My Personal Statement On 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

The date of the offense was July 19, 2014. It was a night full of mistakes and bad decisions, which I will never make again. The charges that I have been cited with are 1 Class B Misdemeanor (Driving under the Influence), 1 Class B Misdemeanor (Unlawful Consumption), 1 Class B Misdemeanor (Possession of Paraphernalia), 1 Class B Misdemeanor (Possession of Marijuana) and 1 Third Degree Felony (Possession). Since that night I distanced the people who were bringing me down in life and they ended up dropping out of my life as they only wanted to bring me down and I would not allow that any longer. Since the night of the arrest I have not participated in taking any narcotics or any illegal substances since. I have been extremely focused on my work and making

During my time with City Year, I have had to switch classrooms, and partner teachers, three times, even moving from Math to ELA, and back again. While this was a stressful, and taxing, experience, I told myself, and others, that I made a commitment to serve ten months without fail. And while the promise of an educational grant is a promising reward, the bond that I formed with my students is what encouraged me during my lowest moments. The promise that I made to myself during the red jacket ceremony paled in comparison to the promise, albeit an unspoken one, that I made to my students to be a constant presence during their growth.

Over the past summer, as well as the past 5 summers, I have worked at a place called Camp Vineyard. It is a fantastic summer camp run out of the Vineyard Chattanooga church where they bring in kids from over 20 different churches across the southeast and give them a place where they can experience God in a traditional overnight summer camp way. From the many fun activities such as the ridiculous games such as giant multi-ball soccer to the neat groups, which allow kids to build rockets and shoot them into the air and archery, there is never a dull moment throughout the day. In both the mornings and the evenings we have sessions where kids learn from a couple different speakers and have a time of worship. Finally, one night every week we also have a ministry where in the past kids have learned how to pray for others, sought both physical and spiritual healing, and have been spoken to by the other kids around them. It truly is quite an experience to see over 400 kids from 6th grade to 12th grade praying for each other and speaking into their lives who some have been changed forever because of this.

In my Personal Statement of Experience (PSE), I have mentioned about a lot of activities and if I am being honest, each one of the activities taught me something. For instance, accumulating clothes for the poor in winter taught me how to manage and work in groups and realize the importance of a group leader. But what changed my entire perspective of things was the honor of being a teacher. I have been tutoring students privately ever since I was in grade 10 and what started as something to earn my allowance, soon became a dear hobby. Since I was a student of science my own, I taught all the science subjects along with Mathematics and Statistics which is why this venture was academically beneficial for me. For example, teaching Mathematics

My vision in how I will take this opportunity and pay it forward to others would be sharing my own experience with others. I would want to allow others to learn and grow from me. I want to be that individual that passes on my knowledge and provide coaching so I can encourage other people to achieve their own goals. I have come across many people who not only have a single parent but financially it is difficult for them since that parent does not really have a high paying job and being a graduate of SCSU I can be a role model for those individuals.

Although I was raised in a globally aware family of travelers, nothing could have prepared me for the experience of living in another country with an unfamiliar culture. The idea that I would be separated from everything I knew and dropped into a new way of life was not unfamiliar to me, however, as I had been raised with the expectation that I would one day become an exchange student like my mother had. Both of my parents had travelled their share of the world before getting married, and understood and instilled in me the importance of understanding other cultures. They also made a point to incorporate aspects of other countries in our daily lives and bring me along on business trips overseas before I can even remember. Travelling abroad alone at the age of 16 was an incredible experience, and one that will forever impact the way that I look at the world. Despite my upbringing, I still had been impacted by the culture of America, which although containing people from all around the world still contains some extensive pride and cultural superiority. Being in a different environment surrounded by people who were all raised differently than myself and who in general thought differently awakened me to my previously closeminded view of the world. I had to think differently there, and be more aware of my actions in fear of making a mistake, despite constant reassurance that I was allowed to mess up.

Looking back at this quarter, I’ve definitely had my fair share of successes and mistakes. Upon pondering at the goals I set for myself at the beginning of the quarter, I can sincerely say that I completed about 90% of my objectives. For example, before coming to college I had promised myself that I wasn't going to let myself fall into the party scene and put going out with friends before my schoolwork. Although there were many temptations, I constantly reminded myself that I was here to study first and have fun later. Thus, I only attended a couple of parties at the beginning of the quarter. This allowed me to have fun, let loose, and experience college parties while not letting that affect my schoolwork. Moreover, another goal that I had set for myself was to take care of my physical and mental health throughout the quarter, not let myself gain the notorious “freshman 15”. Therefore, I created a workout schedule that included working out 6 times a week and limiting myself to splurge on junk food once a week. This schedule didn’t seem to difficult as I had enjoyed working out and counting calories before coming to college. Considering keeping up with this schedule during midterms I was able to follow through. I would workout in the mornings to allow myself time to study during the evenings and I would snack on fruits and veggies throughout the day to avoid overeating in the night. To my surprise I was not really tempted into eating a lot in the dining halls, this was most

I am from a small rural town populating roughly 1000 people, grew up with loving parents, and an otherwise ‘normal’ life. A lot of things in my life changed when I was a young teen, and these experiences have largely impacted the person I am today. My family (i.e. both parents and sister) are all Christians, although I identify myself more as an Agnostic. Because of this and because of my experiences, I have become a very open-minded and empathetic person which I believe are strengths I have in communicating with others. Although I have grown a lot in my ability to communicate effectively throughout the years, there are certainly still areas where I am limited in which I will discuss further in the paragraphs below.

It was early in the year of 2013 that I had thought my life would be changed forever. I was 12 years old when I first heard the news of my parents getting divorced. Devastated and in denial I had to learn that it was for the best and the last thing I would have wanted was unhappy parents. My Mother was offered a job in Charlotte, NC, where I currently live, that she couldn't pass up. When I heard that I would have to move from Akron, Ohio after completing seventh grade I was very nervous and terrified for my future. No one likes being the new kid, but to me it was almost a relief and a chance to start fresh. When we moved to Waxhaw, North Carolina I did not believe I would struggle has much as I did. The teaching and the ways they had taught their students at Cuthbertson middle had added more stress of being the new kid. I made friends fast and that's where I learned how to be outgoing. I didn't think anything could go wrong because my life was back to being balanced. When eighth year had been coming to an end and the pressure had been lifted off, my mother got the news that she could reclass me because I was not use to the learning, it felt like an enormous setback. It added much doubt to my mind and fear of what would come next. With the support of my mother alongside me and supporting me, the doubt I had about a new school began to wash away, but during this time my anxiety began to flood in. High school came around and it was never easy for me, but I learned to push

My palms are getting sweaty; I can feel my heart beating faster. I looked at the clock everything seemed to being going slower then usually. I wanted to get this over with, I wanted to finish this chemistry exam and get it done with. This was my exam the final material that was being marked and it was weight thirty percent of my mark. This test can make a huge impact on my overall mark. I studied very hard throughout the week but I still felt like I wasn't prepared. This test seemed almost impossible; it was almost like that one moment when I was young. Two wheels seemed impossible to me back then.

There is a myth that in seven years, your body regenerates itself. The idea is that in that time span span, all of your cells will have regenerated themselves, so the individual parts of your body have been switched out. If this is true, this raises the question: are you the same person you were seven years ago? Unfortunately, this myth has been debunked. There are some parts of your body that stay the same throughout your entire life, like your tooth enamel and your retinas. Nevertheless, the original question still stands.

When you meet a young teen, you don’t expect them to have such huge responsibilities. There are people that go through situations at such young age that may not be because of their own actions, but because of someone else’s. This is somehow seen as an example of a secondary victim. My sister and I are a good example of that. I was 13 years old when I first met my brother’s girlfriend at my younger sister’s birthday party, who by surprise, was expecting already. My family and I were in shock, and of course that was his big way of dropping the bomb. As a young guy from a very religious family this was bad and seen as a big disappointment towards my family.

When I first heard about this course, I immediately checked to see if completing it was a requirement to graduate. In all honesty, I have never been an individual who enjoyed public speaking or presentations at all and I actively avoided them when I could. Upon finding out that the rumours were true and it was a required course, I was filled with nerves. Though I came from a background in theatre and performing arts, there was something different to me about getting up in front of people and speaking the words someone else had written or the ideas someone else has had, as opposed to those that I had. I was only comfortable in front of an audience when I wasn’t myself. I didn’t expect to do well in, let alone enjoy, this class at all.

This whole summer was the worst summer I have ever encountered. I learned many different lessons and the whole experience taught me a lot. It all started in the beginning of May 2016, when I first ever talked to Raf, the new foreign exchange student, over Facebook. We talked and Facetimed several times throughout the summer. Most of the time I could not understand what he said because his English sounded truly horrendous. His bad English and his accent would be difficult to adjust to.