Personal Experience Essay

learned different things about the city of Pomona, as well as things about myself. Since I got to explore around Pomona and talk to different people, I discovered something about myself that I thought I would never do to others. I believe this experience in the Pomona community allowed me to look at my flaws even further and to learn from them in order to help the community I want to make an impact on. One of the things that I learned about myself was that I was kind of quick to judge someone before

thinking for yourself was a prominent idea that was often drilled into our minds. Parents, teachers and friends wanted you to think of your own ideas and be able to talk about them in depth. But as time has gone on, there has been much less emphasis on personal thought. This may be due to the shift in our reliance on technology. Since technology is used more than ever, we have access to an immense amount of information. But just because we have access to a lot of information, doesn’t mean that we completely

their own experiences of science in primary and secondary education. (Van Aalderen‐Smeets, Van Hest, Walma van der Molen & Poortman, 2017) Throughout my schooling science consisted of a textbook or PowerPoint presentation that displayed content and I was instructed to write and memorise facts rather than participating in practical based learning. This experience left me with little knowledge of science concepts which meant that I formed a negative attitude towards science. Through my experience of science

friends and showed me the school throughout the day. As time went by, I fell in love with that high school and everyone in it. Looking back, one of the most cherished memories I have from high school is the one when someone changed my high school experience with a simple hello. As time went by, Alex and I became very good friends. He used to tell me stories about his family and his country traditions. For example, he used to talk for hours about his memories from the Chinese temples that he used to

The stories "An American Childhood", by Anne Dillard and "Once more to the lake" by E.B. White illustrates the author's childhood memories with description and imagery theme but have different personal experiences and issues. "An American Childhood", by Anne Dillard was about her old neighborhood. Dillard depicts her childhood from the age of five through high school, in 1950's America. According to Dillard, to find the source of happiness, one must resist the world to try to seal that character

High Point A moment in my life that stands out as an especially positive experience is when I graduated high school. The day occurred on June 15, 2015 at the Jiffy Lube live arena stage in my hometown of Manassas, Virginia. The people involved in this positive experience were myself, my mother, father, sister, family friends, my friends, administrators, teachers, and peers. I woke up in the morning around 9:00 am, showered, got dressed packed all of my essentials for my graduation, and drove to

assignment provided the opportunity to experience a self-help group and better understand the intentions, purpose, and functions of support groups. The particular group that I observed was provided through my field agency, Richland 2 School District, for all interns serving as school social workers. The small group is considered a task group that is centered around giving an additional layer of support for graduate students during their field placement experience. In addition, the group addresses the

Rivkah Nakhon How has your education and community service experience helped you to better serve the community? The education and community service that I have personally experienced has tremendously helped me better serve the community. Being provided with an excellent education that has not only focused on high levels of academic secular studies, but has also focused on vital biblical studies that emphasize the importance of life morals and values, has greatly impacted my life. I was always taught

have all culminated in framing who I am, my passions, and more importantly my college and career goals. My education experience has been consistently eye-opening and successful. With my participation in honors, PAP, and AP classes, I have learned to enhance and build upon my studying habits and form innovative solutions to any problem or challenge I may encounter. My experiences in these classes have developed not only a passion to be successful in everything I choose to do, but has also created

guitarists. Now I have gotten the first level guitar certificate. The distance-learning help me a lot. However, some people think distance-learning is useless compared with traditional classroom. Though people have various opinions based on their experience, social roles and information from others, I still believe it is necessary to look at all sizes because it can strengthen our own opinions and reduce misunderstanding. Some of parents question about distance-learning. They think distance-learning