What 's The Most Transformative Educational Experience You 've Had?

In American society, higher education has become the standard and all over the country young people are being told just how important and necessary this extended learning is. The question is: why? Mark Edmundson, author of “Who Are You and What Are You Doing Here?”, tackles this question with full-force in his essay about making the most of your college learning. Within the essay, Edmundson’s purpose is to inspire a new way of thinking for students just beginning their college education. He gives the readers a personal account of self-discovery amidst the depravity of academics, and emphasizes that this is one of the most important parts of the college experience.

That year my class grew to a class size of fifteen which would be the biggest it would get until high school. That year my teacher was Mrs. McVey and I was always scared of her and would be for the rest of my elementary years. In second grade they taught us how to write in cursive and told us that we would be expected to use it for the rest of lives- most of us never used it again. Also that year, every Catholic in my class received their First Communion; henceforth, a good part of the year was devoted to preparing us for that. In second grade they taught us how to write paragraphs for the first time and we learned all about classifying sentences and how to find the noun, verb, adjectives, etc. Second grade was a big step in both my journey as a student and my religious

What we get out of the college experience, we use in our day to day lives. Even the things we think aren’t important or useful end up becoming helpful. The material we learn in college is fundamental when it comes jobs and life in general. We are taught to make choices. We are taught how the real world works, and how to turn our education into our way of life. “…the really significant education in thinking that we’re supposed to get in a place like this isn’t really about the capacity to think, but rather about the choice of what to think about.” (Wallace 199).

In conclusion, the college experience has made me a changed person. It has made me a changed person for the better. I have learned a lot, I have learned responsibility. Without responsibility in college you will not make very far. You must get your work done, and be punctual. You must make the right decisions, don’t let peer pressure get to you, try to avoid it. Don’t let college change you for the worst, take advantage of

Every little mistake and success story in my high school years qualify as a factor to my personal change but by far the biggest experiences were definitely my efforts of maintaining a good GPA and the participation in the National Honor Society. Trying to achieve and keep up with my GPA was harder than it appeared but due to all the effort I can anticipate that whatever the future has in store for me I will be ready to endure. Not only was the experience of my GPA life-changing but it was also the door to bigger opportunities, one being the National Honor Society. Although I doubted myself almost every step of the way I can truthfully say the experience was transformative in the sense that it taught me morals I will cherish throughout the rest of my journey.

Eighth grade. I can honestly tell you that I have learn almost nothing in academic, but that would only stretch the true. I cannot truly remember what went on exactly in eighth grade, but I can specifically remember my English class, a place of hopelessness. My English at the time of eighth grade was not the best nor was it the worst, however I did struggle in English the most. My experience in eighth grade was not the same as Michael J. Romick, his was a much more learning compare to mine. Romick was engaged for the first time in academics, the moment he had heard the combination of poetry with music he had become stunned. His experience with those combination were written in his article Totally Tuned In.

As an English major and third year college student, I have already been introduced to several different topics that have broadened the intellectual side of me. Philosophy has introduced me to Descartes, that has made me question who am I, and do I really exist? Economics has made me predict trends and the future of our economy. Music courses have shown me the thought process behind the creative process, genius, and history behind songs, genres, and artists. Reading has made me think about how society affects the individual in books such as Fight Club or One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. My experiences so far have made me use my intellect far more than when I began college. Each subject has stretched my mind a little bit more and has taught me to think just a little differently each time. In all, my education, not only in college, but back to high school as well, has made me a better and stronger intellectual.

Becoming a MAWHIBA student. MAWHIBA is an organization that takes the top students in the nation and gives them many opportunities like college experiences and the ability to conduct research with college professors. I was the only one in my middle school to pass the test and I ended up getting sent to a private high school in a classroom for gifted students. This is a major turning point in my life. The classroom is full of smart students who gave me a challenge trying to beat them in grades. It was also fun being in a class full of people who want to learn, ask smart questions, and understand tutoring. Every time we have an exam, I always run around the class teaching everyone and learning from them anything I missed or didn’t fully comprehend.

I was a fifteen year old who knew little to no English. I still remember my first day in high school. I had no idea what was being taught. I was just sitting on the desk extremely

My education that I received while at David Prouty High School has strongly influenced both my personal and academic development, by teaching me to take value in my work. Throughout my time at David Prouty I have taken many rigorous classes, but developed the most through the classes I condemned at the time of taking them. Everyone has certain subjects that they are not fond of and it is hard to always put your best foot forward. At David Prouty I learned that my work is an extension myself and if I start to slack in things that I find challenging, then my work ethic is flawed. David Prouty has taught me to trudge through things that I find difficult and excel at things I love.

Sometimes all it takes is the influence of a single person or event to change your entire outlook on life. For me, that life altering experience was the Colorado Leadership Retreat in the summer after sophomore year. Going into the trip, I never could have imagined how much my life would be changed by a single week in the mountains. This experience largely impacted my life, and shaped me into the person I am today by granting me three beneficial traits: honesty, confidence, and courage.

My most defining experience would have to be the time when I not only skipped seventh grade, but also when I won the valedictorian of my eighth grade year. Looking back, these back-to-back experiences made me the person that I am today for two distinct reasons, one being that those experiences made me realize that I wouldn't have gotten to that point in my life without my teachers, friends, family, and most importantly God. Without those teachers there who pushed me to challenge myself and aim high, I wouldn't have even considered making that big of a jump in the first place. Without those friends who believed in me when I didn't in myself, I wouldn't have thought it would be possible for me to handle a harder curriculum with people I didn't

If someone were to ask me what my most transformative education experience was, I would ponder for a moment. Then I would think back to freshman year in high school when I had a math teacher named Mr. Fernandez. This man would change my whole perspective on education and would pave my success in future class in high school.

The experience that changed my life was a mission trip to Trinidad. We shared the gospel of Christ with the people of the island. We were able to get to know the children through backyard Bible studies and played games with them. It is an experience that remains dear to my heart.

In my lifetime, there have been many breathtaking and wonderful experience’s I have had the pleasure in being a part of, only one experience comes to mind when I think about a personal experience that’s dear to me. The experience that is most dear to me would be one that changed my view on life and the path I had paved for myself along the way.