Student Course Reflection Essay

When I first got accepted into Stuyvesant High School, I heard countless of rumors stating: “Oh the workload is terrible”, “The competition is so fierce” or “Out of schoolwork, extracurriculars, or sleep: you can only pick two.” I found it hard to let it faze me, since I graduated from one of the most prestigious middle schools. However, the rumors transformed into reality when I stepped into Mr. Nieves’ Freshman Composition Class. The workload at the beginning of the year was brutal, coupled with assignments from other core classes that seem unaware of the workload of other teachers. Reading assignments were a regular, and there were journal entries and occasional quizzes to keep us in line. What made it bearable was the friends I made in that class; everyone had their own opinion about the topic we were talking about, and listening to other perspectives really broadened my horizon and enriched my learning experience in Stuy. Another thing that this class has taught me is the importance of time management, a skill that I will carry on for the rest of my high school career and life. When I choose to sign up for Mr. Nieves’ AP American Literature class in my Junior Year, I was hoping to relive the discussion-based lesson plans and meet more outstanding peers. I was not disappointed, to say the least, reflecting through all the experiences at the end of the course. The lesson plans he laid out for us were an interesting mix between small lectures and class output, and what I

It is still so surreal to reflect back on my first semester as an incoming college student in the ENC1101 course, analyzing at my progression as a reader and writer in literacy. Since the first day of class I set in stone my goals for this class: receive a 4.0 GPA, develop my connecting theories skills in writing, and become more aware of objectives for each Unit throughout the course. All of these goals became achievements that not only make others proud but most importantly give me self pride. In order to earn the grades and achieve these goals, I went after every opportunity that I was given as an incoming college student, such as office hours and extra credit. By taking this course I have gained confidence with the utilization of literacy, and made an addition to my group of impactful literacy sponsors. Once students are finished with high school they assume that there is nothing else to learn beyond the stereotypical five paragraph essay, but they are so wrong. I was able to obtain so much knowledge about numerous course concepts from Writing about Writing, articles, and my professor. These concepts will carry on with me throughout a bright future of writing courses, job interviews, and any other skills that require literacy. The four outcomes listed below will help illuminate how I improved as a writer, by being a driven college student and going out of the way to earn my achievements in this course. In the first outcome I improved comprehending scholar texts,

I will accomplish my goals by managing my time wisely to get things done on time and using the resources on campus to help me. First, I plan to start my classes early in the morning and finish by early

Some personal goals that have contributed to my academic successare: 1. Set Priorities 2. Develop a Time Management System. 3. Build Self-Confidence.

Everyone should have goals that they would like to accomplish. But what are goals without a well-developed plan? My plan for achieving my academic goals include self-discipline in prioritizing time for efficient studying and completing various activities to the best of my ability. By adapting a well-developed schedule and short term academic goals, I can also balance other various activities whether it be working a part-time job or community services activities. Another important aspect includes taking advantage of my resources. Resources I find valuable include the University Success Center, instructor office hours (essential), and my following peers. It is important to develop core relationships with my peers and instructors because some

Honestly, I actually wrote down my goals and priorities after doing my first assignment. But I am very happy that I did write them. Now I have a clear idea about where I am heading in my career and what I want to do with it in future. I plan to volunteer, interact with people, improve my networking skills, brush my strengths, and work on my weaknesses. I am also maintaining a daily planner on how to prioritize my daily activities and class work so that I do not fall behind and always be ahead in whatever I do.

My decision on a major field of study at Western Michigan University was a process that took much thought and reflection. With my high school teachers’ strong leadership, they inspired me to possibly pursue anything as a career. The long process of finding out what I want to do with my life started in the summer when I was trying to figure out what career would best suit me for the future. Im that kind of person where I need entertainment in my life, so I narrowed it down to some jobs I can't do, such as being a business major and sitting in a office my whole life, and accounting, because I despise math. During my thinking process, I utilized what subjects I enjoyed in high school that I’d like to learn more about in college. I came to a

To accomplish anything there needs to be a plan to get there. This applies to my academic goals and to my career path. No matter what I want I wanted to achieve in life, I needed​ to have a plan to get there. With my academic goals I needed to focus on what I inspired to be. Throughout my education I had outstanding teachers. Some made a dramatic difference in how I viewed the world and what I wanted to do in life. Before I knew it I saw my dream job play out right before my eyes. I knew that I wanted to make something of myself and hopefully inspire someone to make a change. Now that I work in the field with kids it made my desire to pursue a career in Early Childhood Education.

My educational goals are to use my time wisely, earn more scholarships, be part of student government, and continue being the best that I can be. I want to maintain a 3.6 GPA or higher. I want to prove to myself that education is important and that I know I can do it. Not only doing work, but I am going to read more books and possibly stay away from the media because it is nothing but a waste of time and I need to focus on my studies more. After all the time I have wasted, I actually regret the time I could have been used for studying. In addition to my short term goals, I will build up my study skills so that way I can do well on standardized exams such as entrance to colleges for the California State Universities. Even though I have failed on my SAT and ACT due to low test scores of academic background and other personal issues, I think I deserve to work harder than relax. The more time I tend to put off and just relax, I tend

I feel that I haven't impacted Suitland High School per se in the most ways that I could have but I have worked my hardest to impact the whole Prince George's County Community but some of the different times I have impacted stool in high school are my volunteer participation with National Honor Society and my volunteering Girl Scouts and creating opportunities to Girl Scouts.

When it comes to my involvement at Bowling Green State University, I have been a part of a variety of different organizations. I coached youth basketball from October of 2014 until April of 2015 at St. Aloysius, located in downtown Bowling Green. Not only did this demand the completion of specific certification courses, but it required a large time commitment. As a coach, I was a part of the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO). In addition to coaching, I have been a member of the Adolescent Young Adult Association (AYAA) since I arrived here in 2014. This organization is comprised of future teachers. The organization meets monthly to help prepare students for future tests and certifications. I was also a key member in founding the Men's Club Basketball team here at BGSU. I served on the executive board from February of 2015 until January of 2016. Additionally, I am currently pledging the National Honor Fraternity of Phi Sigma Pi. This organization requires a 3.0 cumulative GPA along with an in-depth interview process in order to receive admittance. Phi Sigma Pi recognizes academic excellence through philanthropy and

My academic goal right now is to graduate high school with a 4.0. I plan to push myself to succeed in all my classes in order to achieve that goal. I plan to do so by focusing my time and energy on studying and also, not hesitating in taking up to new experiences in order to maximize my human capital. In addition, my goal is to be able to be self sustaining and independent. I want to be able to put myself to college with minimal parental help. And I plan to do so by work-study and scholarships. One of my biggest career goal is to at least have a bachelors in Computer Science at a prestigious school and to be able

Without a doubt the lessons and exercises on time management were the most meaningful to me. They brought insight into why I seemed to be constantly working yet still never really got anything I wanted to accomplish throughout the day finished. I realized the majority of the activities I had been spending the most time on didn’t reflect my values of hard work and self discipline and long term academic goals to be successful in college. This motivated to completely change the way I managed my time by effectively striking a balance between my maintenance, committed, and free time.

Throughout the time that I was in high-school I have taken many English classes leading up to this Ivy Tech class. During my freshman year I was required to participate in English 9 which required students to do more reading than writing. During my sophomore year I took English 10 that involved more reading. Then last year I took AP Language and Composition for college credits. Reading and writing were split 50/50. We were required to read a new book every nine weeks and be quizzed. We also wrote a total of six MLA formatted essays to prepare for the AP exam at the end of the year. I think my classmates and I were taught well which resulted in a good score on my exam.

The idea of presenting a workshop in class is a very scary thought for me. As the sign-up sheet went around for our in-class workshop, the date picked was for convenience rather than subject. For the first time at Cal Poly, I am juggling four classes. What a time to start to be ambitious! The early weeks I was completely lost in class and up until that point I had relied solely on my life experience to hopefully get me through this class. Understanding the concept of analyzing text or imagines merely by looking at the piece was easy, but terms like ethos and pathos, additionally, the explanation of new criticism’s goal for literary analysis to emulate scientific theory really all escaped me. In the weeks that followed, and our second journal was due, I had read, Sarrasine (Balzac); and The Purloined Letter (Poe). Now a tiny voice inside my head said, “I got this.”