Personal Essay: High School Counselor

Growing up I was never the kid who talked too much or got in trouble in the classroom for doing so. In my 18 years of living I have never been considered very talkative or vocal. My father would always tell me that talking too much could land you in a big heap of trouble so I refused to do so. He had a phrase, “One thing guaranteed for a person that talks too much is swollen lips”. Hearing that as a child was kind of funny to me, but as I have gotten older I now realize what he was interpreting. I have seen a lot of people get into altercations for running their mouth’s too much and swollen lips is usually the ending result. Although I don’t talk much, I believe I can hold a pretty decent conversation with someone I have things in common with. I use to avoid talking to strangers, but being put in different settings with nothing but strangers has helped me with that to a

When people tell you that high school would be the best time of your life, you don’t really understand the magnitude of what they’re saying until your time is coming to an end. A lot of people say that you “find yourself” in college. I, however, had the advantage of finding myself in high school. These past six years have been awesome, and I really mean it. I know it might not seem believable for a high school student to enjoy school, but I’m not lying about this stuff. I felt this way even before there was a scholarship to apply for. My mom taught me from a young age to enjoy going to school, and as much stress as it might have caused me over the years, I still loved every second of it. It’s easy to focus on the undesirable parts like sleep

I just can’t believe there is only few more days of high school left. As the days are getting closer and closer, it's getting sad. I still remember the day I stepped into Maine East High School as a Freshman, at that time, all I wished for was to graduate from this school with good grades. High school was not the way I imagined, it is way different from what I thought and definitely different from Middle School. Freshman year was the “exploring/adventure” year, finding where each classes were, what activities/clubs were offered at this school and many more. Freshman year went quickly and then Sophomore year came up. Sophomore year was probably the least stressful year in high school but from Sophomore year my family and friends started asking me the scariest question “What are you doing after high school, which career?

When I was fourteen years old, I realized that I was very different from my twin sister Annsley. When Annsley and I were in the eighth grade there was a form that we received to encourage students to join the band. I had no desire to join the band, I wanted to play soccer while Annsley on the contrary, could not wait to sign up. She even had a countdown for the first football game because she could not wait to march with her now, new band friends.

Sophomore year of high school was a very different experience than the other years of school, mainly because, in English class, we had to use a blog. Most of the time, I used the Chrome browser to access it, but I occasionally used the Internet Explorer browser or Firefox browser. The host of the website was Weebly.com, a company that allows people to create their own website. When we made our blogs, we included many types of essays and reviews to videos or items we saw in class. Often times, this included attaching a hyperlink to a picture or text so that it would be easier to access a certain resource. This class allowed us to learn about certain websites and how they are formatted, like a wiki. Although it wasn’t a good source, we sometimes used Wikipedia because it was the easiest to use and find information about our topics.

Certain skills are necessary for obtaining a job as a middle school guidance counselor, such as personality attributes, communication skills, and management abilities. These are attributes which I must possess in order to receive the position of the middle school guidance counselor for the Edison Public Township School. Much of my experiences throughout life have provided some of these various skills, however there are many aspects of this career which I still need to develop and obtain experience. Therefore, in order to obtain a career working at a middle school as a guidance counselor, and become of professional in the field, I must enhance the skills I already obtain through experience within the field of school counseling and experience

Everything I have learned about the Hunter College School Counseling program indicates that your curriculum and approach will allow me to apply my motivation and aptitude to help others. The field of counseling, and the resources offered by your program, will allow me the chance to pursue excellence in a meaningful career field I care deeply about. As a graduate of Queens College with a Psychology major and Biology minor, I am excited about applying various facets of my scholarly training into the counseling profession, integrating my natural-science research orientation with my training and emphasis on the more “humanistic” side of therapeutic work.

I have had several school counselors during my K-12 years, but a school counselor that has made a difference during my years at Osage High School is my high school counselor, Mrs. Dohlman. Mrs. Dohlman has been exceedingly helpful in my efforts to determine what college I want to attend and what I want to major in. She has provided countless resources for me to select which college would be suitable. She has also offered me helpful advice. She has sent emails about where to find information regarding colleges and even had college representatives come to our high school to discuss information about their college. It has been extremely helpful being able to ask representatives from colleges questions one on one about their college. She has even

After graduating from The University of Alaska Fairbanks with my bachelors’ degree in social work in 2012, I have decided to continue my education in order to reach my goal of becoming a school counselor. I have a strong desire to help people, and children in particular. After graduating with my degree in social work I immediately became immersed in the field and started working for a local non-profit agency, The Resource Center for Parents and Children. There I worked as a Family Services Worker, working with parents and children who were involved with the Office of Children Services. In this position I worked with parents to educate them on healthy and safe parenting and life skills. I also facilitated visitation between parents and children to help continue the parent child bond while working with the Office of Children Services to mitigate any safety concerns the family may be experiencing.

A counselor that has positively affected my educational career would be my high school counselor, Mrs. Compean. I reach out for her help when I am undecided about where to go after graduating. At first, I had my own decision, but it was different than what my parents had expected. I was accepted in University of Houston- Victoria as well as UTRGV. I approached her since I wanted to make a decision and not worry about it anymore. My parents do not have enough money to send me away and pay everything, and even though I wanted to leave the city right out of high school, Mrs. Compean made me realized I can take my basics here in Brownsville. It was a decision I decided to go for since I am starting on my basics.

Hey everyone my name is Mathew I am a senior here at Westfield state. My minor is sociology and my major is psychology. When I finish school I would like to be a family or marriage counselor or therapists. I enjoy being activity going to the gym and playing sports. I am also a huge football, basketball,wrestling, MMA type of guy. I work in a hospital now in Springfield ma but I live here in Westfield. Its nice to meet everyone here and i wish everyone the best with this

I’ve just entered my senior year of high school. I know that this is a very important year. I have a lot of decisions to make and not much time to make them. These decisions will either make or break my life, and I want to make sure that I make them to the best of my ability because there is no turning back. I need to make sure I definitely want to attend college. The decision is totally up to me. There are many positives and negatives of attending college. Go over them, and then decide. I know myself better then anyone else, and I won’t let anyone else tell me what to do. I will make sure if I am going to attend college that I have something in mind that I will want to do, to succeed in. Choosing a major can be a

School counseling has evolved over the years into a significant component of the educational system. School counselors are taking on new roles in schools as leaders, working with “school administration and staff in developing student attitudes and behavior which are necessary to maintain proper control, acceptable standards of self-discipline and a suitable learning environment within the school” (Secondary School Counselor 2012). Counselors work in “diverse community settings designed to provide a variety of counseling, rehabilitation, and support services” (Counselors, 2010). When working in a school district as a counselor, you can either be an elementary school counselor, middle school counselor or a high school counselor.

It was 2016, and I was finally a senior in high school. Being a senior in high school was something that I had dreamed of since my early middle school days, and at last, I was there. It was the last year in one of my least favorite environments, and I couldn’t wait to graduate and move away from the only place I had ever known. I had lived in the same town for seventeen years, and I had gone to the same school with the same people for thirteen years. I was looking forward to something new in my life. I was most excited for my senior year because it was the year that I was going to choose where I wanted to move away to and what school I wanted to spend the next four years of my life at. As the year moved along, I slowly realized that I wasn’t moving away and that I’d be staying home to attend college, which was one of the most difficult decisions that I ever had to make.

To some, four years seems like a long time, but for me the past four years have flown by. In these quick four years, so much has changed and yet so much is exactly the same. You still go to school with most of the same people. You walk into the same familiar building and say hello to most of the same teachers. During these four years I have lost some friends, but I have gained real ones, which is one of the most important things to me. My outlook on life has changed. I have become a more open and understanding person and I have learned many valuable life lessons. I have made many great memories and I have learned to appreciate everything I have because nothing is permanent. My journey through high school is like a plane ride. It takes off freshman year and I go on a long, and sometimes bumpy, journey to get to my final destination. Even though in many ways I am still the same person as the one that walked through those school doors as a freshman, I have also changed in order to try to become the best version of myself and get to my final destination.