Personal Narrative: Spanish 3 Or AP Psychology

I signed up for psychology but instead i got put into a class called sales and marketing. This was a class I did NOT want to take. So i went to my counselor to try and get it changed and she told me that she couldn't do it. I was very disappointed by this but ended up taking the class anyways. Three years later I am in an ap marketing class and wanting to go to college to study for it. It’s amazing how you can find something you love that changes your life all by accident.

When I was in eighth grade and my class was choosing our schedules for our first year of high school, I was told that for the diploma I wanted, I would have to take a foreign language. I chose Spanish, because I thought it would be easy. Little did I know that that decision would change my life forever.

The skill I am going to discuss is self- monitoring. According to Interplay, The Process of Interpersonal Communication, self monitoring is best defined as, “The process of paying close attention to one’s own behavior and using these observations to shape the way one behaves” (24). This definition means that when you have a conversation with someone you listen closely to what they are saying, but you also pay attention to yourself in order for you to modify your behavior accordingly. By being aware of the way I communicate towards people both, verbally, and non-verbally gives me an effective way to deliver an understanding message.

It’s great to hear from you! I’m quite surprised you’ve decided to learn my language, since you’ve always said Spanish seems difficult. Where are you attending your course? I mean, there are a lot of different well-known academies in my town and some of them are really close to my house. If that’s the case we could have lunch together, what do you think?

The second day of my practice I felt that I had made some progress towards my goals of improving my time management and getting my documenting done earlier and providing relevant healing initiatives for my client.

The desire for perfection on college applications has caused many to stray away from non-traditional or rigorous subjects, however, my curiosity finally overwhelmed my hesitation and with a mixture of boldness and rashness I circled the words "AP Psychology" for the 2015-2016 school year. By far, Psychology was undoubtedly my favorite academic subject I have ever taken. This wasn't because I earned a 5 on the AP test or enjoyed the mood of the room, but rather because I genuinely craved to learn unlike ever before. To clarify, for the first time, I could utilize the subject into in my daily life. Even for an AP course, I continued to flourish because I wouldn't see assignments as work, but rather as an opportunity to satisfy my own curiosity

Every year, a few days before Christmas break, my Spanish teacher hosts a Christmas party for all of the faculty. The students in his Spanish four class are responsible for preparing Hispanic influenced cuisine. However, the whole fiesta is coordinated by those brave enough to venture into AP Spanish. Although I’m in the level four course, my teacher assigned me as the chief organizer and décor extraordinaire. We only had four weeks to pull everything together so time was of the essence. By infusing a lot of positive energy and publicity about the occasion, we managed to spread the news and excitement among the faculty. Despite a few challenges with communication and organization, we managed to pull it off with great success. The teachers

“Same here with Spanish. I only know the common words but not all of them. If you want me to, then I can teach you German. It’s an easy language to learn. I can tell you that saying hello in German is saying hall with an O at the end: Hall-O.”

One summer afternoon before my freshman year, I heard someone knocking on my door. When I opened the door, a woman started talking to me. I had no clue what she was saying since she wasn’t speaking English. I heard her use words like “no me gusta”, and “¿por qué?” After going on an online expedition to decipher those words, I discovered they were Spanish. In order to reduce the language barrier between me and my community, I decided that I would learn Spanish.

The 6 point grading scale along with my erratic home life has made it challenging to get good grades. My mom is an alcoholic. Her drinking became really atrocious in 8th grade through my junior year. She went to get help at a treatment center at the beginning of my sophomore year. When she got back, she relapsed several times during the next year, but in the middle of my Junior year she drank for the last time and has not touched alcohol since. The drinking and having an autistic brother put an enormous amount of stress on my parents marriage and they ended up getting a divorce in 10th grade. I lived with my mom and saw my dad just a few hours a week maybe less for the next few years. I was forced to grow up quicker than most kids because

“Tienes tijeras?” asked a young girl. Not understanding what she had said, I asked her what she needed in English, but she looked back at me with eyes full of confusion. A simple question from one young girl asking for scissors had made me nervous and completely freeze in the moment. Through this, interacting with the children worried me because of the language barrier which would make it twice as hard as interacting with the children at home.

Looking back to when I typed my first AP Language and Composition paper, I can honestly say that my writing skills have drastically improved. I started off not knowing any writing strategies and thought that typing three pages was a lot for just one paper. After completing the course, I can now write a full eight paged paper using one of the three writing strategies that we learned. Before this class, I was never a skilled writer and the thought of taking APLAC intimidated me because I did not think I was capable of completing the course. I never imagined myself taking this class because In my mind I simply was not smart enough to take it. However, due to all the positive comments I received about the class and how it improved my friends writing, I

I am glad you switch major early and found your calling. As for me I wanted to leave the biology field and get another degree from another field. However, I was almost done the program by the time I realize I did not want to become biology. Regardless, I Still decided to finish the two remain courses I had left to graduate. It was really depressing going though that. And I wish I had found my calling earlier the way you do and switch to psychology because I really intro to psychology. Also, I wish you the best in this class and your future.

I started drawing when I was 16. I was cursing 10th grade, or how is called in my country, Dominican Republic “Segundo de Bachillerato”. It was recess. I was alone in my classroom that day, besides two or three people who were just killing time there, and I didn’t had much to do with my time. I was at the last book of a series of books which names I can’t remember and If I recall correctly the last book was very boring for some reason so I didn’t wanted to read it anymore. So, looking for something to do, I stood from my seat and walked boringly down the aisle of chairs and that was, not my first interaction with art, but the first time I remember i liked art or paid attention to it. Yerkis, a guy of my class: short, chubby and well mannered

Recently I have been stressed out due to multiple reasons like my children and my academic performance in school.I have never experienced any form of anxiety until I started school.My anxiety has led to other issues like depression.My judgment has also been cloudy lately. I've been lethargic and very irritable, and my stresses came to a boiling point for me when I opened my grade book for a course and seen that my grade had been dropped to a C and this preceded some news from my child's school that my oldest was bullying my youngest,this led my youngest to suicidal thoughts and in turn a teacher called CPS on me.Essentially, all my stress caught up to me.I contacted my counselor, and she advised me to call the crisis hotline due to some other