Personal Experience Essay

Through the semester I realized that it was all right for me to not have one specific learning type. Before, discussing different types of learners in College Transfer Success I always categorized myself as a visual learner. While I primarily learn through seeing things, I found that multi-modal is a more accurate description of my learning type. When I began taking my first college courses this semester, it became more apparent that I was multi-modal. Each professor I have had this semester teaches

knows me knows I love to chat so we chatted about a huge array of things, including me giving them my two pennies on how some suppliers like to add a few zeros to anything with wedding in the title and how you can avoid this (thanks to my previous experience in events in a previous life!) Equally, I was so pleased to capture a few really intimidate, intricate moments that I believe, despite only just meeting the couple, I believe illustrate the love they feel for each other at this special time. The

Early one Sunday morning, rattling as per usual, I phoned someone I knew vaguely through my work who had drink in the house and begged him to bring some over to me. He refused point-blank to give me booze or money. I was raging. Instead he found out where a meeting was close to me (it turned out his brother was in AA in the USA) and took me later that day. That was my first AA meeting. I was still rattling and my head was completely taken up with how to get drink. My only real memory of that meeting

There is a myth that in seven years, your body regenerates itself. The idea is that in that time span span, all of your cells will have regenerated themselves, so the individual parts of your body have been switched out. If this is true, this raises the question: are you the same person you were seven years ago? Unfortunately, this myth has been debunked. There are some parts of your body that stay the same throughout your entire life, like your tooth enamel and your retinas. Nevertheless, the original

that its just something that shows up in the movies to sell tickets. Most of my family have been in the military and I had some ideas what I would expect but it wasn't nearly enough to prepare myself for what I would experience. I came back from war a different person. My experiences in Afghanistan as a Combat Medic has left scars that will never fully heal, but my family and children have definitely helped them fade. Joining the Military was one of the most important choices of my entire life

My palms are getting sweaty; I can feel my heart beating faster. I looked at the clock everything seemed to being going slower then usually. I wanted to get this over with, I wanted to finish this chemistry exam and get it done with. This was my exam the final material that was being marked and it was weight thirty percent of my mark. This test can make a huge impact on my overall mark. I studied very hard throughout the week but I still felt like I wasn't prepared. This test seemed almost impossible;

Throughout this semester, I have learned a multitude of characteristics about myself, both as a writer and as a person. I came into this class with the mindset of knowing how to write well. Throughout high school, I have gotten away with spending incredibly little of my time on essays, while still being able to make them sound well written. This semester tested my ability to work on my own, without being told what to do. With newly given freedom, I often struggled with what I needed to accomplish

My feet hit hard on the cold cement steps as I slightly jogged up to Armstrong hall. I stepped into the old building and saw my classroom right away. No one was in the hall and all I heard was the air conditioner blowing. I entered the room at 20 minutes to six there was only one kid sitting in the back of the room. The room was tiny and plastered white without one pop of color in it. I take a seat in the middle of the desks as they were all facing the front wall that had a huge whiteboard on it

thoughts in my brain. This transition into college life caused thoughts like, “Who am I?”, “Why am I here?”, and “What is my goal in life?” to speed through my head, making me dizzy and anxious. These are questions that every living person will experience, and every single person will have to discover the answers for themselves. Many use aids, such as assessments, to help understand the complexity of their minds. Although who I am will continue to shift and evolve, I’ve finally started to understand

schoolwork. Although there were many temptations, I constantly reminded myself that I was here to study first and have fun later. Thus, I only attended a couple of parties at the beginning of the quarter. This allowed me to have fun, let loose, and experience college parties while not letting that affect my schoolwork. Moreover, another goal that I had set for myself was to take care of my physical and mental health throughout the quarter, not let myself gain the notorious “freshman 15”. Therefore, I