Personal Narrative: My Personal Goals As A CBK Student

Throughout the years, I have grown and matured as a student, and a person. I have had several experiences which have shaped me into who I am and also shaped my values. I value family. As a senior in highschool, I had a lot of things on my shoulders. I needed to pick a college, a major, pretty much figure out my entire life in a matter of nine months. Many students had their family to fall back on when they needed support, I however, did not. My parents both had jobs that would take them away during the week. I would be home alone, taking care of the dogs, the house and myself while they were gone. It was very hard at first and I struggled. I was use to coming home and talking about whatever happened that day at school and practice, or something

There are a couple of things about me that I think will help me succeed at Bellevue College. I take a lot of notes and set the necessary time aside to study. I am very self-disciplined and I have always been a very goal oriented person. When I started my job three years ago I set a goal that I would also obtain a degree in accounting. This is something I am taking very seriously and I can’t wait to gain knowledge to further my career.

My primary goal in attending Michigan State University is to graduate with a dual major in accounting and computer science along with a minor in creative writing. The first way I have prepared to meet this goal is by taking Computer Science I and AP Computer Science along with talking to my computer science teacher about what he recommends I do to be a successful computer programmer. The second way I prepared to meet my goal is by taking Algebra 2 honors instead of regulars along with talking to my uncle who is a very successful accountant in Australia and getting his advice on what to do to become a certified accountant; which he advised that for the United States I take the CPA examination. The third way I have prepared to accomplish my goal

My post secondary goals involve going to a 4 year college and becoming an industrial engineer. Math and science are essential in any field of engineering. My passion for these subjects is reflected in my work key's scores. I earned gold for both applied mathematics and reading for information, and silver for locating information. Industrial engineers should know how to set up and solve problems , read graphs and how to read directions. Based on my scores, I believe I can excel in engineering.

While I cannot think of any one single episode in my past that has led me to consider furthering my education, I do think that there have been many points in my life that have helped me reach this pivotal moment in life. I think that I should start from the very beginning. I am the 4th of 5 children; three of which have earned their BA degrees. Growing up, we were poor as both my parents only had their high school education and were raised in the segregated south. Even though there were economical and racial hardships that we had to overcome, I loved growing up in the country of Jackson County, Florida. My parents were hard workers and instilled a strict work ethic in us all. Even today, I try to adhere to my upbringing and apply this work

My time at Wheeler has taught me mant lesson. I have learned lessons that helped me with my academics. I also learned extremely priceless life lessons, such as the importance of setting goals. When I was in third grade i wanted to have an objective for my remaining years at Wheeler. I decided that my goal was going to be to become a productive student. I wanted to get better grades and be involved in school activites when i had the chance. In fourth grade i came in with a negative adittude thinking i could never accomplish my goal. However with the support of my friends and fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Greco I managed to get better grades and stay focused on my goal. I was a completley different person. In my fifth grade year I was a member of

Throughout my educational journey, I have tussled with many elections that have assayed my personal values, beliefs, moral and priorities. My first encounter with an ethical dilemma was in the fifth grade. Naturally, like most fifth graders, I was quite content with being at school; I actually loved my teacher and had many friends. I never gave much thought to the fact that all my friends (and school faculty) looked like me until the day Suhail was introduced to the class. Suhail and her family had recently moved to Florida from New Jersey (they were originally from Dominican Republic) so that her parents could pursue the "American Dream". With each passing day, a different student from the class would join in on the teasing and bulling of Suhail; they would shout racist slurs at her and tell her to get on her raft and paddle back to Cuba. I never

I think right now I would have to say I identify more simply as a student. We all just got accepted into a graduate program that is preparing us to reach the momentum of a professional level. But, until we’ve flourished more in the program, I would personally take just the identity of a student. I am in a constant learning mode where the skills I need are being taught to me. I’ve come to terms with that this process takes a great deal of time, and amazing professionals are not built overnight. That being said though, I don’t think that means we are not learning how to be professional. For instances right now in our lab for Counseling Methods, the expectation is that we dress appropriately. In that moment of setting foot in lab, I would say that I have turned somewhat into a professional. It means I come, ready to learn and my attire matches that of how I would in the field. Though in this example I am in training, the assumption is we know how to be professional, and will act it out accordingly.

Growing up as a child, the only educational goal that I knew to accomplish was to successfully graduate from high school. That was the easy part. In May 2008, I graduated from Tuscaloosa County High School with an Advanced Diploma, an active member of Mu Alpha Theta, Beta Club, National Spanish Honor Society and team captain and MVP of the varsity volleyball team. My mission for education had been completed. All of those years of grade school left me exhausted and unwilling to pursue a higher education. However, life’s experiences have taught me to not settle for the bare minimum because I have the ability to reach beyond what is in front of me and excel higher.

An experience I have went through in my life that will most likely influence my academic work and goals at Colorado Christian University would be getting married, having a baby, and getting a divorce at the age of twenty-one. This can be a big affect on anyone, not just me in particular. It made me realize it is time to grow up and be responsible for the sake of my daughter. Going through this at such a young age has really showed me to appreciate life. I didn't take much into consideration about rushing into a marriage and getting pregnant shortly after. With that, I also didn't have the approval of my parents,which led to causing many family disputes. I still to this day do not have that father/daughter relationship that I use to have. Now going through this divorce and becoming a single mom I

There is an essential goal in my life to complete a non-traditional degree that will require 20-25 hour per week of time committed. I began by creating an effective time management, schedule to accommodate personal, school, and professional obligations.

My educational goals are to take everything that I`ve learned from college and high school and but it into my career in the future . Which what i want to do is major in culinary arts (Pastery Cheif) and open my own bakery its been a dream of mine since I was a little kid and my grandmother was the one who inspired me to own my own bakery. When I little my grandmother and me used to bake stuff all the time for like a church gathering, a funrasier, or just for a family get together and it was always so fun. We would laugh and smile there some of my favorite past memories and they encouraged me to do my dream.

Throughout all of my experiences, I have one in particular that I believe led me back to college,

Mom always told me that if I don’t keep the score up I will have to find a job someday. The score is just what my mom and I call my grades. She means that if I don’t keep up my grades she would stop giving me monthly allowance and you know kids these days, that's what keeps us going. I always listened to her until I started playing basketball. Everyday after school I went to basketball training for two whole hours and I know what you’re going to say, why don’t you do your homework after basketball? Well, you see my team always has these team parties. On other days I have to go to my older sister’s lacrosse games. She is a pro at it or should I say she was a pro at it. Lately, she has been missing all the goals. Now she is always yelling at me and bossing me around. She is always saying “Stephanie bring me this...and Stephanie bring me that…” If you are wondering who is Stephanie? Stephanie is me. Stephanie Helen Cooper, yup that’s me.

My long range goal leads into my future profession. My desired future profession is to be a sports medicine physician for professional athletes. I believe that my long range goal is to help invent and design safer equipment for the National Football League. To accomplish this goal I will have to first go through many tough years of school. To achieve this goal I have to start critically thinking, how can I design new and safer equipment and material could I use ?