Planning for the future is very prominent in my life. Whether it be for school, finances, or important goals, it doesn’t matter. It has always been critical to plan for the future so that it doesn’t take me by surprise. By getting ready for the future now, I find myself much better prepared in the long run for nearly everything. I have been preparing to serve a 2-year LDS mission for the majority of my life. That may not mean much to a person not of my faith; however, preparing is much more difficult than just packing your suitcases ahead of time. I must know the aspects of my religion like the back of my hand, and depending on where my church sends me, I might even be required to learn a new language. The nature of the “mission call” is that the missionary, their friends, and their family have no idea where the missionary in question is being sent. For example, this hypothetical missionary could go to the paradise of Hawaii, the arid deserts of Africa, or even 50 miles from home. It is truly all up in the air until that fated letter arrives in this faithful missionary’s mailbox bearing the name of the Church presidency in Salt Lake City. Furthermore, it is even more …show more content…
Even as an elementary grader, I would always give my best efforts to anything and everything I was accomplishing. As a result, I have retained those habits into my high school years. Planning for the imminent future is incredibly necessary when it comes to what kinds of efforts I put forth in my high school schooling. As the wise teachers of Blackfoot High School love to tell their students, “Your grades will forever follow you in life” (Gardner 1). By following their abundant knowledge, I know that I definitely do not want to be an overweight, lazy, 50-year-old who is regretting the choices I made 35 years ago. If what I do in the present is so vital to the success I will have later in life, that only presses me harder to
From the beginning of high school, students strap on their seatbelts and prepare for one of the most vigorous races of their lives – becoming successful. With the rare occurrence of a break, kids are expected to keep on driving as fast and as powerfully as they can in order to get into a “great” college, which would be followed by graduate school and then an actual job that would make a lot of money. In American society, common values include working hard, determination, and being so productive that free time is not even a question. However, this philosophy is taking a major toll on American college and high school students. For at least 40 years, America’s future has been steadily growing unmotivated, tired, and hopeless due to the overemphasis on performing well in school. This phenomenon is appropriately expounded in William Zinsser’s “College Pressures”, which takes a look at the top four sources of tension that cause these feelings of dejection and agitation. After reading this article, I came up with a few solutions to this national problem. It is time to switch the harsh, over-encouraging green light of education to a comfortable yellow one. In order to make this ideal transition, directors of education across the country need to primarily reduce the amount of out-of-class assignments, lighten the grading system, and incorporate days in the school year that allow students to express their thoughts about school and provide useful feedback.
Growing up, my parents never expected perfection but expected that I try to accomplish my best. The effort I’ve put forth in learning has been reflected in my grades throughout my high school career. I’ve entered myself in vigorous course work such as AP Government and AP English to become well prepared for my college career, all while maintaining a 4.4 grade point average this year. Not only do I engage in AP classes, but up until this year I had no study halls. I wanted my day to be packed full of interesting classes that I would enjoy learning about. My grades and choice of classes prove the effort that I put forth in my learning. Working hard now can only pay off in the future. Learning now creates a well-rounded human being. Working to learn is why I am so dedicated to my studies now.
Given away by my name, I am not an American; I was born and raised in Saigon, Vietnam - a dynamic city with over nine million people squeezed into roughly the size of south Bay Area. It was towards the end of my third year of high school that my family immigrated to the U.S. Leaving my hometown behind, at seventeen, I started a new chapter of my life.
The Ultimate Career Goal: I am extremely passionate about marine and wildlife ecosystems and all their inhabitants and have a desire to work in a career that allows me to work closely within these ecosystems as well as allowing myself to educate those that surround me about the importance of science. My ultimate career goal is to work as a laboratory and field technician for a reputable company or organisation.
College Admissions Essay If someone asked me where I am going to be in ten years, this would be my answer. I have a great, high-paying job, and beautiful wife and family, and a nice sports car parked in front of my lovely house. When I look into the future, I see myself being successful and happy. Even though I always pictured myself this way, I never worried too much about how I would get there.
Preparing for the future can be done in many ways, in my experience perhaps the most notable would be doing well in school in order to get into certain universities. When I was in elementary school or middle school, grades and report cards simply didn’t have the same impact on my future as they do now because of the lack of responsibility placed on the younger children. However as I grow older and have more expectations placed on me to excel in my classes and one day go to a prestigious college, more importance is added onto schoolwork, pressuring me into working harder for the future ahead of me. As the stakes increase, the possibility of failure increases as well which often hurts the self esteem and confidence of students like myself. I’ve take advanced classes throughout my high school experience, some of which are at the college level, and
Probably the most important turning point in my life happened in 1992. At this time, I was eight years old and living in Williamsport Pennsylvania. My dad had a well-paying job at Anchor Darling Valve Company, I was attending a parochial school and I thought life was just great. At the time we lived in a large four-story house with a separate three-story garage and an acre of forest for a backyard. I had a ten-speed bicycle and I would often go bicycling with my friends at the nearby cemetery. No-one ever objected to this, in fact people would often have picnics at the top of this hill at the cemetery. I guess the only things I ever complained about were the constant music lessons and practice sessions my parents subjected me to.
In high school, I have enrolled in AP, Pre-AP, and Dual Credit classes to prepare for the exceptionally challenging classes that lie ahead, especially in the subject of science. Taking Pre-AP/AP and dual credit classes has enabled me to persevere and has further improved my work ethic. When I was a junior, I had a lot on my plate. I was on a very demanding dance team, in National Honor Society, Service Cord, and had academics to worry about. I struggled for a long time with the course load, and contemplated on dropping some classes, but I didn’t. I began working harder than ever before, after practice ended at about 5:30pm, I would go to George Memorial Library every day to do homework until the library closed at 9:00pm. Then I would go home and continue doing my homework until it was complete. That year I learned how dedicated I was to my academics. The same drive that I had that year will be the same drive that will get me thorough
Once middle school began, classes were now split up into lanes, and furthermore validated my presumption of my intelligence, I was stupid... I didn’t put forward any effort into my schoolwork, I hovered around a 2.0 throught the whole of middle school. High school came around, alternatively, I was on the other side of the spectrum of a fixed mindset, I was overly confident about my academic ability. The article “When Capable Students Fail: The Academic Sustainability Gap Katie Hern, Chabot College”. Hern observes “They Speak of falling behind and believing they’ll catch up, but the work snowballs and they can’t recover.” This is relevant to me because I was able to get decent grades(3.3 and above) in High School by falling behind and doing all the semester’s work the week before and turning it in. I was confident that no matter how far I feel behind that everything was going to be fine. It was the second semester of my senior year, I was offered a spot on the Cal Poly San Luis
People will face challenges everyday in their lives. For some these challenges may be minor and for others they may be major. The way they handle those challenges can and may impact their lives forever. I have come to realize that there is one thing in our lives that everybody can rely on to help them get through these challenges and that is optimism! I know this because it has worked for me!
We call ourselves a civilized community, let’s recall that we as humans put thought into our lives, our culture, our actions although we don’t put much of this element towards our deeds, we see ourselves as good people and criticize others for such imperfections and mistakes. Now picture this, a person who accuses others, “Oh look at my new Lamborghini! Oh hey you see my dazzling art collection!” Yeah very stereotypical and irritating I hope you assume that my point is we don’t see our mistakes clearly but no matter what, we seek perfection among others AKA the constant mess of human civilization.
My ideal future would be being able to travel to places where I’ve been as well as to places where I haven’t been. I’d imagine myself being happy because I’d have everything I’ve ever wanted. Getting married, buying a house- even if it were a small house with only a few bedrooms in a quiet neighbourhood. After buying a house(,) I’d have a child so that I could spoil them the way my parents spoiled me. In my ideal future(,) I would work at home so that I could be able to spend time with my family I would be my own boss. On my spare time that I would have I would start a an animal shelter one in a foreign country I would help stray animals have a home, people who can not afford to have pets could come play with dogs and cats as well as adopt them. I’d also keep myself entertained by being activite and having my own gymnastics gym.
Everyone has plans. Weather they want to become a scientist and discover new and amazing things, or become a star basketball player and be the highest paid player in the league. I have plans for the future, just like everyone else, and I will do whatever it takes to achieve it. When I entered my middle school years of school, I had dreamed of being a Teacher’s Assistant, something I had wanted to be since I was a child and went to Head Start. Now, here I am in my senior year in high school wanting to do the same job I have dreamed about. Now I come to a time in my life where I chose what to do with my future, chose what will make me happy. My future plan consists of working at Head Start and from this career field, I will have much satisfaction.
There is such a thing as too much planning. People often get paralyzed by endless efforts to perfect their plan, trying to make sure there is no possibility of error. They forget that nothing in life is perfect and that even the most detailed plan is still hypothetical, nothing is constant. They waste their time perfecting their plans, meanwhile they do nothing to put their plans into action. It’s better to get on your feet and start doing something rather than, spend your present dreaming ahead to the future.
Creating a plan for life can benefit in numerous ways creating a path to take and allow to to stay on track to accomplish the goals to make your plan a reality. The plan can consist of many key concepts in life such as a job, family, and the elements in life that make you happy such as being an outdoorsman that keeps you sane from your daily job. I believe that having a life outside of work is what makes you happy and not the job itself unless you career it with the ideal job of your dreams then you have completed the perfecta. Based on prior examples, I have found that the majority of my family or friends did not ultimately succeed in getting their dream job and had to settle just shy or no where near that specific job, but they all have one similarity