Personal Narrative: Student B.

Since the start of the semster I have learned many different things about myself and how I can become a better student all around. Summer classes can fly by fast and doesn’t feel like a real semester. That it is just to get credit and move on to the next semester. That was not the case for me this summer semester because I needed to think about the rest of my college career. This summer semester is my first one coming back from academic suspension and I took last semester at South Plains College and Tarrant County College. I did really well making a 3.00 GPA overall and am most likely going to make a 3.5 this semester. This will be a huge boost to my overall GPA. The point is am at the point where I am ready to graduate and will try my hardest to get the best grades I can. I really just changed my mindset towards college and the way I prepare for tests and studying.

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

Last year I took a few classes at Columbus State Community College. There were definitely some changes that I had to make so my life could still run smoothly. Some of the things that changed were my extracurricular activities. I had to swim less often than before because I had classes or homework that I needed to do. My study habits didn’t change very much, surprisingly. I still did my work sooner instead of later. I won’t say I always did it as soon as I could because while that would have been optimal it didn’t always work out. And I made sure I always got the work that was due first, done first. Also during the school year my classes at Columbus State were on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. In addition to those I still had all

I am a non-traditional student. I began my college matriculation 15 years after receiving my high school diploma. I started my family before focusing on my education and career. I have been fortunate within that 15 year gap to be a stay-at-home mother. When my youngest son began kindergarten, I began college classes. This reversal of traditional education and family construction has given me a unique perspective on life.

I am a sophomore at Hamilton Southeastern High school, and currently plan to graduate in 2018. My GPA as of this moment is a 3.33, and I am an A, B honor roll student. Inside school I am a part of the Harry Potter Club, and play quidditch which is a sport having to do with Harry Potter. My aim in high school is to graduate with academic honors. Last school year I was not as involved with the school rather, I got involved with outside of school things. In 8th grade I was a part of the Junior high national honors society.

When I was in elementary school, my grandparents would give me and my siblings twenty dollars if we made A-B Honor Roll. In 4th grade, we decided to treat our family by going to the movies, as we had not been to the movies in almost two years. Our idea was my sister and I would combine our forty dollars and buy the tickets and snacks, and we would have some nice family bonding. Until we met The Bike Woman, a homeless woman we encountered in the parking lot. She walked up to us, rolling her old blue bicycle alongside her and asked if we had any spare change. Without even thinking of it, we handed all forty dollars to her, along with three bottles of water we had in a cooler in the car. She thanked us profusely and even tried to give the money

I am a single parent first generation student. My family is low income and my father left us when I was beginning 9th grade after coming home from prison two years previous. He not only left us but my five month old brother. My three D's in first semester freshman year were hard to increase not only because we moved three different schools in a span of 4 months but I also had to fill into my fathers role as the caretaker of my siblings. While my mom was working I had to watch my baby brother which explains my large amount of absences, I do not want to seem as if I am excusing my self because I am not I let this moment in life define me for a short period of time before I final snapped out of it and realized moping would not excuse my performance

I believe that the best dreams are ones that you share with people, who conceive them be so preposterous that they cannot help but laugh in your face that you could even think of possibly reaching that point one day. Entering High School, I had begun taking basketball more seriously than any other sport and had the goal of earning a Division 1 scholarship. Which would be the first step in making my dream of playing professionally a reality.

This passage reminds me about a pen pal that I used to write to every month in grade five. However, when I was in grade seven, I lost contact with her as I didn't receive any letters back from her for over a year. Even though she stopped replying me since grade seven, I still continue to check my mailbox every day hoping to receive a letter from her one day just like what Liesel did in this passage. Also, for the first few months, I would always be worried about her and wonder what has happened to her. As a result, I had many sleepless

My current grade is due to my inadequacy of responsibility, my lack of studying for the grammar and reading tests. I have been doing the necessary routine of writing in my planner, filling out the lesson chart everyday, reading Of Mice and Men and turning in the discussion questions, and keeping up with the journal questions. My wrongs are based off not studying and having the likelihood of having significantly low test scores, and incomplete work. My parents use Parentlink but have not been receiving any notifications of my grades. My parents use to check Campus Portal to check it daily for missing work, which I’ve explained they have not been getting notifications from, exceedingly explains most of my missing items. My grade is lower than

After reading A Child Called It in the seventh grade, I aspired to become a psychiatrist. I wanted to help people who were unable to help themselves. That is until I realized that my true loves in life were solving algebraic equations, taking calculus classes, and finding my own ways to make problems easier. I loved to graph equations and estimate growth. My love of math alone never led me to another career path. It was when I became a member of the Student Council that I realized that I could still desire to help and lead people while incorporating my aptitude for math. Being in Student Council for the last three years, I have been given the opportunity to take charge of a group while making a change in our school and community. This extracurricular has impacted me more

Vanessa, sorry I was a little cornfused about this Friday… students will be not be in production starting next Friday. Friday Sept 30 (Tomorrow) students have a lesson until 1:30 then we will be in the kitchen with you (yaye! what a nice surprise). I spoke to Naomi and we think that we can float whatever doesn’t get done with a.m. students to p.m. prep list. I will take care of this list before the we get in there and maybe we can chat about anything we should add (maybe a pickle pepper party).

I would consider myself very different from my peers. I have spent most of my high school career holding many leadership positions that would influence those on Redwood’s campus to do bigger and better things beyond themselves. I have been in the student government for all four years of high school holding the positions of: Freshmen Vice President, Athletics Commissioner, Rally Commissioner, and ASB Secretary. By my junior year, I had become noted as a leader on campus and was selected to be the student representative for the Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports team, School Site council, and Parent Teacher Student Association. I speak on behalf of the students for many things, so it’s important to connect with everyone on campus, which

In my sophomore year, while I was in AVID, I had the opportunity to go to a leadership retreat where I was taught how to be a leader, work with others, and learn skills that will be applied in the real world. Skills that I use today, in everyday life. As an ASB student, student government, I’m constantly working with other students who have different ideas from me or who disagree with me. To elaborate, while planning homecoming we had to decide a theme. Together we work on the theme and configuration the details. The decision was then made to showcase a parade involving all classes. As a junior, I was in charge of gathering as many juniors as possible for the parade. I took up every social media account I had to invoke a large amount of juniors.

In year 2016, I graduated from United High school a class of almost 1,000 students. Our school had two campuses: the 9th grade campus and the main campus for 10th-12th grade. The campus has two levels, when climbing the stairs and walking through halls the people were shoulder to shoulder and followed less than two feet away from each other. The building was packed with students. At lunch, the students lined up along the walls outlining the room that extend towards the main hallway of the school. The school offered as much supplies, materials, and assistance to students as possible. There was an instance where a school staff member offered folders, pencils, a journal etc to anyone that needed it. In classrooms, teachers include modern technology