Reflective Essay For Liberal Arts College

My desire was to challenge myself and pursue my belief in life-long learning. And yes, the last eight weeks have definitely been a challenge intellectually in IDS 101. After the first two weeks of school, I seriously questioned why I would go back to school at fifty-one years of age for personal satisfaction. The days were long and I wasn’t sure I still had the self-discipline and determination that would be needed to finish. Over the last eight weeks, this class gave me numerous opportunities to hone my skills in critical thinking, research, and writing. This class has given me the necessary skills to continue toward completing my degree.

During the next couple years of my life, I plan on graduating high school, and with the help of a grant, attending Clackamas community college for two years. During these two years, I will be a student and be working in order to save money for the rest of my schooling. While I am studying at Clackamas community college, I will be studying under their engineering programs in order to get a head in my Engineering career. After the two years of community college I will be attending a in-state college with an engineering program.

This semester was my very first semester as a college student. Being the first, it was probably the semester I would learn the most in. I learned the expectations for writing that I will have to live up to for the next four years of my college career. Though my high school teachers were usually demanding because I was in the Honors English section throughout high school, writing in college has still ?raised the bar? for me. Also, in high school, we would have weeks to pick a topic, create a thesis, outline the paper, write the paper, and then revise the paper. In college, the time restraints are not quite as lenient. I?ve had to learn to manage my time and be more productive with what free moments I

I have spent a great deal of time researching the college that would fit my lifestyle and able to offer tailored programs to fit me. Finally, I decided on Empire State College (ESC), the reason being, ESC’s capability to work in the capacity that I am seeking. The fact that ESC also has a great Military/Veteran program is an enormous plus, and something that I require in a college. Another feature that drove my decision to apply is I will have the opportunity to gain credits from my life experiences. This is a remarkable feature. I have always held the belief that the experience one gains in their career is just as, and at times more, valuable as what one receives in a classroom.

Reflective Essay As I began this semester, I was sure that I would absolutely despise English 112 since English has never been my strongest subject. Aside from those feelings, I still needed this class as a prerequisite for my nursing major. To my surprise, I found that this class actually became easier as it progressed. The more I had to write, the easier it became and each paper became less stressful.

Vital signs are a fundamental component of nursing care and indicate the body’s ability to maintain blood flow, regulate temperature and regulate oxygenate the body tissue. Taking vital signs are essential in revealing any sudden changes in the body, which could potentially indicate clinical deterioration of the patient.

I received an acceptance from a US MD school during the 2013-2014 cycle. However, as an international student, I was required to deposit all four years’ worth of tuition in an escrow account prior to matriculation, which I was unable to do. While I was aware of the escrow requirement prior to application, I was on track to obtain permanent residency during the application year per my immigration attorney, which would excuse me from this requirement. However, given the uncertain nature of the residency process, this did not, and is yet to, happen. My family and I had recently immigrated from India, and coming up with the escrow amount was impossible at that time. Loans were also only available on a yearly cadence, not for all four years at once.

As a student of interdisciplinary studies I have chosen to create a focus area in Leadership. Pursuing my liberal studies degree was a unique opportunity for me to customize my major with my interests across various disciplines. My Liberal studies courses have helped provide me with a more diverse understanding of problems and equipped me with effective reasoning skills in conflict situations which may not be offered in a mono-disciplinary approach. My studies and my life experiences have helped me become more that capable of working within various groups of individuals who may be very different from myself. Throughout my coursework I have learned and improved on a lot of good leadership skills through our collaborative team projects I have worked on.

This is the end of my 8-week course for English 112 Writing & Research in Disciplines. Over the course of the class, I have grown and learned more than I actually thought possible about writing but there is still room for improvement. I came into this course, not a strong writer it’s not really my strong point and never has been. Although this course has taught me some various methods of writing a paper. For example, the last assignment where the paper had to be written in CSE format. It was difficult at first because I used to only writing in MLA or APA format.

Coming out of high school I was happy that I graduated but I also felt lost in a way, I did not know what I wanted to study or even what I truly wanted in a university so I decided to attend community college not only was it cheaper but it would give me time to take classes and try to figure out the career path that I wanted to take. It was the more practical decision for at the time and then later on transfer to the University of my choice. At first my approach to community college was a place to go attend my classes go to work and go home. I became reserved unlike high school. I stayed in my own comfort zone which included just walking with the friends that I had known from high school. I went on about this way for the first year but I started

My interest in writing wasn’t always apparent to me even though I sought out activities that included the skill. I enjoyed English classes growing up, but I never thought I would utilize writing at a heightened capacity for different disciplines and my own creative pursuits. Soon enough, writing became an activity that I did outside of the classroom, especially in public health pursuits during my time in college and creatively post-graduation. It is a part of my constant development as a person who contributes to causes and activities that I care about and a part of the impact I believe I can make in the medical field.

Before entering English 1301, I had my doubts about what this class was going to consist of. Considering this is a college level English class, and a subject I struggled in, my worries were not at ease. Throughout the year, my understanding and comprehension of the writing process, as well as how to write different varieties of writing, have strengthened. After partaking in this course, I am confident I have met the student learning outcomes.

The dreaded English 102. Could this be my final English course in my career as a student? I don’t know for sure. I still need to decide what my major will be in. There is something that I know for sure, that is, needing to take this class to move on. I am not certain how my time in this class will go, but I plan to work hard to get the best grade that I can. Hence, I have decided to get this out of the way now, I look to fine-tune my writing skills, and I expect this course to help me understand my writing style.

I do believe that Bethel University is a great place to learn about technology and a new a of life. Personal, I find myself using a whole new programs and devices I have never heard of before.

Now that I have been in NYU for a few months, I felt somewhat exhausted but overall enriched. It is exhausting to accommodate a new learning environment and heavy workload in NYU; however, it is also enriching that I gained more knowledge from different courses and improved my writing skills. Although I have finished most of my midterms in October, there is still a lot to be completed in the following months. I am stressed with the tightly packed schedule. I was procrastinating for the midterms and papers in the previous weeks that I did not have enough sleep. In the previous school, I did not procrastinate that much for school works and often have enough sleep at night. I now realized not sleeping enough can greatly affect my concentration and the ability to