Personal Narrative: My ELD Class

Throughout my educational experience I noticed the discrepancies with regard to the advantages my peers possessed. In high school as I began exploring what career I wished to pursue, I experienced inferiority as my classmates who’ve taken the ACT three times, visited college campuses, and have had resumes ready since the 6th grade unintentionally mocked my lack of college-readiness. However, my ignorance wasn’t intentional, my parents never reached a high school education in Mexico, they couldn’t pass down SAT tips or acquire internship opportunities for me. I realized it's vital to pick up the pace to avoid being left in the dust akin to countless others in my situation. Henceforth, this statement resonates with my experience, I interpreted

During my two last years of high school, i've been in contact with a lot of colleges and universities. Many of which don’t get my attention. Throughout my whole high school years, there was only one college that i wanted to go to, Liberty University. I have heard so many wonderful things about Liberty and what i loved the most was that it was a christian school. Liberty had the number one thing that i am looking for in a college, that is a christian school, but many of my other things that i look for in a college where just not there. I used to live in Florida approximately 11 years ago and let me tell you, it's hard not to miss the sunshine state. Liberty is in Virginia, a state where it doesn't feel like home. When i received a brochure

My first week into my online class of NURS 3100 :Issues/Trends in Nursing has been very interesting and informative. Prior to starting the class, I watched some introductory videos and an orientation video provided by Walden University to calm my anxiety. I was worried about starting an online class. I wondered what challenges I was going to face in a virtual nursing class. But amazingly enough, when I began my class, I felt like I was in an actual classroom minus of course the physical being of an instructor and classmates. I realized it was also quite easy to communicate with my instructor and other classmates. The class content and resources to complete the course assignments are readily accessible and easy to understand. On the main class

2014 Fall Semester in the begining was going pretty good i was excited to began school , adapting to the new college life, and interacting with friends and new people. I was attending all my classes on time , studying , and completing the required assigments that needed to be done. I also was working a full-time at Gensis Logistics it wasnt easy trying to manage my schedule , but i tried to make it work the best i could. MTE 1 , 3 , and SDV was a breeze to me I was completing my assigments , studying , and understanding the information that was given to me. Now on the otherhand ENG wasn't hard for me i just didnt understand the content that was teached by the teacher. English was always the strongest subject for me so i couldnt understand why it was such a problem in college , maybe it was the teacher and her teaching methods. I never understood any information that was given it seemed to me like our class was always off topic one class period we would talk english, and then another class period we would talk about something else besides english. Then she assigned papers and assigments that was unfamilar to me it seem like everytime she assigned the class papers

When signing up for classes I hadn’t put much thought into my personal goals for this class, let alone any of my classes and being a liberal arts student my main purpose is to find a subject that clicks, something that challenges me, not only as a student but as a person as well. That’s what I want this class to do for me. I’m not looking for an easy grade, I want a class that forces me to think. All throughout middle school and high school history has been somewhat of a guilty pleasure of mine. And I say guilty pleasure because so many people have discouraged me from choosing the subject as a major in college. The past has always interested me far more than the future. I want to know our origins before I learn about what may possibly be in

I find myself reading this short paragraph over and over(above). My topic sentence makes me happy and proud. Going back to school was the best thing I have done. I chose to talk about going back to school to the “future employer” because it shows I am motivated as well as dedicated. This class has brought a lot to my attention. The mannerism that is expected in the “business world” is to speak and write well. It is extremely important to know how to write (type) a meaning full and proper paper whether it is for school or work. I have noticed a great impact in my vocabulary and writing skills. My boss told me on Monday he is impressed with the new docs I typed up for our new clients (with no help from him). I was not excited about this class

I have learned several things as a reader and writer in this semester. My ENF class has help me to improve my reading and writing skill , become a better student, develop a process for reading and writing , and consider my future goals.

I received my semiofficial eleventh/twelfth grade schedule and attended my classes as normal. I had to do double the work unlike the other students. I had to take English III and English IV, Chemistry and Physics, Algebra 2 and Advance Math, and lastly American History a total of seven core classes. But then remember I couldn’t take that World History until the summer. So having all those classes, at first I was a tad overwhelmed but I got over it, I saw it as a challenge. When teachers seen I was taking double core classes they questioned me and doubted me except a couple. One those teachers was my English IV teacher, she was very humble and the type of teacher everyone goes to when they have a problem. I was not that open with teachers as

The exercise I have chosen to explore is playing volleyball, something I did a lot of in high school. In order to fully break down exactly what is going on in the brain when playing the game, each aspect would need to be broken down and analyzed. In this paper I will be analyzing receiving (from the opponent or teammate) and passing the ball (to the opponent or teammate), In each of these actions, there is a certain amount of planning and execution involved, along with some reflexes that come into play when there isn’t enough time to plan, as volleyball is a very fast moving game that involves many other people’s actions that are sometimes hard to judge.

This week was a short week again for me. Monday was a holiday and Wednesday I went to a training. The training was about individualized education program (IEP) procedures. It was really helpful because I am usually at those meeting at the school, so it was good that know I have more information about it. I went back to my school site on Friday. I had an agenda prepared to see the students I thought needed me the most on friday. However, I ended up talking to different kids. I was excited because one of my students was doing amazing and was using some of the strategies that we talked about to recognize the triggers and calm down before having an episode. However, when I went back on Friday, I read an email that that student was having a bad

Coming into this class, I honestly had no idea about what exactly I’d be learning over the semester. But as the class progressed, I’ve had very memorable and learning moments. Out of everything so far though, I’d have to say that learning the different parts of the writing process such as the prewriting and brainstorming, how to write a thesis, and how to properly arrange the different parts of an essay were the most memorable for me. I had some preconceived notions about some of these topics, mostly I thought I had already knew everything about them and all this would just be review. But as the class forward, I realized there was much more depth to these topics than I had previously thought.

I hope to gain a wider knowledge of strategies and tools in order to teach writing. My three goals for writing this semester in ELED320 is…

I feel I could bring a broad perspective to the classroom due to my experiences. My childhood is something many people don’t experience and few have told about it. Growing up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood with a single parent is hard. I didn’t get to experience things an average child may be exposed to but instead, I developed a valuable skill. I learn that with patience and commitment anything is possible. With these two skills, a man can do anything. As of currently I have done something not a single person in my family has accomplished, to attend a university.

As I walk into the gloomy, boring, grey classroom, I set my big colorful books onto my desk. I then head toward the ugly, gritty, blue ugly colored chair to sit down and start learning. At least five minutes into class I’m already in my “La-La-Land” as the teachers call it, I then look around the room and look at random objects like the dirty, grey white board. And the hideous, black, metal cabinet. As I looked at those random objects I heard the teacher, “ Class pay attention over here!” She said angrily. I quickly looked over up at the screen by the bulky door and I look over at the furious teacher. She at least pressed the auto-focus button at least more than twenty times.

Slowly walking down the noisy hall, I shuffle my feet as I get closer and closer to ms. C. Johnson’s class. Something was different, but I just pushed the thought into the back of my mind and immediately thought about something else. I stopped in realization as I noticed ms. Johnson not standing by the door at the end of the hall as she always does. She must be out I thought to myself. I entered the classroom to be greeted by the familiar faces of my peers. I grabbed my folder while heading to my seat. The room was silent besides the quiet hum of the air conditioning unit. I averted my gaze to where ms. Johnson usually sits to see the sub texting away on her phone. I wonder when lunch is, I was thinking to myself, but was soon disturbed by