Decisive Moment Having consistently received A’s and B’s in the past, I shocked myself when I failed both semesters of AP Calculus AB. That happened sophomore year and it struck me like a bolt of lightning. I had negative thoughts about my success in the future and it impacted me greatly. For awhile, I questioned and asked myself why I did not study hard like the other students. I also feared that I would not be able to get into the university I wanted. My parents sacrificed a lot for me so I hope to get a decent job and support them later in the future. Upon seeing the F’s and my low GPA, my mom was disappointed in me because I’ve always tried my best in school; but not this time. In order to bounce back from this fiasco, I retook the class …show more content…
My first mistake had to do with attitude. Attitudes inside of me consisted of apathy, lethargic, and unwillingness. Following an unchallenging freshman year and a relaxing summer, I hardly say that I was prepared for my first AP class. I knew expectations in AP classes were high because they’re college level introductory courses. My teacher that year was known as one of the “hardest” math teachers on campus. Just the mention of his name scared some students. A large chunk of homework was given everyday which took approximately three hours and on top of that, handouts and worksheets were also given for extra practice. The course wasn’t challenging but it was my attitude that lead me downhill. Having him as my teacher, I began to lose self-confidence and worried about not passing the rigorous class. A second mistake was my diverted attention; an extracurricular that I was involved in was not then seen as a distraction. The extracurricular that consumed most of my time was basketball. I made the basketball team in the summer before my Freshman year. Ever since middle school, I’ve always envisioned myself playing for all four years of my high school career and getting into the Varsity team. My decision to continue with another year was to improve and learn more about the game of basketball since I didn’t have any skills prior to joining. As a young girl, I’ve always had a passion for basketball. Kobe Bryant was my role model. My main focus and the majority of my time went to improving my skills for more playing time. I always performed my best during practice so my coaches can see that I’ve been improving and making progress. In the beginning, I would only be on the court for one to two minutes max. However, by sophomore year, I was the starting point guard. They knew I had the potential
In retrospect, Apple’s first Mackintosh computers commercial in 1984 has been extremely successful, it was aired during the Super Bowl and it managed to precipitate a new perspective towards computers and technology, in general. The advertisement had a strong liaison with George Orwell’s novel, “1984” where the Big brother was the dictator controlling a whole nation of people and they were all inferior to him. According to Orwell, this symbolized the dictators in every country across the world; however, according to Apple the real tyrant was the people’s fear of technology and the domination of stereotype, big computer companies.
There are many defining moments in Canadian history that shaped Canada like the country known as today. Each historical moment shaped Canada and Canadians into strong, free, successful independent country. However, the most important events that Canadians will always remember is the Battle of Vimy Ridge, Battle of Normandy, and the creation of the Charter of Rights and Freedom.
The rule about children was that all children would be freed or slaves depending on the mother. Meaning, if your mother was enslaved, so were you. If your mother was free, you were too.
Throughout our history, our country has been shaped by time, people, and events. People like Martin Luther King Jr and Teddy Roosevelt and events like 9/11 and the Civil War. As time goes on it was people and events like these ones that shape the face of our nation. One such event changed our nation forever; it changed the way our nation developed into what it is today. The event that was the major turning point in the 19th century was the assignation of Abraham Lincoln. The reason that it is the most influential event in the 19th century is because it changed the direction our country was headed and left deep wounds could have been made whole. People then and now were and are impacted by this monumental event. There are numerous factors leading
Beginning as a freshman I started every game never, but to sit on the bench unless there was a major problem. This repetitious cycle mirrored itself over and over again until there was a problem, physically, with my body. I had felt a pain in my back that ran down my leg for some time, but no one other than me knew of this pain. I am a very strong willed and determined person, not letting pain stand in my way. The pain started to vaguely effect my everyday activities, such as walking across Wal-mart which put me in agonizing pain. The only way I played basketball with this pain was by focusing on the goal I was out to achieve.
At one point I came to the conclusion that I’m either going to fail, go to summer school, or go to a school that I didn't want to attend. I felt so disappointed in myself because I knew that I could've done better. So then one day I told myself, “I can do this”. I then started to study more than I usually did, I turned in all of my missing work and my present work, and I also took an after school tutoring class
During my early education, meaning elementary school and middle school, I was a very average student. I gave an average amount of effort to my grades, and I received above average results. This did not bother me, until the end of my 8th-grade year. At this point in the year, I was filling out what classes I desired to take the following year, my freshman year. I realized that from this point forward, I had to take my education much more serious, in order to get accepted to whichever college I desired. therefore, when planning my classes, I decided to challenge myself more than I ever have in the past, and take multiple honors courses. I assumed because of my grades, that I had what it took to be an honors-level student, but I was very wrong. One teacher, Mrs. Johnson, made me realize the kind of effort, time and energy needed to be devoted to my education.
The Civil War is one of the most significant events in American history and was a major threat to this newly developed nation. The nation who fought for independence now begin to split into two smaller factions known as The North and South. The North and South began to show their differences during the mid-1800’s, but began to show more drastic changes. As these changes grew, they began to develop into the tensions that eventually led to the American Civil War. The Civil War shaped our nation in what it is today, but just how did the North and South compare, in terms of resources, leadership, and military strategy, and how was Gettysburg seen as the turning point of the Civil War?
By 1860, the bonds that had held the nation together unraveled. In the mid 1800’s, tensions mounted as the nation moved westward and regional differences became more pronounced. Cotton emerged as the nation’s leading export and slavery became more deeply embedded in the South. A complex set of factors converged in the late 1850’s that ultimately led to the Civil War. During the war, military turning points impacted political actions. When the conflict ended, the legacies of the war were a mix of significant changes along with social stagnation. Historians often disagree on the primary causes and impact of war, but almost all historians agree that the Civil War was one of the most critical and transformative events in U.S. history.
My sophomore year I was introduced to tennis, I immediately fell in love with it, but the problem was that my grades were too low for my parents. My mom told me that only way I would be able to play tennis was to get my grades up or else I wouldn 't be able to play at all (Martha). I immediately started to study in hopes of being able to get grades back up to be able to play. My grades started to improve but at a cost I didn 't actually learn anything instead I just regurgitated everything that I memorized. The way I studied was completely different way that Dweck describe growth mindset people studied, I sucked all of the information from my books like a vacuum cleaner, I didn 't study to understand the subject instead I studied just to ace the test (61). Even though I was passing my tests and doing all my work like a growth minded person would, I was just doing it for my own desire of playing tennis not because I wanted to get smarter. Due to my mindset being how it was when it came time for me take the SAT 's I ended up getting low scores which stopped me from going to the college that I wanted to go to be able to play
To be completely honest, this year has been nothing short of a disaster. Partially due to this class, which it is my fault for taking the class in the first place when I was obviously not qualified to take an AP Literature class. It started out fun, but became more and more stressful as the year went on. My mental capacity has reached its limit, and my physical health isn 't in the best condition either due to the late nights I have spent on homework. However, despite it all, I have learned a great deal from this class. Not only from the curriculum, but I have also learned some of my own limitations and realized some faults that I need to mend. This class tested my patience and my temper, which I had only discovered
This semester, I am taking six classes and one lab for a total of nineteen credit hours. The classes I am taking are: English, History, Geography, Reading, Educational Psychology, and Physics with a lab. I anticipate receiving all As and two Bs; one in Physics, and one in Geography. If these are the grades I end up getting for the semester, then I should have a 3.63 GPA on the semester. I tried my best to make sure that I fully understood all the material in each of my classes and to stay on top of all my homework and class work. There were several times I would stay after class to talk to the professor about what was going on so I wouldn’t get behind. I’ve learned from past classes that if you get behind early, it is nearly impossible to catch back up. I would like to have gotten an A in the two classes I am getting a B in, but I know I did the best I could. I am actually kind of proud of the B in physics seeing as all my friends and everyone I know in the class is getting a C or D. However, I think I could have gotten an A in both Physics and Geography if I would have taken less credit hours because I could have devoted more time to each class.
I believe that I deserve a B preferably an A because I believe that I did good this semester. As a junior this semester was very challenging for me. But I kept going with hard work and some dedication. One of my biggest struggles this semester was Math 170. Math has always been my downfall but I always try to get it. But this semester it just didn’t happen. But I can say that I did try, actually I tried really hard to get my work done. I also have a problem with procrastination, that’s something I really need to work on. If I didn’t learn anything this semester I learned that unasked questions don’t get answered. I feel as though I should have come to you more often for questions because I know that I didn’t understand the material. I learned my lesson and that will never happen again. Also, even though I didn’t get majority of it I still tried; I should get some credit for that. I took the first part of this final and got a 93, perhaps that could be my final grade right there. Despite taking 17 credits this semester, along with being a Resident Assistant, I have managed to complete all of the assignments for this class. Though I didn’t ace each and every assignment I did manage to complete or attempt them. So far I’ve had a lot of good grades in my other classes, and once again I can say Math 170 was the most challenging. I believe that I deserve a B preferably an A because I always try to do my best in everything in school, because school is important and my future depends on what I do now in school, and the grades I get are very important. When we had class I always took notes, and never been afraid to ask questions when need be. All of my professors told me that I’m a good student and that I’m going to be very s...
Everybody has a moment or two in their life that they will remember forever in perfect detail. For me the moments that I will remember for as long as I live are the times when, I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, and tore my anterior cruciate ligament, or better known as ACL.
Living up to my resolution, I joined several clubs, both in and out of school and academic and recreational. I also met some of my very best friends in high school. Achieving all of this, friends, memberships to academic clubs and good grades, made up my first successful experience in high school. I was driven by the years in middle school and the promise that I made to myself at the end of eighth grade. Throughout my under classmen years I exceled in all subjects and thoroughly enjoyed the clubs I had joined. I think my downfall for the last two years of school was that I took for granted my good grades and as my classes got more rigorous I didn’t change the way I learned the material, but continued on the same path that I had been following my entire academic career, even when my grades were slipping slightly. Halfway through my senior year, I realized I needed to change the way I was learning the curriculum my instructors were teaching. I’ve always been the type of student to take good notes or listen to a lecture and understand everything the first time around, as was the case in elementary school and middle school. But my more rigorous classes proved to be a challenge for me and I did not know the proper way of learning the material on my own. I started by asking more questions in class and then going to my friends for help on subjects I didn’t understand. After many questions and after school tutor