Graham Brown Journey

Over the past eighteen years I have been alive, there have not been any real challenges I have faced in my pursuit of education. I come from a family of immigrants that managed to find themselves a good life, away from the ghetto and the poverty line, through hard work. Both my parents had to move to a place away from everything they knew to learn English as a second language to give their children, myself included, a better chance at life, and I can gladly say their effort was not in vain. If there was one thing I struggled with in pursuit of my education, it would have to be myself.

It has always been my hope to attend a highly respected university and get the best education possible, so I have spent most of my academic career working to make myself stand out amongst the hundreds of other candidates. Along with being a cadet in the JROTC program and playing on a sports, I have also done a number of other academic and physically challenging extracurricular activities throughout my four years of High School. Each of these clubs, events, and opportunities have shaped me into the person I am today and have brought me closer to my lifetime goals.

“Life includes unforeseen incidents that prove critical to promote personal growth. Life rarely gives us what we want. We are lucky if life gives us what we need in order to fulfill the path that was in place at our birthing.” ― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls. People will go through the journey of life. The life is not a destination but a journey. As people go through, they learn, experience, and gain. The journey of the life matters because the people can earn experiences and those experience makes people better.

This is where things started to change for me, I finally had something to motivate me through school, and it worked for the long run. For the next two years in that school, I started to try and study for all my classes, I trained and lifted weights to make myself better. Eventually, with all of this work and dedication I began to excel academically and athletically, as a result, I was the starting middle linebacker for the team and I went from an average student to one of the top students in my class. On the other hand, football season was over, we had two very good seasons, but it was time to decide where I wanted to go from

Well, let’s go back to where my whole career started. It was the beginning of my eighth grade year and I was new to East Wake Academy. I was scared of everybody and there were a few athletes who were being all nice to me and said I should try out for the middle school team. I was new to the school and didn’t think much of it until one of the coach’s actually told me that I should try out for

I was raised by my wonderful mother, and God family in Burton, Michigan along with my older brother and sister. My career goal of becoming a physical therapist stemmed from a growth defect I experienced during middle school that my primary doctors simply ignored. It was not until I went to a physical therapist that I was given a chance to get the medical care I needed that led to a corrective surgery. Once I was healed, I continued playing sports as my family instilled a love for athletics that will never go away. A drive that pushed me through my 14 year soccer career that was a large factor in who I am today. These experiences gave me a form of discipline that has carried into my college career which began at Adrian College, but an injury I suffered during my senior year in high school ended my time on the field, and my inability to play soccer at Adrian College.

One of my earliest memories, is picking up a book and staring at the printed words on its fresh, crisp pages, and I knew from that time, that reading was not my ideal fit. From a young age I enjoyed spending days outside of the house and just hanging with friends and playing sports. Honestly, I never liked school but always looked forward to school to see my friends. I never liked school but I always kept in mind that education can take you far in life and I was taught from a young age that education is life and that with education I can accomplish anything and everything. So I had to balance my passion of sports and my time spent with friends, with school. Sports and Athletics was a big part of my life growing up. Since I enjoyed playing

In the previous years, I have made the decision to work concurrently with my education. I have been working as a waitress in a local restaurant for years. My parents were opposed to my working since they wanted me to focus on my grades, but I wanted to lessen the financial burden for them. Both of my parents never received an education and they wanted me to solely focus on school to secure myself a better future despite our poverty.

Then came high school and all of a sudden it was clear I had two options. I could somehow try to become one of the cool girls and try my hand at cheerleading, or I could continue to pursue my love of sports. I elected the latter. This choice has left an everlasting mark. Participating in sports as an athlete has enabled me to cultivate knowledge, respect,

To support my education I am currently applying for all possible scholarships that I qualify for and are available. At the moment I am waiting for their response. I have also made contact with Central Michigan University to find out what amounts I will receive based off of my FAFSA application. On top of all of this I am performing to the best of my abilities academically and striving to make the most of the end of my high school career and to better prepare myself for the higher education that is to come. Outside of school I am also working for my Dad when I can in hopes that I will be able to save money towards my college education. I do not work all of the time because I like to have my education at the center of my attention so that I

When I was a kid, school for me was waking up early in the morning. I also have to study a lot in school, then after school I have to do homework. I remember my first day at school. My mom and dad, both were so happy and prepared but I was so nervous and cheerless. I didn’t like to wake up early in the morning for school , but as time flew by I started loving school which made me wake up with energy instead of tiredness. I began to enjoy the school as I made new friends and I got to know how it is like when you meet people out of your neighborhood. With my friends I had lunch together and study together. I started to understand what the purpose of the education system. Based on what I understood I think the purpose of education is really aimed at helping students get to the point where they can learn to be on their own. In this journey of education I had a lot of positive and few negative experiences,but the negative experiences also helped me growing. Positive experiences are my teachers helping me improve, and I improved more when I moved to the United States.

This story has to begin in my middle school years. At this age, I was already being tested annually amongst my peers. My parents had already received grades from the prior year letting them know that I was excelling in math and science. This year was different, this year they kept emphasizing on how it counts. And how it did. The grade I had received on these standardized tests statewide were enough to push me to the next level.

Education is a journey through the universe. The universe is enormous and seems to have no end. If a person wants to be truly educated, he or she must spend years in school studying both important and trivial information. The material in the solar system represents the years a student spends in school. The remaining space in the universe is the endless learning one does outside of the classroom.

I began my journey of writing on May 7, 2017 when I began taking English 1301 at Texas State Technical College. When entering the course, I did not feel that the course was relevant to complete my educational journey. Writing was not one of my strongest points, so this journey was a difficult one. During the course I learned how to better prepare myself for writing and composing assignments, how to construct an outline, proper sentence structure, and punctuation. I feel this journey will better prepare me for continuing my education and help me to communicate better as a professional.

Toward the beginning of my senior year, I was uncertain what school I would attend. The process of choosing a school was a little more difficult because I not only wanted to get an education but also play soccer. It wasn’t until about March when everything started to fall in place. By that time, I had been accepted into almost every school I applied to. The final step was deciding which school would be the best academically and athletically.