If you had any challenges in your academic studies, what changes have you made to be more successful in the future? Surprisingly, I have had academic challenges. For someone who is constantly reading and teaching others, I would have never imagined myself to have such problems. In fifth grade, I remember having an award ceremony before going to middle school. The students who made certain grades throughout the school year received medals (gold, silver, and bronze). I didn’t receive any and I remember being so sad. I had honestly done what I felt was my best but it wasn’t good enough. If I were struggling in school more often than not, I had to teach myself and figure out my own mistakes. My mother was a young and single parent and by the …show more content…
I applied and was accepted to Xavier University of LA, all was well there until I had to to take on my moms homework as well and eventually I her homework took presence over my own and I stopped attending class and stayed in my dorm room depressed. It certainly did not help that I was 13 hours away from home, I had no family near me, I was a transfer student and not to many people were open to new friends, I still had the stresses of last year on my mind, I did not want to mess my academic record up and just so much going on in my mind. The school year ended horribly as well. I ended up coming home, staying with my grandmother, attending community college and working. I brought my GPA up and transferred to Bethany college in the Spring of 2014, I was successful there eventually graduated with my Bachelors in Political Science. After graduation, I had come home and began working immediately as a testing evaluator for standardized testing for the summer, by the Fall of 2015 I enrolled into ivy tech community college to begin medical school pre reqs. I had to work and pay for school and debt collections from my mother, grandmother, and cousin having things on my credit. I had gotten to
The Honors Program is less about reward and more about the push for personal growth for myself. The last four years have shown to be a challenge, from being the first year student in Pre-calculus to being the junior who is aiming for a five on the AP test. I came from having mostly A’s, with few B’s, to being the student who earned A’s in every class. Personal motivation led me to this achievement. The Honors Program at CSU looks like a program to help me continue my journey of gaining knowledge. Being a member of this program would give my motivation to continue to strive for those higher grades. It is in my interest to be in this program to keep my performance in classes at the upper level. This program would allow me to focus on academics and strive for the best grades personally possible.
Theses quotes might be said once or many times in one’s teen life. Complaining about parents is one of the conversation topics among the peers. Sometimes teens feel like adults do not aware of their opinions anymore. Moreover, arguments among the family could ruin the relationship if members do not know how to deal with it. I learned how to solve problems through these conflicts and became more mature.
When I was in elementary school, I fell behind in many of my classes. This inefficiency was further expanded when my family moved to New Jersey from Massachusetts, and my parents could see that I was having issues. So they took me to therapists and tutors to see what could be done, and they came to the conclusion that I had ADHD. My parents chose not to medicate me, and instead sent to me to various tutoring programs, some of which I stayed in until high school. My grades were average, so there were no complaints. But college is a different
We discuss work related issues and its impact on college success almost every day whether we notice or not this is a big issue. Some college students have to have jobs in order to eat to take care of themselves on a daily basis. It is not good to be in college and be absolutely broke, they say “you’re in college it’s alright if you don’t have money, I didn’t have any either” this statement is a complete NO! Money in today’s time is a necessity without it how can one prosper? Family issues tie into work related issues as well; we’ll tie the two in. Being a parent and going to class full time is already a hard task to take on, add a job on top of that. A parent is running late to class due to an accident at their child’s school this is a family issue that at the time is more important than class.
When I was growing up, I struggled a great deal in school! In third grade I started a new school. They had three tiers of classes. One with the regular kids, another with kids that needed a little bit of help in math and reading, and thirdly, a category that had mentally retarded children learning life skills. I was being placed in that third tier. I absolutely loved school before they had placed me in that class. All that
The third part is my mental health. In the past, my academic struggles were strongly affected by my inability to cope with multiple unfortunate life events that occurred over the past couple of years. Indeed, I am well aware that personal hardships do not justify my poor academic performance, but during this period, I found it difficult to focus on my school work because I was so overwhelmed with the person problems I was facing. However, I eventually found a way to turn my problems into my motivation. Specifically, during the final days of my grandmother’s life, I saw how a bad nurse would treat her. Since then, I realized that I would never allow any family member to go through that kind of treatment. That was my key motivation for continuing my education. Also, I worked hard to get a seat in the College of Nursing. I also made sacrifices in my family and social life to study, which included missing social events and hardly going home to Saskatoon to see my family because I chose to study on the weekends instead. Ultimately, my dedication and commitment paid off since I got a
The path I have taken toward obtaining my Bachelor of Science Degree in Business, Management, and Economics, with a concentration in Marketing, has been different than I expected when I first started college. I started at Brooklyn College at 17-years-old and frankly, I wasn’t ready for it. I struggled to balance an awkward schedule of classes and inconsistent study habits. I never felt completely comfortable there and after two years of performing poorly, I enrolled at Kingsborough Community College. I viewed it as a new start and seized the opportunity. I decided to major in Business Administration; I made the Dean’s List, and saw my grades improve dramatically. After completing 74 total credits, I decided I was ready to return to a four-year-college. I initially considered returning to Brooklyn College but at this time my grandmother had become ill. I applied to the College of Staten Island which was near her home and would make it possible for me to help her out with whatever she needed and attend school locally. This worked out great for my first semester. I carried a 3.47 GPA and decided to major in Business, with a concentration in Marketing. At this time, I was working part-time while in school. But due to certain circumstances, I was forced to obtain a full-time job in addition to other part-time commitment. This made it very difficult for me to enroll in classes as most of the upper-level marketing classes that I needed for graduation were only offered during the day when I would now be working. I enrolled in night and weekend classes for the next two semesters but my grades began to suffer. In the last semester I tried to register at the College of Staten Island, I couldn’t fit the courses I needed into my ever-growing w...
Early in life I dealt with both my mother and father taking turns going in and out of jail due to their heavy drinking, Eventually my mother left for good eight years after I was born. Leaving me with my father dealing with his habit, but also realizing he had to raise three boys by himself. Through his method of parenting, work hours, and his drinking he didn't have much time to help direct me down a good path. So I never really had any motivation to do much in school, and also was terrified to try. Just to find out that I wasn't smart, or that I just couldn't do it. So now I am overcoming that fear and solidifying my volition to do well in school.
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things” said Leonardo Da Vinci. I am the type of student who believes in this statement. Accomplishment does not simply appear. Accomplishment comes with a tremendous cost of time, energy, and hard work. In complete honesty, I have had a wonderful life; I come from a traditional family with a middle-class income living in suburban America. As a result, this question had me stumped at first. Then, talking with other students and educators, I realized as a first generation aspiring four-year college student, my journey to higher education has been challenging without the experienced guidance that students with generational higher education parents have. I realized that I have used these circumstances to develop positive attributes as well as educational and social achievements.
I will never give up. I will never allow failure to be an option. I will set goals and I will achieve them. We are obstacles are set in front of us daily. Daily obstacles can range from waking up in the morning when we are overworked to losing a limb or a love done. However, when the outcome is not in my favor I will utilize the situation to find my weaknesses and build a better me for the next battle.
So I immediately went to some universities and colleges to make enquiries, whether I would be available for them to admit me into their school, it didn’t happen so I was a little bit stressed up and didn’t know what to do next. I stayed home for a while and a friend of mine asked me if I would like to join the military, I wasn’t sure of myself, but due to stress of staying home, I immediately signed up for it and I liked it. I didn’t want to waste my time in America, I had to make sure everything was in its place. So after I went to the military, I came back in six months’ time and tried to enroll into school again, hoping that this time everything will go well. So I tried to apply to Rhode Island College and I got accepted into the school. I was so happy and everyone was also happy for me. I wouldn’t say it has been an easy journey, but I hope for the
Social problem is a broad topic, there is “No conclusive idea of what constitutes a social problem.” To define a social problem, there are generally three different ideas to define a social problem, “Something that impacts a large group; Something that the people in a society collective agree it is problematic; Something that violates a moral code.” (Logan) Healthcare has been on the spot light, because of The American Health Care Act. I’d like to present health care in United States as a social problem, because it qualify the three ideas to define social problem. First of all, it impacts a large group in the society, because of its cost. According to CDC, “28.2 million people who are under age of sixty five are insured” (CDC). Second, people in a society collective
Everyone has challenges in their life and mine were speech and depression. From preschool to second grade I had to take “special” classes because my English was far more behind than everyone else’s. At the time I didn’t notice anything different, though now I realize that without those classes school would of been twice as hard. I overcame this challenge by simply going to school and learning. I found out that school can help with anything, for this reason I love learning to this day. I began noticing a negative change with myself throughout middle school, which now I classify as my second challenge, depression. I’m still not exactly certain if it is just depression, seasonal depr...
As a teenager I was an avid reader and excelled academically until I was in the ninth grade when I conceded to peer pressure and took a turn for the worse. I became lackadaisical and nonchalant, and little by grades fell. When I took my mid-term examinations in the ninth grade my report card was so poor that my mother had to be called in to collect it and have a parent-teacher session to discuss
I was sometimes slower at completing a written paper or an assignment. In open discussions about material we had just read, things weren’t sticking with me after reading to feel confident to raise my hand and be active with discussions. I would have to search for answers in my memory for some time. Sometimes answers just weren’t retrieved at all. I became frustrated in school often, and eventually developed a negative attitude toward school. I struggled a lot with this because I knew I could do better. Every day I prepared myself for failure because I lacked the tools and strategies that I needed to succeed in school. Granted, I got by, but I could have been a much better student. I earned low B’s and C’s, but should have been A’s.