What I Learned In High School

I was born in slavery in Diamond, Missouri, during the Civil War. People don’t exactly know the year and the date of birth of me. The people that raise me and my brother, James, were Moses and Susan Carver. Susan Carver taught me and my brother to read and write because the local school didn’t enappect me and my brother to school. I escaped my parents house to go to school that was 10 miles away. I attended a series of schools before receiving my diploma at Minneapolis High School in Minneapolis, Kansas. After finishing high school, I was accepted

When I graduated from high school, I submitted my application to BYU. I believed that I will surely get accepted from them because whenever I set a goal, continually pray to God, and put my best effort into everything, there was always success in my life. However, this time was different. I encountered the first biggest failure in my lifetime that I did not get accepted to BYU. I was very disappointed about the school's decision, and I tried so many times to understand why I could not make it. Being unsatisfied, I started to think that my efforts and achievements during my high school years such as GPA, TOEFL, ACT, and the Seminary work were all in vain. This negative mind even led me to blame God by questioning "how could You abandon me?"

When I was a younger I also has to struggle with finding the answer to who I was, and this lead to a lot of feeling lost and confused with no notable place to turn to for answers. When seeking answers it helps when there is someone or

This week was exciting for me. I am actually going to be in the classroom three times this week on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. I am excited to see what happens on Friday because it will be a new day and will be full of new adventures. We also get to dress up like a character from Because of Winn Dixie; I plan on being Ms. Franny the librarian. One high from this week was I taught my first lesson and it went really well. The students loved my lesson they had so much fun and their reactions were hysterical. My cooperating teacher also gave me positive feedback on my lesson and she said that she could tell the students really enjoyed my lesson. One of the most exciting parts of my lesson however, was the ending when we had our discussion. I could tell that the students had really learned the importance of adding detail and specifics to their sequencing writing. One low from the week was that I had to have a discussion with one of my students about respect. The teacher then confronted the student and they had to write me a note apologizing for being disrespectful. I hope that I will still be able to build a strong relationship with this student, and that our relationship is not strained because of this interaction. Even

My identity developed as a nine year old when I was forced to take on the responsibilities my parent’s divorce bestowed upon me. While my mother worked two jobs, I took over the maternal-aspects of watching over my little sister, cooking dinner, completing house chores, and finishing my school work. As my older brother chose to act out and therefore disappoint my mother, I was expected to stay on task, step-up, and take charge.

The transform from a high school student to a college graduate comes with surprises and lessons. The realization of those obstacles forced me to form me some habits that adapt well into work and I utilized the knowledge I learned during college to solve real world problems. I hope learning these lessons I’ve gained through my experience will lead me to a further success in my future career.

One of the class I think grown in is I think I've grown immense is PE because I went from B- 80% to a 89% B+. I think I have grown in this class because now I try to run non stop and do my exercises correctly at all times. I was kind of expecting an A this semester but this just makes me want to work harder this semester to reach that A. Another class I have grown greatly in is Cultural Geography I went from an A- to A+ 97%. The reason is because at the middle of the semester I would not do some of the homework in that class and it would bring my grade down and when I started to realize the impacts it had in my grade I started to do all my homework and my grade went up to what it is now. The Habit of and Mind I think I've improved on the most is responsibility

I remember being 6 years old & playing in the grass barefoot and without a care in the world & thinking I didn't have a care in the world. I didn't have to worry about what I wanted to be, how I was gunna make money, or growing up. I was stuck in that moment & only thinking about how happy swinging on the swing made me. I turn around & open my eyes & you're graduating high school tomorrow to walk down that stage & get your diploma. I want to congratulate you sissy, on your graduation from high school. This is an important and necessary step in your growth and development, and I am very proud that you have taken it successfully. You may or may not have given much thought about what these next few years are going to look like. There are many decisions that you are going to make that will impact the rest of your life. Some decisions you will know, even as you are making them, are life-changing decisions, which I know you will make those decisions wisely & think of yourself in those decisions. If I could give you 3 key words of advice it would be this:

I've been living on my own since I was 17 years old. Throughout the remaining years of high school and during my college career you can say that I never really had a structured environment because I had so much freedom. I always managed to stay ahead in school. during school, I also worked 40 hours a week. I'm constantly setting goals for myself to achieve and I am a natural self-motivator. I'm always striving to be the best that I can be. Also, the nursing program that I attended Was a self-study program. we would have to learn the material before we came to class and then our teachers would just reiterate it or go over some main points. I feel like the skills I learned during those two years will help me in the future because I know

While I was in high school, my least favorite class was gym. For various reasons, I did not like participating, and often refused outright, or dropped out of an activity when I got tired of it. I heard about how important physical activities were, but I never really participated. Everything changed when I read a story. While mostly intended for entertainment, the lesson I learned from it was far easier to remember than dry, official school documents. I do not recall the book’s name, but it had a synthetic alien lifeform trying to blend in with humans. One scene I recall had it observing a sport, volleyball I think, and analyzing why people were doing it. Specifically, the analysis was focused on how the fast paced game was similar to combat; learning how to work with your allies to achieve more than you could alone; Practice reacting to rapidly changing situations; Gaining the ability to predict your opponents, and counter their actions. While the story had the main character missing that it was mostly for fun, the

Learning is as important as graduating because what you’ve learned is what prepares you for the future. Graduation is only temporary while what you’ve learned in school is what gets you ready for your career. If you are not learning anything while you’re in school, you will not be ready or equipped to be successful in the workplace; which defeats the purpose of going to school in the first place.

Throughout the short time of being in this class we went over a lot of information that helped me advance in my writing and researching. Learned many things that will I will use throughout the rest of my life, such as how to research, and how to be persuasive. Those key learned topics will be used in the rest of my college career to my future workplace and in my own personal life.

They had told me two days prior, my parents, that I would finally be attending public school for the first time in all my 15 years of being alive. Naturally, I had thought my parents jesting when they told me. It was crazy to me that they would suddenly spring this on a poor, unsuspecting teen girl two days before the start of the entire school year. Honestly, I feel like culture shock would apply in this instance! Especially for someone who had been homeschooled their entire life. I didn't know the first thing about the commonplace workings of a normal school day for the average millennial, and honestly, I had assumed I’d never need to.

My life has been a big whirlwind of different experiences that have truly shaped me into the person I am today. These different experiences helped me to learn from my mistakes and accomplishments. I now use what I learned to apply to what I do in life and how I influence people around me wherever I go. I believe that my background and experiences will add a stupendous impact to the diversity of St. George’s University.

This speech is all about what I’ve learned here at the high school… all four glorious years.