Personal Narrative: What Did You Learn

Growing up with a father in the military, you move around a lot more than you would like to. I was born just east of St. Louis in a city called Shiloh in Illinois. When I was two years old my dad got the assignment to move to Hawaii. We spent seven great years in Hawaii, we had one of the greatest churches I have ever been to name New Hope. New Hope was a lot like Olivet's atmosphere, the people were always friendly and there always something to keep someone busy. I used to dance at church, I did hip-hop and interpretive dance, but you could never tell that from the way I look now.

In this class, I have learned many new skills to improve my writing, and I have also learned new grammar rules. In regards to my writing, I have learned the importance of freewriting when beginning to write a paper. Additionally, I now know to allow ample time for revising and editing because I can look at my work critically for mistakes and make necessary changes. Furthermore, I have learned about grammar rules such as pronoun-antecedent agreement. This rule is something that I know subconsciously, but being made aware of it has allowed me to find mistakes I make more often.

It is an eye opening to see how every single child thinks different. There are many thoughts that makes every single person unique. This video made me think on how important is to get to know your students and also their family background. It is very important to have a little conversation with their family members and also with the students in general.

“I began learning long ago that those who are the happiest are those who do the most for others.” Booker T. Washington’s wise words accurately summarize what I learned throughout high school. I noticed that selfish people are the unhappiest and most discontent. In sharp contrast, I also observed that people who dedicate their lives to others are the most joyful and satisfied. People I admire tend to be selfless and servant-minded. I strive to mimic them, living with a selfless mindset. My special interests, talents, and unique experiences enabled me to make others’ lives better.

My initial perceptions about the students of St. Angela were very stereotypical. Honestly, I expected those students to come from single parent backgrounds and come from a low income household. I expected to deal with students who live life in a survival type of manner. What I mean by survival type of manner is for one to be on defense seeing the type of the children are from the Austin area. Walking in to St. Angela I expected to deal with kids that didn’t listen and know respect for authority. I expected this due to my upbringing in the same neighborhood.

The value of understanding the differences between true and false statements will help me achieve academic success because truthfully speaking, I had no idea what the subject was and it can be a bit confusing at first, but watching the video and pausing and even starting the video over again and listening to it again is like reading over the directions and instructions more than once giving me a better understanding. After seeing the examples and even following the charts and tables it gave an even greater insight of gaining a better understanding. To me it’s somewhat like reasoning and using a formula to do problem solving distinguishing the difference between true and false statements and gathering enough

I walked down the concrete road singing one of my songs that I wrote recently about boys and trust. I didn't know anything about this topic, but I knew that I loved to perform and nothing was going to stop me from doing so. When I sung I often imagined myself as one of the girls from the hit movie Cheetah girls. Today I was Adrienne Bailon, a sassy chick from Cheetah girls who often brought the group together. Tomorrow I would possibly be Raven, the one who left the group. Every day I had a plan on who I was going to be and what I was going to sing. I would wake up every morning ready to start my daily routine of being one of the hit singers with a famous boyfriend who supported her. Around this time, I was 8 and I knew nothing about boys or fame, but I did know that I loved to perform. I know the main questions are: What happened? Did I ever achieve my goals? If so how did you achieve them and if not what stopped you? To partially

Even though I have only been working alongside Ms.Tench for the past two weeks, I have gotten to step out of my comfort zone more than I expected. During my first week, I was informed that she wanted me to finish her lesson about Cornell notes, since she would be out. At first I was terrified and unsure of how I would even start and I started to wonder if the students would react differently without her present. When the day finally came along I walked into class and saw how dozen of eyes followed me, waiting to be told what to do. This was with no doubt one of the most unnerving experiences that I have ever encountered. I was worried that I would teach them the wrong material as well as making a fool of myself. The main thing that surprised

I hate camp. I hate bonding. I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. Why do I have to go? It’s stupid anyways. I thought this camp was easy, but as I got ready to leave for camp that morning, I finally admitted that I was wrong.

As we all grow up we’re forced to make certain decisions that may be mistaken. It’s ok to make a mistake, but learning from it can be beneficial for us all. Looking back on my teenage years, I’ve made more mistakes, all due to the lack of attention, priorities and commitment. If I had only done what I was told to rather than what I wanted, I would’ve graduated High school the way I always desired to. However, I’m here to say I realized it was the biggest lesson I’ve learned thus far.

Often people go through things in which they have created a mistake for themselves. A mistake can be defined in many different ways, but the most common way to identify a mistake would be an action or judgment that is misguided or wrong. Sometimes we all have differences of opinion on what is wrong, though. For instance, a mistake made by me might not be considered an error in your mind. While reading this, we will discuss a mistake that I have made and how I accepted it. During this essay, I will discuss an error that affected me dearly, how I received it, and what lessons were learned from this particular mistake.

I learned more in this class than I expected. I found that I adore writing narratives, working in groups is as hard as it is entertaining, and procrastination is lethal. The largest obstacle I had to overcome was correctly citing information. I’m still not adept at the process, but I learned a lot throughout this class, and I understand more about the concept of MLA having completed the argument essay.

    Ever since I was a little kid, I had always wanted to travel. I have always wanted explore and discover the exoctic places the lie in other corners of the earth. Throughout my childhood I have watched many TV shows of people traveling the world and visiting famous landmarks I would hope to see one day. One of my favorite explorers, and survivalists is Bear Grylls, his adventures make me want to get out and explore the world on my own. I would one day like to be able to travel all around the world, and experience different cultures.

Even though I could die in the process, I knew it was the right thing to do. How could I live with myself if I didn’t do everything I could to help the world?

I definitely enjoyed watching this video. I especially took interest in the myth concerning the type of learner you are. I remember my middle school teachers all telling us to try and figure out what kind of learner you are so you can choose study methods more effective for you. I actually still have teachers today that are convinced that we all take to certain study methods due to our preferred method of learning. I think its crazy how some of the most common ideas have been passed on as facts for so long.