UMUC ENGL Degree

Being careless about my education, I was not concerned about how my grades would affect me in the future. I was more concerned about going against what my parents were telling me just to make them furious. I always saw myself as an average student so I really did not mind missing school and paying much attention to it. At the time, it did not seem like a big deal to me but realizing what I had done with my education was a mistake. Those bad habits I picked up throughout the years ended up making the rest of my high school career difficult. I made things that were useless seem important. I put those first when in reality they were not that important and I could have simply pushed it away. This is where I was starting to realize that I needed a wakeup call. I needed to set priorities for myself that was going to put my education back on track.

The biggest failure I experienced was back during my Sophomore year. The hardest class in the high school was AP World History in which the requirements were hours of homework a night. Many people tried to convince me not to take the course due to the fact that it is considered the hardest class in the high school. My mom tried her hardest to try and persuade me to take a different class but I felt that it was a requirement for me to take it to prove to the colleges that I was up for the task and that I was prepared to do the work necessary to succeed in college. The course required reading a whole chapter in the text book in three days and take a quiz to prove that we read and understood the topics. This is where I struggled the most because memorizing the chapters and the major topics was very difficult unlike others who could recited the

My first year of college I was devastated because I didn’t pass my math class due to procrastination. Not because the class

Furthermore, one of my most challenging experiences was maintaining a 3.0+ GPA in school while attending Oakland Community College in the Dual Enrollment Program. It was a tough situation to be in, due to the excessive amount of work I had to do for both high school and college. Every week I had to complete a chapter of my book, which consisted of long sections using words that I have never even heard of in my life, the prolonged chapters were followed by a required one to two-page essay that was due the next week or else it was considered late. Now keep in mind that these essays were a huge part of my overall grade, so I am embarrassed to say that out of the ten chapters, about four or five of them were late, but the reason for that is because

As a freshman in high school, I had the worst grades in Biology, English and Math. I was struggling in English and Biology because of my poor English-language skills. I was new to the United States, and that made the transition difficult. However in math I was just being lazy and I did not want to put in the effort needed to get a decent grade.

I still remember it was my first class for the semester. I was excited for my first literature class. Everything went as good as I hoped, at the end of the class, Mr Matt our literature Professor assigned us with a drama review essay, for which we had to watch a live play at a theater and write a review on our experience. Four months later now i am trying to fix the wrong that i did. The day Mr Matt gave us the assignment he instructed us that you have 4 months to complete this assignment. Me being a lazy person planned to do it in the last month.. Three months passed by in the blink of an eye. When the time finally came to do my assignment. I was short of money to buy a ticket for the play as i spent a lot on social activities. But then i thought i can watch a play on youtube and write a review on that, without using any money. So i disobeyed My Professor's instructions and submitted a false assignment by watching a youtube video.

Personal Insight Question: Please describe how you have prepared for your intended major, including your readiness to succeed in your upper-division courses once you enroll at the university.

What makes someone want to make a change in the world? For some, it is a deep desire to be a part of something bigger or better than themselves. Yet for others, it is a family connection or interest that sparks their conscience. For example, when people are moved to do things like adopt children, something in their heart tells them that she should be a part of something bigger in the world. That is exactly the case for Ludviga Pukas, a domestic maid from Ukraine. It was her own morals and faithfulness to her employer that left her to be remembered as one of the hundreds of thousands of holocaust rescuers (Women of Valor).

Embry Riddle could improve the quality by ensuring that the World Wide degrees match the degrees that are being offered in Eagle Vision and the main campuses. I would have them incorporate a lean event to see if they could improve the system and ensure that each student is being given the same degree

Campus is need of educating parents the importance of 8th graduation requirements and have parents come to the school to speak with the Transitional Counselor about their child's four-year graduation plan. In math the campus continues to increase rigor and align assignments and assessments to the TEKS and making sure students are receiving an intervention, if needed. In ELA the campus is seeking to increase instruction to higher cognitive levels and increase scores on all assessments throughout the year. Campus need to have data to make sure that each student gets an intervention, if needed and need to study the evidence to see if the interventions are having an impact on student learning beyond the primary classroom instruction. The campus need of assistive technology in the classrooms (when utilizing Read Write 11 Program for text to speech/speech to text software) especially for SPED students. Students placed in general education (from Read 180) aren't receiving support in areas of literature and language arts. ELA and ESL need more workshop model as their instructional design and delivery to maximize student engagement, so students are doing the majority of the reading, writing, talking, and

If I had to change one thing it would be that there was not so many little assignments that really did not have to deal with the course. Other than that, I do not think that I would really change anything. I enjoyed how there was deadlines on Sunday nights because that made me work on it over the weekend not procrastinate anything.

I feel like some of these problems are a major concern and even though in my current state of life I cannot do much to help there are still many small things that could be down to aid those who need help the most. Any activity I could do that would benefit at least one other person in the physical world I live in would be something worth doing. There are people in every part of the world who could use a little help. There are people who could benefit from accessible, healthy food, clean water, and a place to take shelter when weather conditions get a little too extreme to survive outdoors. I feel that helping those we are in a bad situation is the least people who are making it could do. Most people turn a blind eye when it comes to helping the less fortunate but imagine the change that could be accomplished if everyone was forced to live life the way some of these people do. Not being able to have a warm bed or a hot meal for even a few days would probably be enough for many people to start helping right away. I feel like I will continue to participate in activities that benefit people suffering from injustices no matter what location I end up in. There are many activities that one can participate in to help lend a hand to those who need it. Volunteering at various organizations around the area such as the Good Samaritan

Describe a social issue which you feel passionate about and 3-5 steps you can take or have taken to make a positive, lasting impact on this issue.

My greatest challenge in semester 1 is the rap I had to do for my history class and it was hard because I had to make a rap about a certain topic in history. What made it a lot harder for me was that I told my whole group to meet at the library so we can finish the rap but none of them would show up on any of the days I told them to come, so I pretty much had to do the whole project by myself. But what got me mad the most of all was the fact that they still got their points when they pretty much did anything except sing the song with me.

How to Change the World Growing up, we have all probably heard the chilché motivational speech that everyone can achieve their dreams and make a monumental difference in the world, no matter how insignificant we may think we are in the grand scheme of things. The documentary How to Change the World, directed by Jerry Rothwell, attests to the legitimacy of this statement that we may not have believed as children. By using imagery and audio to establish pathos, the stories of real life people to establish ethos, and steps that are actually proven to work to establish logos, Rothwell tries to convince the viewers that no matter how small you start out, if you have something you believe in and are willing to work for then you can change the world.