Information Technology as a certified coder. But I change my mind and decided to get my associates degree because it provides me with more opportunities in the field. I can choose many different careers such as health information analyst, insurance claims analyst, records technician specialist, etc. With this degree I can improve my family financial situation and be an example to my children that if you put your mind to it, you can achieve anything.

For my educational plans, I have a clear understanding and vision of where I want to go and who I have the desire to be. For now, I would like to graduate with my Associates in Arts degree in Nursing from Indian River State College. I believe Indian River State is an excellent place to begin my journey and recieve my education in order to better prepair myself for what is yet to come. After I recieve my Associates degree from Indian River, I plan to transfer to the University of South Florida in order to extend my education and potentially recieve my Bachelors and Masters of Science degree in Nursing.

An experience in a biomedical research will help me to succeed in my long-term educational goals. My long-term goal is to attend a MD-PHD program at a Medical School. As a scientist, I would like to study the genetics of disease causing organisms and human genetics. Currently, I am studying Biochemistry at the University of Maryland, which I think will equip me with a knowledge of human biochemistry. However, since undergraduate schools mainly focus on theoretical not the practical application of most subjects, I need to participate in a hands on research project over the summer because It will give me an opportunity to apply my knowledge in a laboratory. This is when the summer research program at the University of Maryland school of medicine

As a child of two parents who never graduated high school, I often heard the phrase “To miss an opportunity is to miss the chance at growth.” I am Jose Crespo; a sophomore Accountancy major at Northern Illinois University. Throughout my life, I’ve had many opportunities to become a better individual, and I can attribute those opportunities to my education. When I was younger, I was always taught that education was a major key to a successful future because it unlocks vast amounts of experiences and it shows resilience. If a person can balance his or her education with his or her life circumstances, then he or she can accomplish anything; my grandmother is responsible for this belief. She always wanted me to further my education and put it

As for me, education is not only teaching knowledge, but also inspire students to better develop themselves and cultivate their potential. Therefore, I would like to choose the General Stream in my future study. What attract me most in General Steam is that students are allowed to study various kinds of courses in different educational fields, which means I can fully study education in a more systematical way. I believe that with extensive learning, I can acquire solid knowledge about education theories and then analyze education issues from different perspectives.

Being able to achieve a goal is an amazing feeling. Achieving a goal feels like you are on top of the world, like nothing can touch you. However, with most goals there is a challenging road ahead to reaching the goal. For example, education goals are very important, these types of goals can keep a person on track. I like to set a academic goal every year, for instance, maintaining a certain GPA through the entire year. For others it maybe turning in all assignments, or being on time to every class. These are examples of small education goals. My big education goal is to go to college, because I know by going to college I can have a better opportunity for a great future. Getting the best possible knowledge of the world is very important to me.

I believe that education is the building block for all success and that one can only be successful in education if he or she is passionate about something. At the time, I was pursuing a degree out of complacency rather than passion. While attending a seminar on education and poverty, that passion engulfed me and drove me to pursue school counseling. This seminar brought to light that students often times do not finish school, because they do not have the resources to finish. These self- and material doubts affect students at every level of education. As a single-minded freshman, this was life changing. I had never considered resources to be a factor in educational failure. Pity for these other students had not crossed my mind, but rather, urgency kicked me into gear. My passion for school counseling is fueled by my own difficulties adjusting to college and the fear that my nephews and niece could fall into the unfortunate normalcy of giving up. Students must work so hard to overcome the daily challenges of life and should not give up due to their own belief that they cannot do

Education was never a priority or something I placed much value in personally. However, within the past few years, my perspective has shifted from one of negativity and doubt to a genuine desire to learn, and embrace the opportunity to pursue an undergraduate degree. Being homeschooled from kindergarten to graduation I was not exposed to a formal classroom setting, and felt robbed of the experience of learning with others and knowing where I stood on an intellectual level with my peers. I also struggled throughout all of school, with an attitude of doubt, and a paralyzing fear of failure. Because I was never interested in school, and felt like I was stupid--especially in comparison to my older siblings and friends who excelled intellectually--I truly believed that I would never pursue a college education; I had made up my mind that I could not succeed in a classroom.

I am a female who was named after a telenovela, “Abigail” born in Pomona CA and raised in San Bernardino CA. I was named by the name Abigail because my dad thought it was a beautiful name from the telenovela and it was also in the bible. I thought it was pretty hilarious when he told me. I turned 18 on September 20th, and was born on the year 1998. I currently attend Cal State San Bernardino and I’m a freshman majoring in Nutrition and Food Sciences. My future goals consist of graduating and continuing my learnings into my life in the future. Where I am at this point of my life is just school and my business. I will mention later on what this business consists of. Also, in this point of my life I also do stuff beside school and my business. For example, I like to hangout with my cousins and family on weekends and spend quality time with my family during the week. We take family trips out of state every year and also do fun activities around the city.

During my childhood, my goal was to achieve my education because I knew that it was essential to success for not depending on others. Hence, having a diploma from college was my priority. What can people gain from having a college degree? Unfortunately, in 2013, my life turned in another way, my priority was not anylonger finishing my education, but taking care of my child. I was pregnant with my first child when I was 19 years old, and I stopped to go school and so that I can take care of him. It was certainly hard for me to choose between my education and my son. Nevertheless, I knew that sooner or later, I will have an opportunity to go back to study. It was my first year of my college when I dropped out of school, but my parents always pushed me to continue my education. When I think though about having a better life, I decided to go back to the college and make my dream successful. I knew that I will have more benefits by by returning to college.

My paper will be about my life/goals and what I hope for in my future. I am hoping to be a successful person in life and accomplish some things that will leave a mark on my generation. I am a very stubborn person so if someone says I can’t do something it fuels me to prove them wrong. I have a successful family and good influences that surround me. My late great grandfather was a well known doctor and served in our armed forces. My great aunt is a successful paralegal and works at a well established law firm in Phoenix, Arizona. My dad along with my grandfather are very talented welders that both work in management at ESP in Bessemer, Alabama. I currently participate in baseball and football at Jemison High School. My occupation that has been given to me is a aircraft technician. I have researched this career and have come to the conclusion that I am going to try and see if this occupation works out for me. I love to working on things to be able to see how they work. Therefore, my future career will adhere to my interests.

I believe the purpose of education in America should be that we should support children in developing the skills, the knowledge, and supports, so that they can be successful and responsible members of society. This is not something that should just stop at a certain grade either, as mentioned in our text (Knight, 2008) “education is a lifelong process, we should constantly be striving to learn and make ourselves better that we were before. I am always looking at ways that I can improve my teaching. As a preschool teacher, I get students in the early part of their lives, I feel like early childhood is a very crucial time for students, it is the time where they are often times first learning appropriate social skills (listening skills focusing attention, following directions, peer interactions, etc.) All of these sills are part of what I think the main purpose of education should and are lifelong skills everyone should have.

Continuing my education through high school I quickly gained an understanding of life. I continued to educated myself and remain open minded about life. I read multiple books, conducted my own research and participated in many school activities, such as college seminars and tours. I learned in order to be successful and provide a better life for myself and child, I needed an education. I instantly became interested in a psychology introductory course in high school. I was fascinated with the human mind and wanted answers. I decided to use my premature decisions as my motivation. I graduated from high school and also became the first person in my family to graduate from college. I graduated from Trinity Washington

Sweating palms, twitching legs, and a fast pumping heart were taking over my 63- inch and 125 -pound physical frame. As I stared down the 90-foot runway to the less than 8-inch obstacle that I had to conquer, the intense clap of the crowd echoed in anticipation of what I would do. They were aware of the back injury that had sidelined me for a season. There were doubters, including myself, initially after the injury. I took a deep breath to manage the adrenaline. I began to sprint down the runway faster than ever before. I hit the board cleanly and the crowd began to cheer with excitement. I had long jumped over 18 feet, broke a school record, and in doing so, qualified for the state championships. I knew that I was prepared for this moment of my life. Overcoming that 8-inch obstacle represented my hard work and dedication. The years I spent pushing myself taught me perseverance and discipline. These qualities will be vital in helping me to conquer a different obstacle–achieve my goal of becoming a doctor.