Personal Narrative: Shortly After Graduation

I think we should all have a chance to go to school and be professionals and study what we want to. There is a lot of people that didn’t get a chance to go to college after high school for personal reasons. They should have programs that help kids to finish school. With money living and other things sometimes financial aid it’s not enough so most of them are forced to work and they end up not going to school. Now there parents and they have to work to pay for house and food and other things. Half of my friends didn’t go to college after they graduated high school, and some of them didn’t even finish high school.

Returning to college has been a prodigious challenge. One in which I determined I would meet head on with resolution. As a fine arts student I was fortunate to find a mentor in the Paradise Valley Community College Theater Director, Andrea Robertson. Andrea perceived potential in me and encouraged pursuit my goals as a writer/director. I took the initiative to approach Andrea with the idea to write and direct my own play in the Advanced Directing course. This past fall that idea came into fruition. As a director I oversaw numerous different areas in the production of my play. These were roles filled by fellow students, allowing the opportunity to provide guidance and leadership to peers. I worked with actors, stage management, set design, prop

Throughout my four years here at Blackfoot high school, I’ve changed a lot. I went through many different phases from my freshman to my senior year. My freshman year I remember thinking “I don’t need college,” “College isn’t for me,” “I’m not going to college,” Boy, was I wrong.

Once I leave to college to start my future I hope that I won't leave my father with the constant fear of worrying about the financial troubles that lie ahead of him. I want him to be able to relax and know that his daughter is well taken care of. This scholarship will help me accomplish my goals and watch out for my family.

The time has come for me to proudly say I have made it. As I am in the position to rejoice the success of my life, I remembered you. The moment I walked in to your classroom in 9th grade, you have guided me and supported me to excel in my academics. As a newly immigrated student to the country, you have helped me learn English and went out of your way to accommodate my academic needs by staying afterschool.

I have headed off to college and to be completely honest I have never been so true to myself as I am these days. I have started to change the world in small significant ways and have made the conscious effort and decision to be my 100% true self in order to better others and speak my truth.

As a college graduate, I would probably be perplexed if I were offered a lump sum of $5,000 sign-on bonus for my first post-college job. There are a number of things to consider when deciding whether to pay off existing debt or invest the money for additional earning potential. The first thing that I would consider is my risk tolerance including my age, income, earning power, time horizon and tax situation (Artzberger, 2014). My age at the time would weigh into the decision heavily. Meaning, at this time, I am relatively young and the time value of $5,000 at 5% interest would be approximately $21,000. Since I have paid taxes on the money, I could invest in a Roth IRA for tax-free gains upon retirement. On the other hand, paying off debt may

happy occasion as it was for me also and so much more.At the beginning of my degree program

Senior year is finally over. Everyone keeps asking what I am going to do with my life now. I just shrug my shoulders.

“Hey Katie,” the cute boy at lunch whispered to me while drinking his apple juice, “pass this down.”

2017 has been a year to remember. I did many things that can only be imagined in one year. Graduating high school, traveling the world, starting college, and having people enter and leave my life so fluently.

Upon entering college, I thought that you had to have a majority of your life planned out. You had to have a career of interest, an intended major, and a solid plan for after college. Little did I know, you didn’t need your whole life agenda prearranged after high school graduation. A lot of people say that college is a time to explore and find yourself, and that was something I never fully grasped until I was enrolled at Western Washington University. Throughout my first year and a quarter, I’ve had the ability to take classes in many different fields of study ranging from; humanities, lab sciences, multicultural studies, and many more. Even though these array of different classes were taken for General University Requirements, it allowed

When I get out of school I am going to Kentucky. It’s a town called Owensboro that is where i was born, and i lived there for eleven years of my life. So after the two hour car ride to kentucky I’ll go to my grandparents house because i am going to visit them. Although it will be pretty cold we will still go outside to talk and just hang out. Then later that night we will go out to eat at Texas Roadhouse. Then on Sunday afternoon we will get back in the car and drive back home. Of course that will be another 2 hour drive.

This is my last week at my site and it has been a great experience that has allowed me to grow and has given me the opportunity to learn skills specific to my school that I will be working at next year. This makes me feel confident in preparing for next year. On the other hand, I was reflecting on all of the things that I have to do to prep for next year over the summer because I want to make sure I hit the ground running when the students return to school. Thinking about all of those things makes it seem a little daunting, but I know I will take it all in stride. One way I am overcoming this overwhelming feeling is by focusing on one item at a time and completing that task and then it is crossed off. For instance, I have created my digital

For the diploma, I was very excited to get my diploma. When my name was called so I could get my diploma, my family cheered for me as I was proceeding up to the altar to get the paper that says that I had officially graduated the eighth grade. I was a little embarrassed because the principal said before, to clap at the end when everybody got their diploma. Right after the diplomas, we presented ourselves to the audience that we were officially graduated! When I turned my tassel, I actually got one little strand on my tongue which I thought was a little funny at the time. After the presentation of the class and the turning of the tassels, we went out in the same manner as we walked in.