Personal Narrative: My Pursuit Of Education

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

So now here I am. The Tribe was able to fund me in continuing my education, and I’m finally able to attend college. I never thought that I would make it to college. I was always beating myself up for having a GED and giving up in School. My first day of college in January, was filled with anxiety. I thought I was going to faint. But I survived. I now I’m enjoying the college life. Although it’s not much of a fabulous life. It’s challenging, stressful, intimidating, intense, but also fun. I want to encourage my children to never give up. I also want to remind them about how important school is just like my grandpa did. That getting an education is important. That without one they would struggle like I had. And reflecting back to when I was a

If I could say who I am as a learner, I would say that I am a risk-taker, and am very knowledgeable. I like this because I am not afraid to try new things, but I still know what I am doing. If you don’t be a risk taker and try new things, you can never learn anything. These are two very good traits to have, but I still have goals. I want to be more reflective and look back on my mistakes so I can learn better. My goals for behavior are to talk less and get more work done. The best way for me to work is to get a lot done and then take a lot of little breaks, sometimes I get carried away and start to talk and it gets crazy. I learned about this trait when I was a lot younger when I would clean my room. I would get distracted and start playing around, and then I would stop and clean really fast so I could take a little break again. I think this is a result of what type of learner I am. My color quiz results said I am yellow. That means I am very enthusiastic and try to change things where I can. I like to change things to make them more fun. So when I work, I take

To support my education I am currently applying for all possible scholarships that I qualify for and are available. At the moment I am waiting for their response. I have also made contact with Central Michigan University to find out what amounts I will receive based off of my FAFSA application. On top of all of this I am performing to the best of my abilities academically and striving to make the most of the end of my high school career and to better prepare myself for the higher education that is to come. Outside of school I am also working for my Dad when I can in hopes that I will be able to save money towards my college education. I do not work all of the time because I like to have my education at the center of my attention so that I

My biggest challenge starting this program is getting acclimated to a school setting and schedule once again. I started my Master’s program in 2008 and I completed my degree requirements in 2010. Since then, I’ve begun working full-time whereas during that timeframe I was working on a part-time schedule. While working I’ve accumulated a number of assignments that I am responsible for and my work schedule changes often due to those assignments. So, not only do my duties change but my schedule changes quite often. With my current assignment, I’m working as a New Hire Instructor for a federal agency and I am assuming all duties of this assignment along with my regular position.

Iv noticed that my peers and myself have nowhere to blow off steam or socialize with each other. I feel it would do my peers and myself some good to have somewhere to go to socialize and blow off steam.

At the beginning of 2016, I didn't think I’d be coming out so soon. My AP Language Arts teacher assigned a performance piece that quickly crept up on me. We were told to stand in front of the class and share a piece of our identity; it was nothing like any other assignment I had done before.

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.

Throughout my childhood and academic career, I have changed my educational and occupational goals so many times I can’t even remember. But through it all, I kept one thing the same: the desire to be happy and successful. However, as it is commonly said, you don’t know where you’re going until you know where you’ve been. The most important thing about me is that I am an introverted extrovert. Paradox, I know. Yes, I am friendly and sociable, but I also love to have alone time and don’t let people in a lot. This is partly why it was so difficult for me to write this essay. However, I want you to know me, the real me.

While I have encountered an unfathomable number of obstacles along my educational journey, one of the largest obstacles I have encountered has been simply realizing my own potential. To begin, I was the product of a father who left before my birth, and a mother who clung to illegal substances as her escape from reality. Being a child thrown into such a world, I did not think much about the "could be's" or "what if's." I did not set very large goals for myself.

Another aspect that defines me as a learner is my time management. In all honesty four years ago I used to terrible at properly managing my time. However, after I started college, I had to find a way to manage my time better. As a consequence, I feel that I am a much better learner because I do not let anything to distract me when I’m trying to focus on learning something. My personal 24 hours diagram data in comparison to the national data of college students’ average usage of time, is quite similar. However, I seem to spend more time traveling than an average student. That is because I commute from home to school which is about one hour and a half each way. I also spend more time preparing a meal than most students since I cook all of my

The experiences and situations that one faces in life if analyzed and reflected upon can be turned to lifelong lessons and opportunities. When looking back at the beginning of this course I really did not know what to expect but, I am grateful for this experience and the lifelong lessons I was able to gain. As we discussed many times in this class one of the many struggles that teachers face is what one should or shouldn't do or what is illegal or legal. We agreed numerous times that this course should definitely be something undergraduates in the field of education should have to learn. Furthermore, I hope to one day be an administrator that understands the legal issues of the past and present and be able to apply that to my day to day interactions

When I evaluate my school year, many things come to my mind. I think about friends. I think about my highs and lows. I also think about how I have grown. My 7th grade year at CMS was full of concepts learned, and personal growth

Now this part right here is in a way personal, i’m here to talk about my life and emotions on furthering my education. I come from a family where anything is possible, if you have your mind set on something you get up and fight for what you want, no excuses. I’m a 17 year old girl from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Mexico, I wish I could tell you about the beautiful place where I’m from but sadly, I can’t tell you anything. I get a lot of crap from my family because I don’t remember anything from Mexico, lately i’ve been missing home more than ever. I always knew I could accomplish something if I set my mind to it, I just don’t feel capable of taking a chance I don’t even have. In case it didn’t get stuck in your head before, I’m a 17 year old undocumented

I am a first generation american student. At the age of four my family and I left the U.S. and moved to Jalisco, Mexico, where I went to school for most of my elementary years. During those years I traveled long distance to get to school, approximately a mile and half of walking, in sunny and rainy days. At the age of 10, we moved back to the U.S. since my parents were not making enough money to pay for my elementary tuition or the one of my two sisters. My parents wanted us to be educated past the ninth grade and not be forced to join the labor force at the age of fifteen. That fall of 2005, I started the fifth grade, I did not speak nor understood a word in English. One of the problems I faced my first year in american elementary, was that