What I Learned In Sophomore Year

The most significant challenge I have faced was when I was growing up was reading. Reading is one of the most important things it was hard for me to say some words that I thought I was never gonna learn to read ever even if they were just small words or big words I struggle so much while growing up. When I was

Over the course of time, I have learned that learning is essential if you want to be successful. Whether it is about life skills or school, learning is a habit that everyone uses in a way to become successful. One of my main goals is to obtain the most out of college so that I can input what I learn in school in the outside world. Meaning that I want to learn as much as I possibly can in any course, especially in this course. I expected this course to be a review of my English class during my senior year of high school, but I extended on what I had previously learned about English. As this semester of ENG 111 ends, I can say that I have improved skills that involve grammar, structuring a paragraph with supporting details, and opening my

One time I had to overcome adversity is when I had an AP bio test. This was the third or fourth big test we had taken in the class and the last test before the second quarter began. The week before the test I procrastinated studying until the very last night. The night before the test I knew I had to buckle down and study for at least a couple of hours.

Everyone goes through a challenge at some point in their life. I went through a challenge last year at the beginning of my freshman year attending Foothills Christian High School. Last year, my freshman year I did not know anybody starting the school year. This made me super nervous to start high school. I was also concerned about the three days a week at school and two days homeschool. One of my challenges was going to school and parts of that challenge was not knowing anybody starting school, having to go to school on three days a week instead of five, and not knowing the campus well.

The author, Rebekah Nathan which is really a pen name wrote a book called, My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student. This book was published in 2006 and it was all about the college students that Nathan which is an Anthropology professor hardly can understand why the college students could not finish their homework or read what they are assigned to, so she became a student to be like them and study why the students can’t finish their homework at where she teaches as a student.

A particular instance I had to conquer happened very recently. In fact, I am currently persevering through it as I write this. A challenge I faced was applying for ASMSA. I needed everything to be pluperfect. There could be absolutely no mistakes, as I absolutely had to get into this school. It would bring a multitude of opportunities, so I couldn't do anything to jeopardize my chances of getting in. My essays had to be the most supreme essays I had ever written. I just had to get into this school.

An event that challenged me was when my brother went into the Air Force. This tested my ability of being more independent, since he would assist me in a lot of things. Another goal of mine was to see my brother graduate from basic training, and that was a goal because I want to see my family succeed in life, in which I did. Whilst seeing my brother graduate I accomplished learning about the Alamo, and a great quantity about the Air Force. Throughout the year I was always on the trampoline, yet this year I had a goal to do a double backflip on it. I achieved that goal, learning how to do it and learning how to land it. For the duration of this, I had help from my friends, which they tutored me on how much I should spin and how I should compact the landing. After learning that, they also taught me how to land a front flip on the ground, which I needed a lot of encouragement to do. I had many goals and challenges I wanted to achieve and overcome were the ones in diving. The goals I had in diving were doing a 2

The most significant challenge I have had was when I first started school I didn’t speak English well; when I started school communication was difficult with my teacher and my peers. The year following that I was enrolled in speech classes to practice pronunciation and learn vocabulary. During the time I spent in those classes , I felt left out of the rest of the class. I would go to Speech everyday and when Friday came around every week my first grade class had Fun Friday . When Fun Friday would begin at the end of every Friday I was sent away to Speech. This affected my academic achievement by making me work twice as hard as peers in and outside of class.

I learned to drive sophomore year. My father taught me I also got my temporary Id and went to driving school. Learning how to drive was a major milestone for me sophomore year. Every weekend we would get up and go to a vacant lot and drive around and practice my cones. When I got my temporary Id I thought driving would be simple and easy which it was. During driving school I had to take in cards which was cool. But the instructors kept teaching me different driving styles and techniques. When I finally took my test I was nervous I thought I was going to fail miserably. When we got there my mom could tell I was nervous and give me advice. I failed both parts of my test and didn’t want to retake it anymore. My temporary id expired in a few months

A time when self doubt got the best of me was my senior year of high school. As concert band season was about to start, had self doubt about playing flute as first chair. Instead of auditioning like my previous years in high school, ended up taking a Spanish course. My band teacher was upset when he found out that band was no longer on my schedule. He wanted me to try out at least. My self doubt as a flute player got the best of me, and never tried out my senior year. No longer having band impacted me by forgetting how to play flute. Instead of increasing my skills and knowledge of music it started to diminish. However, started to pick up a new skill. At first was regretting my decision because Spanish felt too difficult. Eventually, the more

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

One obstacle in high school that I had was Honor Chemistry class. I have never had a good understanding of Chemistry in Jr. High and my father was sick at the time, which made me less focus. Despite this, I had always scored high in the Class, keeping a high A in the class. One quiz I felt very good about I got was a 65. This quiz spurred me into a greater commitment to conquer the subject. For the rest of the year I work harder on Chemistry than any other class and came out of the class with an A.

A challenge that I have overcome was my test anxiety. I have always been the worst test taker ever, and my anxiety had made it a lot worse. I would begin to sweat, breath heavy, and my mouth would get dry. As a result, I was rushing to get finish because I wanted to be like everyone else. You see it seemed as if it was easy for them and very hard for me. I was unable to think clearly and I would get so tripped up and not be able to do anything. My biggest fear was that I would be the last one in the class struggling to get done and everyone would think that I was a dummy.

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

Waiting in line to go through customs I didn 't want to think about all all the things I would have to do. Support myself financially, find a place to live, figure out how to start college. It all seemed overwhelming. I immigrated on my own to US when I was seventeen. The transition was difficult, and I considered returning back to India. Even though it would have been easier to return, staying provided better opportunities. As I grappled with my new environment and struggled to acclimate. Two experiences played a pivotal role in shaping my character. First, the support I received from family and friends. The second, my work with adolescent youth. Through these I understood the importance of support and the joy of providing it. The