To whomever, it may concern, I would like to introduce myself, I’m Kelly Agurto, a college student who’s currently attending at Essex County College who’s finishing this Fall Semester 2015 and had started in the fall of 2012. I am the youngest child from my mother’s side of the family of both parents. Since both my parents been separated ever since I was six years old. I was fortunate enough to have gotten an opportunity to play soccer both my Freshman and Sophomore year at Essex County College. Soccer has become a medicine, to be able to cope and gained the confidence; also the power to be my own self again. It all started when I was given a chance to play soccer ever since my Junior year in West Orange High School, as a Midfielder. And I’m …show more content…
Some are lucky enough to take an easy path of life, but others are certainly given tests to make you become a wiser person. I’m honestly glad to be awakened from my thoughts and brought myself up throughout every obstacle that life has faced me. As this quote that I have found states, “Some people go through life trying to find out what the world holds for them only to find out too late that it’s what they bring to the world that really counts.” I’m thankful that I’m currently still here standing up with my head held up high and it’s all about trying and giving it your best shot. You can fall down seven times and get back eight times. Just a matter of not giving up because quitting is for quitters and I’m all about taking over the fight as the soldiers would do. Am I’m proud that I did accomplish some things in life and yet further on, have many other goals to accomplish. My dearly desire is to attend into this four year college, William Paterson because I’ve heard it had a great Criminal Justice …show more content…
They too are working hard onto becoming important people and I give my nephews and little sister the support and advices they need to become a better and successful person. I suggest them to take high school seriously and prove others that as an individual one can do it and get to a college where they please to go to. Since, I have a part-time job that works everyday and goes to college every morning, Monday through Thursdays. It’s all about time management. If i can do it on my senior year to get honor rolls and then my freshman push myself to the max. I know I’m capable of anything it’s just honestly a matter of believing in yourself. By given an opportunity to continue with my college studies to gain my Bachelor’s degree at William Paterson University would be an honor. By demonstrating where I’m coming from and where I wish to graduate. Also, by further on my studies and maybe with several choices I’m given maybe later on, after, I’m done with University I will go to Virginia Academy. Or go to Essex County Police Academy so, that I can become an FBI
Maybe if we can prepared them while there in High School, then they will be ready for college. Some first generation students will achieve their dream and finish college and pursue their dreams of becoming successful. I think the parents plays a big part of their role life. Although they lacks the motivation and low-finances and family support, there are many support groups that can help you along the way. I’m a student and I can relate to the circumstances that it takes and the dedication and achieving my
From an early age I always knew I would be playing soccer my whole life. My dad showed me the ropes of how to play and got me interested right away. By the age of three I had started playing, and to this day I have not stopped. Soccer has been a huge part of my life and I don’t know where I would be today if I never played. I met some amazing people playing soccer including my coaches who encouraged me and told me never to give up as well as my teammates who became my friends and were always there for me.
Prompt: In 500 words or more, describe your collegiate experience thus far. How has this experience and the knowledge you've gained influenced what you plan to study? How have they influenced your decision to apply to St. Edward's?
As a sophomore it will be my eleventh year playing soccer. I am excited to keep learning and trying new things and to make new friends as well. Last year I was the only freshman on the team and it felt as though I was trying to play catch up. This year I want to encourage the new freshmen and help them rise to the best of their abilities while I rise to mine.
My first college English class was ENC 1101 at the State College of Florida. In this course, I learned a vast amount of information about writing, reading, and grammar. When I first walked into ENC 1101 in August, I expected the class to be like any other English class in High School; with rushed busy work and a lot of useless tests and quizzes. However, throughout each week of the semester, Professor Knutsen’s class made me beg to differ. This class was not like any other high school English class. In this class I actually learned important information and did not do work just to complete it. This class had a few assignments here and there, enough to maintain, in order to learn proper information. I learned a lot in this class because I was not rushed to
During my first semester of college I was enrolled in a freshman English class. I began to notice college was nothing like high school. In high school I could wait till last minute to complete an essay and still get an A on the paper with little to no effort. When my first college essay was due I waited till the day before to finally sit down and start writing my paper. I turned my paper in with confidence thinking I was going to get an A. We received our papers back two days later; I was stud to see I had gotten a low C on my paper.
Soccer has always been my passion. I started to play when I was in second grade. I have played continuously and am now a captain of the Suttons Bay Lady Norsemen. We are a high school cooperative team consisting of players from Suttons Bay, Leland and Northport. This is our fourth year of existence and we worked hard to establish our team and its killer reputation. The part that I am most proud of is that I was among a group of girls that helped convince the Suttons Bay School Board that our high school should establish a girls' high school team. We asked to be put on the board's agenda and prepared a persuasive presentation outlining the reasons that girls at Suttons Bay High School deserved their own team. We knew that money was not available to fund the team, so we promised to find it ourselves. The Board approved our team in the spring of 1997. Our team members and parents spent long hours in fundraising to pay for our uniforms, equipment, transportation, referees and coaches.
In high school, awards were easy to come by. It was not hard to earn appraisal or get gratification of one's work. When I began my journey at Bevill Staet Community College two years ago, all of the familiarities I was used to faded away and were replaced with the hardship and demanding aspect that is college. On that first day, I was introduced to someone who would then become a major influence in my life at Bevill. It all started with an early morning speech class in which I was essentially a fish out of watre. He strolled into the room with determination on his brow but a look of excitemnt in his eyes. The excitement was later to be discovered as a full fledge desire to share all he knew with us, a mere group of fifteen that had no clue
My experience in community college was invaluable; I encountered many professors who inspired me to push myself harder and pursue higher education. These teachers helped me push myself into taking honors courses and applying to top-tier universities. Their passion for social justice through education was visible and made me want to become an educator myself. One day one of my favorite professors, Dr. Bernard, excitedly shared information with the class about the Los Angeles Team Mentoring (LATM) program. In this program, you can volunteer to mentor local at-risk middle school youth through small group activities centered on wellness, diversity, and development. I saw this as the perfect opportunity to give back to my community with hopes to
I can officially state the fact that I, Sarah Elizabeth Lee Prather, survived my first week at Berry College. To be completely honest, it was not as terrible as I had been warned/expected. I made it to all my classes on time and thoroughly enjoyed my time within them. It was definitely a major change to the routine that I had adapted to for the past 13 years, but it is manageable. The workload will be very difficult at times and I may suffer from sleep deprivation, but I only hope to see my determination and hardwork to pay off. Other than the classes, I started working at the dairy barn on campus. I have yet to learn all the “barn names” with their given ear tag numbers, but I know I have made friends with a cow named Harmony. I am identified
As we near the middle of the semester—and the subsequent “downhill” ride towards the end of the semester—I am surprised to realize how quickly time as passed, and how calm this semester has been so far. Back in January, I must admit that I was terrified of Kean University. As someone who is hesitant of change, I did not want to leave Raritan Valley Community College. For two years, I had formed friendships, bonds with staff, and regular routines, and detested the thought of having to start anew. In fact, I admit that I had broken down in tears on multiple occasions the semester before transferring simply because I didn’t want to leave RVCC for Kean. I was afraid of how difficult it would be, both academically and transitionally. I was afraid that for the first time in my college career I would be accumulating
Most of the lessons I have learned since getting to college have been the result of pretty strong wake up calls. As far as classes go, I have yet to fail a test but I have come fairly close. I am quickly realizing that I cannot just coast through school at this level. I cannot settle for average grades if I want to get into any sort of physical therapy program. Social aspects have resulted in much more obvious wake up calls. Getting caught drinking was far from ideal. The police making us run was one hell of a lesson. I do not know if it will be enough to make me stop drinking entirely but it will definitely stop me for the foreseeable future. I will also make sure to be a lot more careful about it. A huge lesson I learned from all of that is do not let idiots bring you down with their mistakes.
I remember the first day of my English class like it was yesterday. Term one just started and the class is waiting for the teacher to come. I remember looking down and seeing someone with sandals and was kind of confused, but brushed it off. I felt like every single teacher was going to leave, just like the first year at Jackson Preparatory and Early College. I found myself in a place where I didn’t know if I could trust teachers, because all my life I felt no need to, and didn’t find any reason to talk to them whenever I needed advice or if I had a problem. Every time I found that I liked a teacher, a couple weeks later, they just left without notice. At Jackson Preparatory and Early College, the very first year, we had a staff issue. We slowly
The decision to transfer wasn’t easy for me. I didn’t consider it at first because I was already adjusted and somewhat comfortable, and I thought it would be easier to just stay put. When I was originally looking at colleges, I had no idea what I wanted to major in. I figured a small liberal arts college would be a good choice because I would be able to figure out my interests and have some time to do so. Once I got to school, I realized that I was unhappy there, but I found one thing I really enjoyed. The horseback riding class I was taking inspired me to pursue a career with horses, or animals in general. It was something I really enjoyed and thought it could be fun. Unfortunately, my current school doesn’t offer a major that would let me
“It’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times.” This is a quote I heard long ago before I had started my four year journey here at Northview. Though I had no idea how accurate and meaningful this quote would be to me back then, it always stood out to me as a something short, sweet, and to the point that sums up what high school is; let me explain. Flashback to when I was 14 and just finished junior high school at Arbor Hills. It was a great three years and I actually learned a lot about people and myself, but I was not prepared for high school courses and the faster more demanding pace of the curriculum. I was very excited however, and became very interested in newer topics and different hobbies. It felt great to be moving on from a stage in life and it felt good to accomplish this, just as it feels now to be moving on from high school.