If I wrote an autobiography of my life it probably be something like this. I was raised by both of my parents, Pauline and George Starks. My childhood was not the “ideal” childhood. Although, I thought it was until I met my husband and we compared his to mine. Some things that happened to me did nit happen in his life. For instance, as a child my parents move from place to place. They were big gamblers and was always moving to relocate running from loan sharks and people that they owed money. They would borrow money, sell anything to get to a place where they could gamble. During that time as a child me and my four sibling were put into so many schools I can not count them all. My mother had an elementary education, however she was good at …show more content…
In a way I guess I was an “outsider within” because I was the only person in my family who liked to read on a regular basis. I knew that education was very important. I did not have a stable home life or support system for me to finish traditional school. My parents did not value education. I think maybe the stereotypical southern mind frame that education was not important did contribute to that thought pattern. Those experiences that were imposed on me shaped me in the earlier part of my life. I conformed to the thinking that education was not important, although in the back of my mind I knew that I could succeed in school. So, I returned to school when I was 32 years old. That was 7 years ago. The main thing that pushed me to go back to school was I did not get a job I really wanted because the employer ran a very comprehensive back ground and found out I had not graduated high school. At that time, I had been with my husband almost 10 years and he did not know I was not a high school graduate. I told him and he encouraged me to go back and continue my education any way I see fit. I went to the local Community College in West Memphis, Arkansas. I went there to get my GED. The teachers tell the students be prepared to go to the classes for at 6
The author clearly shows how his childhood effected his adulthood, making in a living example of what he is writing about allowing the audience to more easily trust what he is writing about. Instead of using factually evidence from other dysfunctional family incidences, the author decides to make it more personal, by using his own life and comparing family ideas of the past to the present.
It is not necessary for us to stay in a fixed space and doing homework to summarize what we learn. Plato described that “education is … albeit incorrectly aligned, and looking in the wrong direction—and contrives to make it look in the right direction” (4). This tells us education cannot be a kind of coercion and should not be a rigid style. We need education, but we cannot be trapped by education. Otherwise, we will lose other meaningful things. Hence, self-education becomes a good way because it is helpful as well as learning in the school. For example, Malcolm X studied in the prison by himself and became a legendary person. Malcolm X believed his education was not scantier than others because he thought “one of the biggest trouble with colleges is there are too many distractions, too much panty-raiding, fraternities, and boola-boola and all of that” (4). This proves self-education is better than learning in the school because it is easy to divert our attentions when we stay with others. Also, there are more problems we ought to ponder. As an adult, we do not have much time to travel from school to working places. We prefer taking advantage of all that extra time. Therefore, self-education is the best choice because flexible education doesn’t give people too much stress and it also provides people more reasonable and comfortable
My journey to higher education spans 24-years and combines two passions, teaching and EMS (emergency medical services). This journey began in 1986 with a suburban kindergarten class of 25 in Memphis, TN. Eleven years later no longer am I teaching school-age children; instead, I am delivering training programs to EMS providers as well as the medical community. Today, I combine both passions to offer students authentic experiences through which to obtain proficient skills in written and oral communications, critical and analytical thinking, problem solving, as well as in negotiation and conflict resolution skills as they prepare for rewarding
I consider myself to be a hard worker when I study and work, who honestly loves school. My favorite classes of 8th grade are honors geometry AB, Investigation and Science & IED. I love these classes because when I solve problems experiment it feels like it's a big puzzle that is in need to be put together and I'm a person who likes to figure things out. I believe that my interactions in these classes are to be a cooperative learner and I participate in the class or group discussions. A description of myself when I work is that I am a very fast learner, so when it comes to doing independent project or tests, I finish very fast so I have a really large amount of time to check over and fix simple mistakes. Although, when I am working with my peer
My childhood was somewhat gloomy due to an alcoholic father; verbal and physical abuse was part of my upbringing. An event that I remember that shaped my life was when I failed the first grade. As a child I could perceive it, and these events helped to reinforce and mold future behaviors. During my teenage years I had much difficulty with love relationships even at times having inferiority complex after a breakup.
My parents thought that hiding things from me would help me make smarter decisions. At a younger age that may have worked, but now when a certain situation comes my way, I have no clue what to do. If both learning styles were taught in school instead of the education system always leaning toward only academics, it would have been easier for me to adapt to adulthood now. I openly admit that I lack common sense now because I was always pressured to read the assigned books, meet ridiculous deadlines and get the best grades. I look back on it now and while it may have looked better on college applications that I went to a fancy county school, deep down I feel like I will not be ready to live on my own as quick as I should. I blame the school system for millennials not being fully prepared to enter adulthood. This essay pointed a lot of this out to me because before, I always thought that street smarts were more inferior than intelligence because of what I learned in the classroom. But now, I realize that those who were exposed to more and did not hide behind a book are probably a lot more prepared in the real world than the college scholar I aspired to
All I could remember on my journey to literacy was my concern over my brother and sister’s ability to read and write including solving math problems. That did not really motivate not to become literate; I was extremely playful as a child. What I am able to remember is my first day of school, I cried like a baby when my mom dropped me off. I soon began to grow out of my baby stage and school became really interesting. Even though it was not as hard as it is now, the value that pushed me to be literate was how my teacher was able to discipline students if they didn’t give the best to their education.
College education is an integral element that is effective to students’ social, mental and the career because it nurtures one to produce the best in life. College education is key to shaping student in tandem with the global demands that touches on career ingredients vital in securing meaningful employment. As a student pursuing college education, I stand to gain from these benefits. College education has been perceived to be expensive, but the fact that it will provide many benefits should not be ruled out. Every successful project or action undertaken has to come with a cost. a state that I acknowledge as I embark on my higher education. It is evident that of the various skills that one acquires in learning translates
Everyone has a story, a pivotal moment in their life that started to mold them into the person they are today and may even continue to mold you to the person that you will become, I just had mine a little bit earlier than others. When I was three years old my brother became a burn survivor. It may seem too early for me to remember, but I could never forget that day. Since then, I have grown, matured and realized that what my family and I went through has been something of a benefit to be and an experience that has helped me in deciding what I want to do with the rest of my life.
I’m not going to say my childhood didn’t have precious moments everyone should have some heartwarming memories there was a time when my mom was a nurse and my dad worked construction and we were living the “American Dream”. My parents are extremely supportive about my education and career. My parents repeatedly made sacrifices just so my sister and I could grow up in this world. During my early years of Elementary school I spent months homeless in a car and my mom always encouraged us to go to school and pursue a better life. I dreamed of growing up and being able to take care of my family.
Why did you start the first chapter (The Family) with explaining what your autobiography is? I started the chapter with explaining what my autobiography is about because it is not like other autobiographies. I start by saying that this is a testimony and not something I learned from a book , because this is based on real life experiences and not a thing that I learned from someone. I wanted to share not only my joy and sadness, but I am sharing the joy and sadness of the people that were there as well. I think it is a way of me representing them and having every single persons’ voice heard.
Over two years ago I was a naive, hopeful student ready to enter middle school. As I was going to be with my friends, the ones I’ve known since kindergarten, it was an exciting point in my life. My education felt like it would be the same as it had always been, easy, and I would fly through it quickly. People asked me what my plans for 7th grade year were, and I always replied with “I’m going to Steller!”, with the kind of enthusiasm you expect from someone so confident. Optimism was uncomplicated when I knew there were no challenges ahead.
There have been tons of things that I have learned and been taught in my life, by a number of people such as family, teachers, or even friends on occasion. The things they taught me vary from math and other related subjects to just some truly simple yet meaningful life lessons. However, there is nothing quite as unique, quite as special as a person teaching themselves a life lesson. It really is an amazing accomplishment for a person to teach themselves something. It is not quite as simple as another person teaching them something because it is not just the transferring of information from one person to another. The person instead has to start from scratch and process the information they have in their mind in order to come up with a new thought
I’m going to write about my past life and how it has influenced me now that I am older. Most of the bad things I did and most of the good things I did while I was growing up.
If I wrote an autobiography of my life, it would probably be something like this. I was raised by both of my parents, Pauline and George Starks. My childhood was not the “ideal” childhood. Although, I thought it was until I met my husband and we compared his to mine. Some things that happened to me did not happen in his life. For instance, as a child, my parents move from place to place. They were big gamblers. We were always on the move running from loan sharks and people that they owed money. They would borrow money, sell anything to get to a place where they could gamble. During that time as a child me and my four sibling were put into so many schools I cannot count them all. My mother had only an elementary education, however she was