Essay On My Educational Journey

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My educational journey started with a last minute decision that would lead me to places that I could never imagine. I chose a Technical High School over one of my states highest ranked High Schools. I felt a technical career over going on to college was the best fit for me. What I would discover is my plan would take me on a wild ride and send me down many wrong paths. During the summer of 2010, I had to make my decision on were I wanted to go to high school. I had two choices, Littleton High School in Littleton, Massachusetts, or I could attend Nashoba Technical High School in Westford, Massachusetts. I decided on Nashoba Technical High School, because I figured I could get a career and hopefully a good job when I got out of high …show more content…

Watson took time every day after school to help me with my work. With the help of Mrs. Duffy and Mrs. Watson, I felt that I could achieve my goal of getting my high school diploma and starting my career. It was at the end of my freshman year with the help of Mrs. Duffy and Mrs. Watson that I chose auto body as my career and I could not have been happier. My sophomore year was a different story. Mrs. Duffy took an early retirement due to budget cuts and the help I was getting in the classroom was cut. I still had Mrs. Watson, but without Mrs. Duffy 's extra help and her helping to pump me up when I was down, I felt abandoned and my attitude to school changed. I began to slack off on my school work and I was more interested in hanging out with kids who did not do their work and were always getting in trouble. I just did enough to get me into the next grade. Going into my junior year I was again very confident about my education and this was the year I was going to buckle down and do my work. When I arrived in my auto body shop, my teacher noticed my change in attitude and gave me a job which he usually gives to seniors. Every morning when I walked into my auto body class, my auto

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