Personal Narrative: My Senior Project

My legacy began when my family taught me to read. My mom and grandma took turns teaching me different letters and sounds out of an early reader. By the time I reached kindergarten, I read well enough to strengthen my skills on my own. My favorite author from kindergarten was Eric Carle. I brought home Brown Bear Brown Bear so many times that my mother told me I was not allowed to read it again.

Many people have left legacies from when they were alive. Some are good, and some are bad. Those people may not agree with what they have left behind, and some may be perfectly okay with theirs. For me, I would like to leave behind a legacy that shows my family that I was a good person. I would want them to know that I had good intentions for my life and that I wanted to do good for myself and others. In this essay, I will explain what I would like my legacy to be like.

“Nothing ever goes my way!” we, as teenagers, sometimes like to think. I, myself have been caught thinking this same way when I desire something, whether it be a tangible item, or a chance to hangout with some friends. Upon completing my senior project, my eyes were wide open. I have always been aware that there are homeless and impoverished people in Sacramento, but witnessing a large number of less fortunate children in one setting, whom all feel that “having a little” is the way of life was a bit appalling to me. There isn’t much that I could have done for the children financially, but I do feel that I left an impression on some of the children’s hearts.

A project that I have managed was a senior capstone project which involved extensively researching a psychologist and present a complete presentation to the psychology department heads at Virginia Commonwealth University. As the project manager on the senior capstone project I encountered several difficulties and problems that required an innovated approach to team management. My group included of a total of four group members, these group members assumed as project led I would complete our group project without any help. I used my experience that I gained from working at PepsiCo to motivate my team members into all of us working together. I organized a group meeting to get to know each other by leading a communication exercise among the group

Four years of college, a lot of learning, but lost as to my real purpose in life. This was reality in my final semesters of my Baccalaureate program, that is until I signed up for Ceramics I in the Fall of 2013 to curb the curiosity I held for clay since my first tub of air-dry clay at seven years old. After my first month in the ceramics studio under Piero Fenci my childlike wonder and excitement was reawakened. I knew that I had to continue working in and learning everything about this amazing medium.

It was a cold Saturday evening, the leaves of trees were falling and stress was in the air, I was assigned a group project for AP environmental science in which I had to do research for a nearly extinct animal. I noticed that days before it was due that it wasn't done yet, so I called up my partners to work on it.

Almost every job requires steady focus to get your work done. If you're a copywriter, you have a deadline to meet whether or not you're "in the mood" to write the salesletter. If you're an accountant, you have to make sure all the numbers balance. It doesn't matter if you just had a messy break-up with your significant other. It just has to get done.

Fortunately for me my personal, professional, and education goals is one in the same. My goal is to one day preach and teach the word of God. I must first equip myself with the skills necessary to bring forth God’s word. I understand being able to be an effective communicator and a critical thinker are some skills that I will need in order to be successful in my ministry. Being a responsible leader is very important in today’s society. I want to not only a have church of my own, but go aside the four walls so I can be a global citizen with the gifts God has gave me spreading Christianity through the world.

Starting a new school in a new state is already stressful enough; now add being rushed to the hospital for the first time and you have a very terrified 9 year old. It was my first asthma attack, and at the time I did not know what was going on besides the fact that I felt like someone was sitting on my chest. Between being loaded into the ambulance, and wondering if I was going to die, this is one of my strongest childhood memories, but not for the reasons you think. Once I got to the hospital, I was checked into a room, and a physician came in and sat with me as we waited for my parents. The one thing I remember most from that experience wasn’t the treatment, or how smart he was, but the compassion he showed to me. This is what made that experience

We where working on a fifth grade “group” project. In a crowd of about four other peers, we worked well together, until we were almost done. I didn’t really select the group, they just chose me in theirs. One day they were in the hall to finish other school work while it was time to work on the project. I decided there wasn’t much left to be done on it. The paragraphs and pictures were neatly printed out and pasted on the poster board, the lettering was drawn on it, and all there was left to do was to color it. So I did. When they came back, they crowded around the project and yelled at me. They took the poster and tore the pictures and paragraphs off. I couldn’t do anything but watch. They were so willing to have me in there group, but not

Currently I am part of a Bitnot team which is developing home automation solutions, more specifically smart door lock. My main role is development of prototypes, ordering and testing components and designing electronics prototypes.

Overall, our team project was great. We worked well together besides all of us having a busy life, we did our part very well.

My graduate educational experience is far more different then undergraduate experience, because as a graduate student I’m more self-directed and self-motivated. While attending Saint Leo University as undergraduate student I didn’t put in the time and planning required having successful undergraduate program. Allow things in my life and having a lay back attitude toward things. Now starting my graduate studies, I have put more planning, time management skills, and being proactive in how will accomplish my assignment, class reading materials require for me to successful complete my graduate degree.

I recently completed the Senior Experience for English 4 at Lexington High School, and I learned so much throughout it. I encountered a few difficulties throughout the experience. Choosing my topic was a bit of a struggle, but I eventually decided to go with a topic relating to physical activity. Another obstacle I encountered was working with my advisor. My advisor for the Senior Experience was Mrs. Neeley, an English teacher at Lexington High School. My advisor and I had a few issues with meeting. Mrs. Neeley had problems with her back during the semester and missed a lot of school, so I was unable to meet with her during those times. We got around this by communicating through e-mail. When I was able to meet with her, we worked together well. She liked my topic and the job shadowing I did with it. On the day of my exhibition, I practiced presenting in front of her, and she thought I did very well.

My mentor has one student that has an accommodation with hearing problems. The way my mentor assisted this student is by keeping the student close by her desk. My mentor makes sure that the students understands what he/she is suppose to do and my mentor make sure that the student look at her when she is speaking or giving