time goes by, I find myself reaching closer to my goal. The biggest goal of mine is to be the best I can be and win no matter what. I find myself very competitive. I alway find myself trying to surpass my older brother whom will be attending Cal State Long Beach as a transfer student and my goal is to attend a prestigious private school like USC or Princeton. I always find myself trying to surpass other a schools when competing in some of the competition I dedicated myself to such as Academic Decathlon
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Rzepka was introducing the critical thinking assignment to the class, many questions and thoughts came across to me. Will this help me in the future? Why are we doing this? Will I learn from this? Like any student, I thought that this assignment wasn’t going to be helpful because I already knew myself. Of course, I was wrong. As I began to work on this assignment, I realized that this assignment did fulfill its purposes by facilitating my understanding of Psychology and the examined activities related
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attending college, I was inspired and moved by the group of individuals who are here at Everest, who are willing to lend a hand to new students and the Ambassadors who seem to be the difference makers. They are special elite of students that help by tutoring, mentoring, and guiding other students to graduate and succeed. I saw myself becoming one of these students because I am driven, self motivated, and determined to reach my goals & dreams. At the same time help others along the way to their mission
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life-changing experience as a college student Mostly every student enters college expecting good times, friendship, love, knowledge and a new sense of direction. They find out soon that college comes with its own challenges and struggles because of the great demands that are put on the importance of education. College students have to get through a lot of daily stress in order to become successful, especially the ones who live a double or life: being a student and an employee at the same time, trying
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For as long as I can remember, it’s been my goal to do well in high school and get into the best fitting college for myself with minimal student loans. I’ve grown up in a small high school and when I say small I definitely mean small. There are fifty students total from freshman to seniors. This means almost everyone is involved in multiple sports, activities and clubs. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love my small town, but it’s past due time to leave this village for a while and explore my areas of
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class starts off with the students entering the classroom before class begins and they start using the computers and continue working on their assignments. Ms.Mark then comes in and take a attendance through her iPad while the students still work. If it is a work period, then the students will work through the entire period. If it is a lesson period, Ms. Mark will lock the students computer and teach them the lesson(s). The classroom is a Mac computer lab. Each students uses one computer. There
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assist co-teaching. Whether it was myself teaching math and her assist with some activities or my MT teaching PYP and I assist. This week I spent a majority of the day teaching. I have been taking over the whole class morning routine. I started my edTPA task 4 learning segments this week, so I had math as well. For our PYP unit, the students were to finish their research on their two types of homes
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ambitions. A few words that describe myself are and not limited to as an individual would certainly be that I truly am altruistic, accommodating, authentic, confident, devoted, innovative, inspirational, and approachable. I can indeed say that these elements will give me the strength and courage to flourish in the Magnet School program.
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education. Even though he was put in vocational school by accident, he decided to stay. Here, he met many different students and talked about their personalities and traits. Although the students in the vocational school are delinquents, he was able to see through them and realized that they are more than their words and behaviors. Rose’s ways of thinking really changed when he met a student named Ken Harvey. When asked how he feels about achievements and working hard, Ken Harvey simply answered “I just
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that I suspect that many of us had never shared before (at least not with other law students). We wrote our thoughts down on index cards, placed them into a bowl, and then our thoughts and feelings were read to the class by another student. The student reading the card was assigned the task of interpreting what the author was trying to convey. Throughout the entirety of Wednesday’s class, all I could think to myself was that this is not what I expected that we would be doing. As I scanned the room
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soft skill, that I believe I possess and that Robles(2012) identifies, is integrity. I find myself, as a para, having to make moral decisions almost every day.Being able to do what is right and being honest is a soft skill that can be challenging. For example, with my one to one, I find myself having to decide whether to go with the flow with the school who seems to be more concerned and happy if my student stays out of trouble rather than passing his classes. At these moments
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in the student government association at Dillard high school, it is vital that I show leadership characteristics because the student body look up to me. Leading, training and developing can maximize productivity, shape a positive culture and promote harmony. Also, At FAMU I plan to lead because it is a skill that teaches us to think for ourselves and as capable individuals. As a leader I can portray myself in a unique way that shape history, and bring forth change. I believe in myself and I'm
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in reading, math, and all the rest. I promise to obey the rules, in my class and in my school. I’ll respect myself and others too, I’ll expect the best in all I do. I am here to learn all I can, to try my best and be all I am. Greeting: I pledge today to do my best, in reading, math, and all the rest. I promise to obey the rules, in my class and in my school. I’ll respect myself and others too, I’ll expect the best in all I do. I am here to learn all I can, to try my best and be all I am
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shape my life. Being a part of my high-school’s basketball team since the ninth grade taught me leadership and enriched my communication skills. The guidance of my coaches encouraged me to better comprehend the best alternatives for my teammates and myself. It has nourished me to say thank you to those that put in time in my education and embolden my ideas. The time spent in basketball guided me to love many of my academic classes, such as English and mathematics, as I not only learned to keep my grades
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degree at ECC then transferring to UB for my undergraduate studies and perhaps my graduate studies. My life time goal is to improve myself and the standard of living for my child through higher education. My career goal is to teach Biology, and ultimately teach at a university. Three years ago, I could not even see myself pursuing any goals that I had set for myself. I arrived at the USA and find full-time job at a community health center. My parents did not realize all the important values I had
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A part of my AP Government class involves discussing current political events surrounding other countries’ governments to understand the American government and its own politics better. However, little knowledge of world events limited myself and my classmates’ discussions on our thoughts and how we would act to solve the problems. This prompted me to ask my friends if we shared the same setback caused by lacking awareness of the world outside our daily experiences. We concluded that this was a
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It expresses his disillusionment with the way History is taught in America. Being a student in the American public school system I found this book eye-opening. From its indictment of textbooks to what it says about modern day America in general, this book struck many chords with me. Some would consider such a book boring; but all books
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further my collage goals. To ensure my success to complete my goal I set myself up with a support system and scheduled. My support system includes, family, friends, and coworkers. This system is a way to keep me on track and to ensure I don’t give up on my dreams and goals. My schedule system is a simple system of calendars and times to be able to do my schoolwork without any interruptions to my thoughts and concentration. Student orientation has shown me very important things that I will be using I
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Keep Swimming After receiving a basic high school diploma, over millions of students in America elect to obtain a higher level of education at a University or Community College-similarly to myself. Despite the measure of students attending schools in America, these students are organized in one of three categories describing their academic success- sinking, treading water, or swimming. In uncomplicated terms, the student is either failing, performing at an average rate of success, or soaring through
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contains four pillars of character, scholarship, leadership, and service, I feel I best exemplify scholarship. Committing and dedicating myself to my education has been an important aspect of my life. Although there has been adversity along the way, through the hard work and sacrifice, I was able to overcome it. For example, in elementary, a few selected students were put in a cohort advanced math program and I wasn’t one of them, but I was encouraged by a teacher to attend the informational meeting
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parenting.” In my viewpoint, I do not believe children are lazy, low-achieving slackers due to their parents. Countless students come from different backgrounds and parents are not capable to guide their children throughout education because they are uneducated. Children are lacking in discipline because they are unable to receive educational guidance from their caretakers. I myself, struggled throughout my education due to my mother only having a middle
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my students on a daily basis. The technology that our teachers have access to today is totally astonishing and I have had great experiences using several online assessment tools in the classroom. Collaborative learning has to be a part of our learning today. The social and digital media, and access to technology presents a fun opportunity for students to cooperate in an engaging and determined way. For me being a future educator does not mean that I am only going to be there for the students academically
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it had hit me, what could be the most important event this year could go down the drain and disappoint hundreds of students at my high school. A special day awaited my student government classmates and I. For we had been preparing for this day the entire summer and all our work would finally pay off. The Homecoming Rally would take place in our school’s gymnasium and every student looked forward to this event because it was the highlight of the year. Since I was the rally committee’s chair I had
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Worksheet Write a 100- to 150-word response to each of the following questions: Was there anything in either the University Of Phoenix Student Code Of Conduct or the Student Code of Academic Integrity that surprised you? If so, what was it? Why were you surprised? If not, why not? I’ve readied over both the University Of Phoenix Student Code Of Conduct and the Student Code of Academic Integrity and I even readied them both over again just to be sure I understood what was being said. Nothing stuck
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needs of students. Edmundson’s essay was very long, reading through it I became interested in what he began describing. It was the end of the semester a quick survey represented feedback on his class. Many said they found the class to be “enjoyable” Edmundson became frustrated, the role behind a professor is to change people challenging what they have learned. Due to criticism he saw students do not want to be changed but just want to complete what is needed to pass the class.University students are portrayed
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three month-journey I put myself through with CELTA proved to me that I can actually start thinking seriously about pursuing a career in ELT and gave me confidence to kick start my travelling preparations, because I do not have to worry so much about coming back and finding myself without a job, money and career
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turn it in Part One and got a low grade on it; I felt like a lazy student. I decided to re-do my observation sheet and take more time on it, so that I could at least be honest on it. Now, that I completed Part One and I reread what I wrote, I see myself as a stressful student. I see myself a student who cares about having an education to succeed in life, but can’t find a way on how to do it. I went through my observation and told myself “if only I turn in this observation sheet I would have gotten a
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where to go..." this quote expresses how I felt on my first day of college. Although college is fun, I had to get through my first day of finding my classes, meeting my peers, and introducing myself. Finding my classes was the toughest thing for me to do on my first day. I was engulf by million of students. It was difficult to find Hasting Hall at first but after walking in circles eventually I found it. When I entered the building I had to find my first class which was English ENF 1. Which I was
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that I have worked hard, along with many of my peers, to be recognized for our strides. I admire this group, primarily, for gathering a worthy group of students to present positive role models to the remainder of the community. I believe I am an exceptional candidate for this group considering many other components aside from my GPA. I consider myself a very dedicated person; I already strive to be a role model to my peers and family. I am a hard worker; therefore, I do not give up on what I am passionate
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In the classroom I sit in I’m surrounded by a diversity of race. I sit in a classroom where ⅕ of the students are immigrants. Yes, I sit here with kids my color, kids my size, but only so many of us have migrated to a country that doesn't always accept our appearance. See as students we are not all so different and we are also not much alike. Some of the opportunities I see are much harder to obtain than those who have a 9-digit number representing them. Although, the way I view it is that a 9-digit
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