As a current freshman at the University of California, Merced, I have gotten closer to my professors and have already contributed in being part of this growing enterprise university in which I would have never thought possible when I attending high school. Now that I have spent more than two months in this great university, I felt I need to accomplish more than what I am already doing. I describe myself as a person who is selfless in caring for others, but also taking initiative in everything I do. When being part of anything let it be a project or simply participating in class, I like to do my best in making it noticeable for my peers to view me as an individual who is excited about learning and is not afraid of doing new things.
I first became aware of the NSED minor that
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At first I was a little skeptical about minoring in Natural Science of Education, but then I became more open to the suggestion and realized that since I love teaching people and love to provide as much help as I can, I agree upon enrolling. I have had much experience in guiding people through the right paths and motivating them no matter what.
As a student, I have had opportunities in which I have advised students my age in helping them with their academics and striving them to reach forward to what they want to pursue in life. I have taught and been tutors for the last two years of my high school, in which I dedicated my time in tutoring students who had struggles in mathematics or physics. I have also volunteered during one of my summer vacations in a migrant summer school program called Central Valley Opportunity Center (CVOC) in Merced. Using all my summer vacation I grew attached to the students that I was helping and felt that I
I grew up with people who helped for a living. My mom’s job was helping girls that had got themselves into trouble and needed help, that is when I learned as a toddler, that helping is what I wanted to do. I soon got into elementary school and I was a big helper. I still am. Last year I was in Mrs. Harkabus’ class and had the greatest opportunity
Through serving in various leadership roles, I reignited my passion for mentoring and fostering lasting relationships. Particularly as a science teaching assistant, I became a leader and counselor by teaching classes, utilizing metaphors to explain complex science, and encouraging others by relating to their struggles. Also, I discovered the importance of truly being in the moment by being receptive to others’ unvoiced problems. Most notably, this position taught me that we can all learn something new from each other as I experienced before with Abby. All these benefits incited me to create a mentorship program on my college campus that pairs accomplished seniors with younger students. As someone who entered college feeling unprepared, I felt it beneficial for others in similar situations to have a role model whom they can trust for encouragement and
I cannot recall a more rewarding experience than helping facilitate a child’s education while enabling parent participation alike. These experiences have drawn me to my current position as an Educational Assistant where I am constantly interacting and establishing relationships with students, learning about their goals and aspirations. It is that same desire to empower our future students that has steered me towards a career as a school counselor. By enrolling in the Masters in counseling program, I aspire to develop methods and experience to become an effective, experienced, and adaptable school counselor that promotes self-awareness, allowing students to realize their full potential and impetus them towards a promising future. I want to learn skills that facilitate personal and career development, ensuring that our students grow accomplishing their goals and ambitions.
While starting my quest for higher education, I was unsure about what I wanted to study, and why I wanted to pursue higher education. I started working as an ELL Assistant, aiding students who are mostly refugees or undocumented immigrants. My kids come from all around the world, and are uninhibitedly excited to learn about other cultures and share their own. Working with them has taught me how to think globally and create a safe environment to experience new
The choices we make early in life have an enormous impact on our future. I have always known that I wanted to directly impact people’s lives and my personal experiences have set me on the school-counseling path. In the future, I would love to influence another generation of students to soar for their dreams.
Excellence, leadership, truth, and service are just a keywords that can be used to describe me. As tomorrow’s future servant leader, I push myself and others constantly to excel in and out of the classroom. I have held various leadership positions in school sponsored organizations and external programs. I value my personal integrity and honor the integrity of others. I am a person who others gravitate to because I have a motivating, nurturing, and vivacious personality. It is crucial in a campus environment to have a student population that can
Since middle school, I have helped my classmates who were having difficulties in mathematics. I have also tutored students in my neighborhood, when they came to me with mathematics issues. Since my early childhood, I have made presentations about both the German language and culture in the local library. I have also served as a summer volunteer at the local library, in which I organized and facilitated computer and craft programs for children. I also participated in a reading buddies program, where I helped young children improve their reading skills. This activity was especially rewarding, as I had several parents tell me how much their children looked forward to our sessions. I am also very active in my church, where I am an alter
I was fortunate to have a mother who was invested in my academic success and knew that education afforded a variety of opportunities especially for people who come from where I come from and look the way I do. Having to commute over an hour to receive quality education that was in the backyards of some of my classmates is a morbid analogy for what being a South Side Chicago student looks like and illuminates the realities of injustice and the possibilities for change on a global scale. Giving back is the most rewarding investment, I am dedicated to pursuing education as a means to better understand myself and the world so that I can pour what I have acquired into to my community. Through social outreach, I know I can restore hope in place of defeat and help foster many prospects for those living in the
The need for tutors is overwhelming. Tutors help fill the gap between the teachers and the students. With so many students in each classroom, the teacher can't give each student the one-on-one attention that some students need. This is where tutors come in to play. Tutors have been a key instrument ineducation since as far back as the 1500's (Gordon 9). Tutoring is almost as old as educating children. Tutoring younger students is also still going strong in the twentieth century. Today it is more~important than ever due to the increase in students and low budgets that some schools have. As stated by Edward E. Gordon in his book, Centuries of Tutoring" Schoolinghas dominated the twentieth century, but tutoring still holds an important role. Peertutors, after-school remedial programs, home-bound instruction and the 'home-schooling movement' are tutoring's modern expression"(329). We are fortunate enough to have many different tutoring programs at my school. The school has Peer tutoring, peer mentoring and peer helpers within their educational system, just to name a few. One of the writers, Stephanie, was involved in all three of these tutoring programsfor three years while attending High School. Stephanie found it very rewarding to be able to help these students and found it rewarding to help the community. "I felt like I had made a difference," said Stephanie, "and that is a wonderful feeling". Not only do the tutees get rewarded with better grades, the tutors also get many rewards for tutoring. "Studies document that people who participate in them (voluntary associations)generally report greater satisfaction and personal happiness, longer life, greater self esteem, more political effectiveness; and a greater sense of community (...
As a young undergraduate, I attempted to prove myself as a hardworking student by attending my courses focused and well prepared, and conducting my assignments as required. Through my undergraduate studies, I was fortunate to participate in several student and voluntary activities. Furthermore, determinant to acquire relevant practical experience, I trained and worked at several establishments applying my theoretical ed...
In middle school, given the limited choice in electives, I signed up for a class titled "Counselor's Aide." Come to find out, the class was actually a tutoring program, where we would be assigned to a class of children that needed volunteers at Rainbow Ridge Elementary. My first year in the class, 7th grade, I was assigned to a kindergarten teacher, and for the next ten months I spent an hour every day reading to the class in groups, or helping with math and vocabulary one-on-one. It was perhaps the most rewarding thing I had ever done: seeing at the conclusion of the year handwritten thank you cards from the kids that I had helped teach how to read and write, especially considering how many of them only spoke Spanish on the first day of class
The summer after sophomore and junior year, I worked at Aim High teaching math, but I feel like I did so much more. I worked one-on-one with a student named Deshawn who has ADHD and has difficulty focusing in class. What I learned through working with him is he wanted someone to care and pay attention to him. I developed a behavior plan for him where he would get prizes and we worked away from the larger class. Deshawn is one of the most intelligent kids I have ever met. Through working with him I know I want to fight for kids who need more attention and are struggling to find that in public education school systems. I remember on one of the last days of program he said to me, "You are like a sister to me because you always help me " and I
We take these things for granted, but some of these students may not have a place to call home, or a parent to help them with their homework. When I first decided that I wanted to major in Social Work, I initially pictured myself working one on one with children and others who need help. After I noticed that the issues such as childhood and adolescent homelessness and mental health were a national, and even universal issue, I realized that I may want to go into advocacy, to help push these issues further into the limelight. After I complete my bachelors, I hope to apply and get accepted to AmeriCorps or another similar organization, where I can put my love for community service first, and focus on the community projects we are sent on. After I hopefully obtain my masters, and further myself in the field, I hope to go into advocacy in the government, giving a voice to those who don't. I plan on using my education and experience in childhood and adolescence homelessness, poverty, mental health, and more to help helping those in need of the service and
Beginning when I was a kid, I was the loudest voice in the room and an ever standing presence, but not until recently did I begin to channel those traits into a more positive state of being. In my current school, I began to get involved in our student government group, and within one term I became the school president. Since November of 2017 I took charge and built an amazing group with involvement from students who struggled to even turn in assignments. The most recent fundraiser we held during a parent visiting weekend, our group raised over 380$ in two days. I have a ceaseless drive to help my school and my
I now spend my time with the help of some teachers who encouraged me to work to my fullest potential guide freshman and sophomores who feel like those years aren't important as I did. I see them walk the halls with little to no cares not understanding the future with brands on their minds and grades being held off until their junior and senior year. Those kids whose parents wanted them to live a better life and amount to more than they.The children who grew up in a crime-ridden city who are already labeled by their society. I will forever encourage students to put forth the best effort, so they won’t need as I do for college to be a second chance. When I realized my wasted time on material items and names, my viewpoint of the world and what was important I noticed that a lot of things I felt so strongly about currently, never make it off the