After nineteen years of living in a small town named Wasco, known by most for the prison, I moved to Long Beach. I grew up in a strict religion that discouraged questioning and required extreme dedication towards servitude of God. Attending college was discouraged by my parents and the church, as it took away from time spent towards serving God. Living in Wasco was my own prison. Moving to Long Beach meant freedom to me where I was finally able to stretch my constrained, clipped wings. Suddenly, the simplest of questions, for some, such as "What do I want to be?" and "Who am I?" plagued my mind. These answers should be easy to answer and yet, I didn't know the answers. I found myself in the most diverse of cities and my head filled with questions that would spark the most intriguing answers. I learned that who I am encompassed a passion and hunger towards helping others, choosing a major that allowed me to utilize the skills of love, caring, and patience, and an aspiration to achieve my educational goals despite financial hardship.
Many people I spoke with hunger for wealth, social status, fame, even beauty. Imagine the awkward, twisted-face looks I encountered when I spoke of hunger pangs stemming from a craving to help others. For eight years I worked as a waitress. Many of my co-workers hated their job and would remain in the service industry for one maybe two years maximum. I loved my job as a waitress not because it was an easy job, had great managers or because my co-workers were easy to get along with, but because of all the people I was able to help during my shift. Working as a waitress helped me realize that my zeal came from helping people. The hunger to help others is strong and great. My experiences while working a...
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...loan payments added to our monthly expenses. I am reminded of my desires and cravings everyday that I go to work and hear the bells of unfulfillment toll. My educational path will be a long one, but I am prepared and extremely motivated for the path ahead. My financial hardship keeps me at a job that is unfulfilling and moot; however, I am grateful for the fuel it provides to my passion in achieving my educational goals.
I learned much about myself when I moved to Long Beach. I moved to Long Beach with a head full of questions. I learned that who I am encompasses a passion and hunger to help others. I learned that I should choose a major that allows me utilize the skills of love, caring and patience that are a unique part of who I am. Despite the financial hardship myself and my family encounter daily, I continue with my aspirations to achieve my educational goals.
As I reflect on my college life, I wonder about the choices I have made that have led me to where I am today and that will guide me into shaping who I long to become. The things I have had to sacrifice, the support and experiences I have had with family, friends, strangers and work colleagues. I don’t know what I will be doing three months or thirty years from now but I do know that I want to have new experiences. When I graduated from high school, I knew I didn’t want to be that person that moved back to the same town and stayed there for the rest of my life. I even contemplate leaving the United States in my adult life. Who really knows, maybe those cards are still in the deck. For now, I know my immediate goals include focusing on completing my college education the best I can, and moving away from my comfort zone, broadening my horizons and taken risks.
The decision to enroll in graduate school came after considerable time and soul searching. While contemplating the decision to return to school I thought about life, school and work. I realized that my experience in these areas have prepared me for the challenge and I am going to succeed.
My goals in college are to get involved with student government, play lacrosse graduate in the top of my class all my life of being in school I was always active not just a regular student. Whether it was SGA or sports or volunteer work I was a part of it; all years of school levels I have graduated with honors and I do not want to see anything different now while I am in college. As we all know college is not a walk in the park and I am well aware of that. I have to really be on my game to accomplish my goal of graduating with honors. I am already on the way of my goal, I have already completed 3 business courses and am now on the process of taking one now. I have taken business law, introduction of business, and industrial business; I did not take them at Towson however they still transferred over as business courses.
“Never underestimate your own strength. You were born for a purpose and are blessed with the power to achieve it” (Leon Brown). I have this quote printed out and on the wall next to my door so I can see it every day as a reminder to myself. I believe that we all have a purpose on this earth and that everything we go through on the journey there has a reason whether to teach a lesson or set an example. We have places where we want to end up and goals we want to achieve. We set these goals and dreams to help us fulfill the purpose we see for ourselves. I believe my purpose is to help people in their times of need. To fulfill my purpose, I will need to use my personal, academic and career goals to create a pathway to get to where I want to be
I believe that each child is a unique individual who needs a secure, caring, and stimulating atmosphere in which to grow and mature emotionally, intellectually, physically, socially, and academically. It is my desire as a future educator to help students meet their fullest potential by providing an environment that is safe, supports risk-taking, and invites a sharing of ideas. There are two elements that I believe are essential to establishing such an environment, (1) allowing the child’s natural curiosity to direct his/her learning, and (2) promoting respect for all things and all people.
1. How do you proactively engage in your own education beyond class time and requirements? If this has not been part of your practice so far, explain why you want to be involved in this major when this is going to be asked of you.
In my household, from the time I was in Kindergarten, my mother expected academic excellence and nothing less. With her help I was an A student, Science fair grand champion, Young authors winner, Community helpers member, Young academic role model and more. At the age of eleven I lost my mother to Invasive Breast Cancer. Being academically successful was her goal for me and up to that point in her life she instilled the values of education and hard work ethic into me. At that young age I had to decide how I was going to continue being academically successful in school and what were my educational goals for myself. Since that day every school year I ask myself that same question,and this year being my senior year it’s more prominent than ever. My short term educational goals are: to apply and be admitted to 4 universities, maintain a 3.7 gpa, pass AP calc and English exam’s with a score of 4 or higher, and graduate with honors.
Self-development was my intent upon entering the Evergreen State College and remains so in applying to the University of Washington. At Evergreen I developed my interests while exploring many areas of academia. I performed exceptionally in the cross-disciplinary programs I’ve taken. This marked difference from my high school performance is due to an intentional rigorous engagement with my education. In high school I merely accepted my future as it came to me. Now I’m actively building my
Throughout the past years, I have been struggling with what I want to do with my life. I’ve decided on several different career paths many times, but I finally found one that I am planning on studying. After I graduate, I wish to attend the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where I can study biology and psychology. After college, I would like to apply to University of Nebraska Medical Center where I can study neurology. As soon as my education is completed, I wish to apply for a job at a medical center where I can do what I want for a living - help people. Along the way, I want to start a family and live debt-free in a larger city, a life my parents weren’t offered. These ambitions that I possess today wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for my past. It has been a challenge getting to who I am today, and it will be a challenge to get where I want to be in the future.
During these years my life was an old television with only three channels: home, school and church; each one being similar to the other with little distinction. Even though my life seemed tedious at times, I learned how to focus, pray and never to give up. In hindsight, I believe my parents raise me in this manner out of fear. I did not grow up in the best of neighborhoods, and my older brother was incarcerated while I was growing up, so I can understand their apprehension. Nevertheless, I had a strong moral foundation to enter the unknown know as college.
Education has always been a primary concern for my parents, who taught me that if I need to succeed in life, I have to be educated. Following their guide, I have always valued and tried to get the most of any educational opportunity I have had. Having grown up in a business family, I have always been interested in focusing my career in the business field. My Mother and Father own their own company, and they are constantly talking about business, which has inspired me to follow their path. When my parents retire, they want me to carry on their legacy. For this reason, I have decided to pursue my studies in the field of Business and Leadership at Marylhurst University. I want to pursue a well-rounded education at this established university where I also can have life experiences in the outside world, which will ultimately help me to become a successful leader in our family business.
All your life growing up, you don 't have to make any big decisions. This all changes senior year when you have to make a decision about what you are going to do with your life after high school. What you choose to do can dictate how you spend your time and money. If you do not make a choice you will not be able to move on towards being a self supporting adult. Decisions are hard to make but essential to keep moving forward.
Many people tend to set goals. They can set goals for their personal life, academics, or even for their professional lives. You can literally set a goal for pretty much anything you can imagine. I believe that people should set goals, they help you stay focused and want to do better for the future. Goals change all of the time though, because of a lot of different reasons, maybe you found that one thing just really is not what you want to do with your life, so you find something else to do. To me that is just how life is, my goals will most likely change as I am getting older and trying to find what I want to do with the rest of my life.
My education goal is to further improve my art skills and I will love it if Haskell will grant me the honor of helping me improving my skills to that level.
As I have reflected on the examined life, intellectually, physically, emotionally, socially and spiritually, over the span of this semester and applied it to our own life, I have noticed a theme that links each of these dimensions together. Life is a journey of self discovery where individuals are constantly trying to come to terms with who they are as a person. Through this journey, individuals can find their calling or vocation in life, discover their potential, know one’s self, and even just make sense of life. Furthermore, I will examine this theme of self discovery in the context of each dimension and apply it to what I have learned over the course of this semester.