Sophomore Year Reflection

My freshman and sophomore years of high school my grades did not represent my abilities due to a lot of health issues resulting from 3 different concussions. I spent quite a lot of time unable to go to school and falling behind due to not feeling well from the concussions as well as going to doctor appointments and being in the hospital. At this time it was hard for me to retain information and pay attention due to chronic migraines resulting from the concussions as well as a lack of sleep due to insomnia I had developed as a side effect from the concussions. All of this made my grades not as great as they should have been my first two years of high school and this does not reflect myself as a student. As my junior year began I was able to

I just can’t believe there is only few more days of high school left. As the days are getting closer and closer, it's getting sad. I still remember the day I stepped into Maine East High School as a Freshman, at that time, all I wished for was to graduate from this school with good grades. High school was not the way I imagined, it is way different from what I thought and definitely different from Middle School. Freshman year was the “exploring/adventure” year, finding where each classes were, what activities/clubs were offered at this school and many more. Freshman year went quickly and then Sophomore year came up. Sophomore year was probably the least stressful year in high school but from Sophomore year my family and friends started asking me the scariest question “What are you doing after high school, which career?

In my Freshman year, I had joined my school’s Leo Club, there were about 20-25 students in this club as it had just started the year before. I became active in that club, volunteering about once every month or so, whenever there were events. In my Sophomore year, I convinced several of my friends to join as well. The club has grown since and last year, I was elected treasurer of the club. As an officer, I help to run all of the meetings and this year we have over 40 new members. The Leo Club was once the smallest club in the school, but now it is one of the largest with nearly 100 members. Our club advisors from the local Lions Organization advise several other clubs in neighboring school districts, but they have repeatedly said that we are

I applied to several CUNY colleges, where I inadvertently neglected to submit a crucial document for the admission process. This unconscious error caused me not to be accepted into any of the schools I applied to with the application I sent in. Another devastating blow, but I went to a community college to do direct admissions, where I got admitted using my high school equivalency diploma. I believe that was a very long and emotional process, but despite all obstacles, I had an excellent first semester where I got a 4.0 GPA. I finished off my most recent and penultimate semester having an impressive 3.9 GPA and held many ranks in my school. I was accepted into the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, made the president’s list three times, took honor’s courses and applied and got accepted to graduate as an honors

Growing up in a stable household with two loving parents, I’ve been privileged to devote much of my time to pursuing good grades. Excelling in middle school classes, combined with my glasses and braces, left me open to ridicule.

I spent six years on studying in the United Stated, and I am finally earning my first degree in August. I started my college in Philadelphia in 2009, and I transferred to the Palomar College in 2010. I majored in per-nursing and spent three years on studying in the Palomar College. I completed fail my freshman year and my GPA was 1.7. However, I improved myself and gain 3.95 GPA in the Palomar College. I was very proud of myself about my achievement and believed that I will definitely get into the nursing program in CSUSM. I transferred to Cal State San Marcos in 2013; however, I was rejected by the nursing school. Therefore, I had to switch my major to kinesiology, which I knew nothing about. I was very depressed when I first started my

have always been the type of person to learn from my failures, and to try my absolute hardest to improve after them. One of my most memorable failures was with AP U.S. History, which I took Sophomore year. Like many of the other students, I was very laid back coming into class in the fall of 2014. I recall the lecture that our teacher, Mr. Hohenstein, gave us about keeping up with work and studying for tests. He specifically told us that you wouldn’t pass unless you gave your one-hundred percent. Despite all the important details and life lessons in his lecture, I didn’t heed most of his advice. After a few weeks had passed, our first test came around the corner. I thought that I was prepared, due to spending a couple of hours studying the

I have always taken pride in my education. I am proud about how my grades and transcript look to day even though I had some setback along the way that may have brought some grades down in some classes. From the begging my freshman year I enrolled myself in Honors English and was happy about my decision. I did not continue with that my sophomore year and I believe that not doing that affected my motivation in not only English but other classes as well. I did not feel challenged enough in English and had a hard time in Biology. My junior year I again challenged myself and surprised many people and took AP United States History and I would no trade that experience for the world, even though there were a lot of blood sweat and tears that went into

If you had spoken to me seven months ago about my plans for my senior year and for starting my college education, my answer would be different than what it is now. Throughout those seven months, I struggled with my health, causing me to reevaluate how I would reach my goals in life, and if I would ever be able to reach these goals. I had based my entire high school career around being a “scholarship boy” and preparing myself to succeed in college. Instead of continuing this course during the first half of my senior year, I was practically bedridden; only leaving my house for doctor’s appointments. Thankfully, a diagnosis followed by the help of a few avant-garde holistic doctors, gave me my life back by enabling me to return to a semblance

This semester I’ve noticed that I have really grown as a student, with my knowledge. I can support my statement with a project I did for my English class. In this project, we had to create a presentation about the Odyssey. Basically, we each chose our top three books chapters and from there we were separated into groups. My group and I got the book “The Land of the Dead”. The people that my group consisted of was Ashley, Esteban, and me of course. Our task was to find the theme and find out other things with the same theme, such as books, movies, songs, etc. At the end, when we had completed our presentation, she presented to us an example of how she wanted us to do our presentation. In addition,she showed us a presentation that guided us on presenting and we had to take notes. Then she gave us time to practice our presentation. In the end, I was surprised with the grade I got because I expected it to be lower.

As the semester started, I had set my mind that I was destined to achieve a lot. During the start of the semester, I had several difficulties writing English assignments especially in terms of grammar. During the first week of the semester, I sat down, organized my thoughts and comprehended that throughout the semester, I had to achieve all that I had planned for. As a student of English, I had planned that throughout the semester, I had to improve my skills as a scholar, writer and critical thinker. Now that the semester has ended, I can reflect all the semester activities to depict how my writing skills and critical thinking skills have drastically improved. This paper presents a reflection paper of how this

It was a Tuesday in May at a congested Panera Bread. The dappled light, hanging from the ceiling, illuminated the Panera logoed roundtable which was home to a yellow legal pad, a blue-point pen, and a steamy cup of café con leche. Wedged between the CEO and Optics Engineer of a high-tech startup technology firm, I awkwardly shifted in my chair as a means of freeing my hand to scribble the notes of the day’s meeting agenda. Intently, I listened in to the conversation at hand about how to commercialize our new, patented technology. Our meetings always functioned this way—a myriad of noises and distractions interjecting into each minute detail. Nevertheless, there was a peace to these interruptions for which I sincerely had a deep appreciation for. It served as a remembrance of the importance of what it looks like to do the right, ethical thing; shaping my desired path in the legal field.

Throughout the internship, I learned about several areas of policies that I had not looked into previously. Sitting in on the Commerce Justice Science hearings, I became familiar with a wide variety of issues. In my home state of Alabama, there was a concerning issue with overpopulation with red snapper. The federally regulated fishing season perpetuated this issue. This issue was brought up in a hearing, and by the time my internship was over the season had been extended for the first time in years. I also learned that the Air Force is having problems with recruiting. The Air Force wants more members but is not willing to sacrifice the quality of recruits they accept. The issue was addressed after looking at the budget for Air Force recruiting. CJS hearings also opened my eyes to the serious opioid epidemic in our country. Senators from different states all raised concerns with how to address the opioid problem. They addressed the Assistant Attorney General to ask for his support in the states’ efforts to combat the issue. These are just a few examples to show how diverse the policy is that I learned about in the CJS hearings.

This school year I had the opportunity to be in the internship class. I interned at Lexington Middle School in the media center. I interned under Ms. Shoaf who is the media coordinator. This was not an easy internship. It wasn’t a really welcoming feeling my first few days. It was more of a one day she likes me and then the next she doesn’t. It was extremely difficult to work with. I feel like this had a lot with the ways I fell short. It took so long to actually start feeling comfortable going to my internship and being there around other students and the teachers. This was one of the worst aspects of the experience because it was very difficult to get the teachers to actually take me serious. When I first had to go around and help in the media center I received a lot of “who are you?” and “what are you doing here?” questions. But being the optimistic person I am I planned on making the most of it no matter what. This comes in to what new skills I learned. I learned how to have patience with students and more even with the teachers/adults working there. This is because rarely will you find a naturally nice teacher (in my experience) and one who isn’t forgetful (having patience was very important when reminding them to do the same thing at least 3 times). I learned a lot about communication skills and gained a whole lot of them too. This being because I usually had to go around to classrooms and talk to the teachers or pass out things.

The Internship is a great movie that is humorous, appealing to the audience, and shows how professional communication can be looked at in a different way. Throughout the movie two best friends played by Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson lives are turned upside down when they lose their jobs as watch sales men. Technology has taken over making the need for watches to disappear, so they find there way to Google where they receive an internship for the summer. Competing against a group of young, smart, and tech savvy adults, opposite of them, for the permanent position at Google. As the summer goes along the two men and their group go through many challenges, but in the end, win the permanent positions for the job they wished for. As the group made there way through the competition, the two showed that in the professional world one must always stay positive, realize that its okay to make mistakes, and be open to learning new things. In a professional setting, it is important that no matter the situation that happens stay positive. Everyone has there bad days, even bosses, but by keeping a smile on your face and staying positive it can change the mood of everyone around you. By being an intern, the two men were showing the company that they could keep up with the demand through software, customer service, and sales. The two took their friendship and expanded to help a group come together to win the position at the end of the summer. Through the positive attitude, friendly manner, and smile on there face it demonstrated that they were both a team player who could work with the company in the future. The use of a smile in any situation can change a situation and having a positive attitude can set how a person understands what is being said. Most information that is received is from a person’s tone and how they interpret the worker in the whole situation. In my own career path of becoming a teacher being positive is a major factor that leads to how children look up to you and how they learn. Imagine learning from someone who never has a smile on their face, no enthusiasm, or even someone who tells the children how much they hate their job. Children learn best in a positive atmosphere. Children easily pick up on