Personal Narrative: What I Learned In A Business Class

Everything in life happens for a reason. Every experience, whether it be good or bad, can teach a lesson. We all have to deal with mistakes, tragedies, and failures. Being able to learn from them is an essential principle for personal and professional growth. Our experiences add character to our personalities and mold us into who we are. They can make or break a person. For me, it was both. I believe that the lessons I learned through my mistakes have prepared me in becoming an accurate representation of what it means to be a Price College of Business student.

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.

What well in your classes? What did you need to do differently? What is your plan for success this semester? In this class, what will you need to do to be successful?

I believe I have grown a lot since the beginning of this course. My writing was severely lacking grammar and punctuation. I didn’t use any punctuation other than periods and very few commas spersed throughout my papers. My papers still need help in that area, but I have improved. I now know where they need to go and when it’s appropriate to use them. My papers aren’t exactly flawless but they are better than before. I would write how I speak at times and I knew it wasn’t right, but I would still do it because it allowed my papers to flow better in my mind. I read my papers out loud to help avoid my problem with writing how I speak. I’ve learned my writing style in this course, or lack thereof. I found a program that would benefit me now and

On the first day of class, having forgotten how to write over the blazing summer, I had high hopes I would gain some writing skill. Over the course of the last 10 weeks I learned not only that I am an extreme procrastinator, but that I had a lot to learn in the writing world. I learned many things about writing, including grammar, organization, and expression. Through late nights studying and practice in class, I can proudly say I'm a better writer than I was before.

“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.

I've loved writing since I was a young child, especially creative writing. It allows me to express myself, and it seems almost magical to be able to create things simply by writing down a few symbols and twenty-six letters in various ways. I've written many fictional stories of various genres over the years. Unfortunately, while I have done a lot of creative writing, I haven't done as much academic writing. I would like this class to help me become the kind of student who earns A's on her papers by assisting me in becoming more efficient in the overall writing process.

I learned in the “banking approach”. I had an English teacher who always made us do multiple essays for homework and I noticed that he never read them. I felt like I was not learning anything because I did not receive a graded paper back, until I asked him why he made us do work that will not take us anywhere. I was desperately to learn, and I needed it because English is not my first language. When I talked to him, I noticed that he smell like alcohol and that’s when I quit the class which was not taking me anywhere.

Lessons Learned from FailureIn the summer before my freshman year of high school, a couple of my friends and I wereout late at night inside our neighborhood. I could remember it was a cold night, for Florida atleast, and it was windy as well. We were out later than we were supposed to be, yet we were verytired and did not want to run all the way to the other side of the neighborhood. So, we asked arandom kid who drove by if he could drive us to our friend’s house and he said he could. Whilewe were on the way to the house, the kid began to drive very fast. Before we knew it, we hadcrashed into a wall that surrounded the neighborhood. The accident was a lesson given to me so Iwould be able to prevent myself and others from future failure.The hospital was very quiet and there was not much going on besides them attending toour needs.

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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.

I sighed heavily. It was raining out, and I was at my part-time job which meant utter hell. It seemed like it was worse, shadier people tended to come here on days like this. My current job was McDonald’s, and it was in a plaza on an interstate in the middle of nowhere. Which means a lot of weird people.

I can’t forget the way I felt. If I didn’t hurry-up and get higher academic grades, my third college semester would be sour as a lemon. I tried hard not to digest what my professor said. The words he whispered, inside my right ear, sent shockwaves through my veins.

A lessons that I learned was honesty and that people notice hard work. I learned that when it comes to working you should always be honest, so when a mistake is made you can have help fixing it, and it shows your boss that you do accept that you do make mistakes and you take responsibilities for your actions. I also noticed that people see if you are a hard worker and a diligent one too. The first week I was there my Supervisor gave me a takes that he thought would take a couple of days, but I finished it in one day. Other workers also noticed how much effort I put in and I think I gained respect from them. It feels great when you are respected by other workers and by gaining their respect I was able to know them better and was able to work

In Leadership, so far I have learned three specific things. The first is how to listen to what other people are trying to say, the second is how to prioritize things that I need to do and the third is how to set and attain goals. The first, listening, has been the topic of several of our lectures. Both Habit five and Habit six are centralized about learning to understand people. In Habit five we talked about why we need each other and how connection can help us with our personal priorities as well as the priorities of others, making everyone happier in the long run. We talked about five things that people do that prevent them from hearing others such as Spacing Out, Word Listening, and Judging. We went on to talk about how to counteract these things by doing things like focusing on what they are trying to communicate rather