Personal Narrative: My Experience At Toole

We believe that you are valuable to our administrative department and your work throughout the year has proven your dedication to the company. Your diligence and self-motivation have been a source of inspiration for the rest of the team. Thank you for giving this company your best.

During my field experience, I have had the opportunity to be part of the CSI club, been on duty for lunch and helped out in SSR buddy! All of these different opportunities have given me moments of joy, uncomfortableness, and a sense of purpose!

Hey folks! I’m Shea Casey, and I’m an upcoming Sophomore (yikes!!) at SUNY Geneseo, along with being a proud member of the Geneseo Volleyball family. Even though I have a year of college under my belt, every time I think about going back up to Geneseo, I get excitement butterflies. I cannot even put into words how perfect Geneseo is for me, and I think all the rest of us can agree with that. From the beautiful campus, to the great academics, to the ever-lasting friendships, I can say SUNY Geneseo is a once in a lifetime experience. Just the volleyball community alone is one of the major reasons Geneseo felt like home right as I set foot on campus. This team has created unbreakable bonds with some of the best people I’ve ever met, to the point that in this upcoming semester, all of this year’s freshmen are living in the same dorm building…on the same floor…with 4/6 living in the same suite (we just can’t get enough of each other). I cannot wait for August 18th, when all my best friends are together again playing the sport we love in a place we love.

HELLO GUYS!!! I have something veryyyyyyyy important to tell you! After all of my stressing about FAFSA ( Free Application Federal Student Aid) , Colleges, and Transportation, I decided to further my education at Rowan University. It took me a long time to make this decision because this wasn’t my first choice! My first choice/ dream school was LIU Brooklyn ( Long Island University) in Brooklyn, New York. I was recently accepted there and planned on attending there, but their out-of-state tuition was extremely high! Their tuition was $33,000 a year and poor black man like myself, cannot afford it. I really loved LIU because it's a great school, beautiful campus, and most of all, it's in New York. I had my whole planned before it even started,

Wilmington started out as home, then became just a vacation. After years of moving and resisting the pull to move back, I finally made the best and brightest decision I think I have ever made. I am moving home, and in the process, I thought there would be no better place to further my education than The University of North Carolina at Wilmington. I have recently taken a year off in between high school and pursuing my college education, and frankly, I think it has been one of the most humbling experiences of my life. I have learned to appreciate everything that was taught by my parents and the schooling I have received. In that year I took part in America's workforce constantly facing the struggles of being independent and caring for myself,

Being at the Chief’s Academy has been a great experience for me. I have learned many things during my time here that I will take back to my unit and apply to my day-to- day work. In the following paragraphs I will talk about three things specifically. The first thing I will take back will be my dedication to working out and my overall fitness. I will take what I have learned about fitness and share it with my subordinates. Secondly, in relation to the generations class, I will think about how people are different and how they come from different places and how I need to adjust my self to those differences. Lastly, I will take what I have learned about coaching and use that to better understand my people by listening and asking thought provoking questions. Even though I have learned many things, these are the three that I believe I will

Thank you for the great opportunities you have given me during my tenure with the company. I appreciate the professional and personal development provided to me.

When I started at Anoka Tech, I didn’t know anything about machining. I had no clue what the instructor was talking about on my first day of class. As I learned what waste what in the shop, how to create useful parts out of blocks of steel and aluminum and brass, I began to pull ahead of my peers in our projects. Ever since approximately 3 weeks into my first semester of school here at Anoka Tech, I have been far ahead of my fellow classmates in our projects, even now I am ahead despite them completely skipping a project that took me 3 days to complete. This is my most meaningful experience at Anoka Tech, that it has helped me to find something that I find interesting and fun, that I enjoy doing and am exceptional at.

Not getting accepted into Lane Tech was one of the most difficult things that I’ve experienced . There are so many reasons why I love the school and why I want to attend Lane. My first experience at Lane Tech was participating in the 7th/8th grade soccer camp in the summer of 2016. I loved everything about the camp and knew I wanted more. I have been involved in competitive sports for over 7 years and have experienced, traveled, and competed like few other children and teenagers. My abilities are not just in athletics, but in academics, so I feel that I would enhance the learning environment at Lane Tech. Ever since I was six years old, I have been a part of two sports - soccer and tumbling. Overall, these competitive teams have had a huge role in impacting who I am today, and how I could impact this amazing school.

I would like you wish you and your company a kind farewell. It was a pleasure working with you, and thank for your

Throughout my journey at Montevallo High School, I have persevered through adversity in which strengthened my faith and mentality as a student athlete. The challenges I encountered made me more determined and focused, as I progress to the next chapter of my story, at Samford University.

Before coming to Wingate this fall a lot of concerns came upon me. I asked myself whether I would achieve academic success or whether all this money and effort spent were worth it. I was mainly concerned about what career and path I would take. I was not really sure about what major I wanted to choose or if I would like the one that I would end up choosing. I was afraid that at the end of the day I would not achieve my goal. If I would actually do what I wanted to do with my life. I was afraid that classes would be too difficult or that I would fail a class. Although I heard the great opportunities that Wingate offered for students who need help on a subject or homework I had always been very independent on doing the effort myself. I never

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

Pride. Family. Faith. As soon as I stepped foot on the campus, I knew Baylor valued these things as much as I do. Students yelling “Sic’em” made it clear they had great pride in their school and loved being a Baylor Bear. Having grown up watching sports and cheering on my favorite teams, this made an immediate impression on me. Warm and friendly people greeted each other and smiled at us relieving any fears of not fitting in and making me feel like family. Listening to my friend attending Baylor campus, confirmed my belief that Baylor was committed to enriching each student’s faith. She shared with how much going to chapel enriched her experience at Baylor. Her words strongly resonated with me and made me excited about being given that same opportunity if I attend Baylor.

I would first like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to work at this facility. I would also like to thank you for making me feel so welcome. I learned