Demi’s Educational Autobiography I would say myself as learner has changed through the course of my life. I felt as though my motivation to learn took a rollercoaster during my high school experience. I am confident to say that I am a dedicated and motivated learner ready to succeed in life. In high school and previous college class I had a couple of good educational experiences. My freshman and senior year of high school, I received honor roll with a 3.2 GPA. I was really proud of myself for achieving that goal. With the GPA I earned I was able to become of STEMX program at my school which focuses on science, technology, engineering and math. In a previous college class, I was able to complete up to the last module of the course but wasn’t …show more content…
I’m actually not experiencing any of those. The people I met were nice, the classes aren’t too hard for me and I’m not missing home that much. With this in mind, I think college instructors could break down the information so it is easier for me to understand and maybe not assign to much work at one time. In my high school classes, the teachers would assume that we learned some of the material from a previous class but in reality the teachers would never teach at all. They would give us class work assignments from a book that had the answers in the back of it. We never discussed questions we got wrong or even right. Then when I have a lot to work to do at one it makes me anxious because its so overwhelming. Especially work I didn’t know how to do. To make things worse, I ended up skipping some of classes of my sophomore/junior year when the assignments were due or when we had presentations. I skipped one of my college summit class because I was nervous about presenting my “all about me” project. It was a simple project but I couldn’t work myself up to present so I avoided the class. I ended up trying to make up work for the class to get a good grade. I also skipped one of my English classes because we had a major project due and I was scared to present it all by myself and I didn’t join a group. I ended up with a “D” in the
Summer vacation, and school ends for about three months, and then you have as much fun as you can, then back to school… right? Well I had to go to summer school, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Everything was going fine, I had a job after summer school, and that was going fine as well. They say that summer is supposed to be fun and exciting, and it usually is for me and my family. However in July my father started coughing up blood. My father usually doesn’t make it his top priority to go to the doctors, so he waited about four weeks until he really didn’t feel good.
One year, I tagged along with my parents when they drove my brother and sister to Worldview Academy. Unfortunately, I forgot about the incident. That all changed, though, when I found myself enrolled at the same academy my siblings had previously attended. Since then, I have returned three times and this year served as my third and final “term”. After my enrollment, I concluded that I had discovered an anomaly, for I had never found myself more comfortable in a crowd of perfect strangers, nor so intrigued with academic subjects or experienced such an exhilarating time evangelizing as I had at the academy.
As the dull scent of chalk dust mixes imperceptably with the drone of the teacher's monotone, I doodle in my tablet to stay awake. I notice vaguely that, despite my best efforts in the shower this morning after practice, I still smell like chlorine. I sigh and wonder why the school's administration requires the students to take a class that, if it were on the Internet, would delight Mirsky (creator of Mirsky's Worst of the Web), as yet another addition to his list of worthless sites. Still, there was hope that I would learn something that would make today's first class more than just forty-five wasted minutes... It wouldn't be the first time I learned something new from the least likely place.
In my household, from the time I was in Kindergarten, my mother expected academic excellence and nothing less. With her help I was an A student, Science fair grand champion, Young authors winner, Community helpers member, Young academic role model and more. At the age of eleven I lost my mother to Invasive Breast Cancer. Being academically successful was her goal for me and up to that point in her life she instilled the values of education and hard work ethic into me. At that young age I had to decide how I was going to continue being academically successful in school and what were my educational goals for myself. Since that day every school year I ask myself that same question,and this year being my senior year it’s more prominent than ever. My short term educational goals are: to apply and be admitted to 4 universities, maintain a 3.7 gpa, pass AP calc and English exam’s with a score of 4 or higher, and graduate with honors.
It’s no secret that American education is of very low quality. As a victim of public schooling, I have been observing my environment for as long as I can remember. Through my observations and the fact that I’ve been exposed to new ideas, I have formulated ideas that could drastically improve public education, and thus our future. These ideas are as follows: use the same standards, stop using standardized tests for punishment, begin letting students fail, and use more standardized tests.
Several things have struck me as powerful lessons in the six weeks since I first entered this class. Though I have always known that I had experienced privilege throughout my life, I never realized how truly engrained that was in me until writing the first assignment. During that experience, I struggled with identifying ways that my heritage had impacted my development and approached it from more of an internal standpoint rather than an environmental one. Sitting in class and listening to my classmates’ experiences, I was struck by how much different their lives have been in comparison to mine. Being able to put myself in their shoes even for a moment was a much-appreciated exercise in empathy. This is an example of our sixth learning objective:
My practicum experience is at a not for profit, sliding scale organization. We get referrals from area crisis organization as well as primary care physicians. Senior staff carefully screens all of our clients. Novice practitioners are not assigned to individuals who may have suicidal ideation or complex conditions. However, these conditions are not always easily assessed during the phone screenings. If during an assessment or session if the client exhibits an emergency such as described by our text as suicide, threatening violence or other issue which is concerning to the student, we are to call our supervisor on the phone, we are not to leave the client alone (Russell-Chapin, 2016). We have an older phone system with an intercom system
Based on what I have learn; about my learning style. I am a physical learner, which means that I learn better by doing something. Also I learn that I am a solitary learner. A solitary learner means that I learn better by doing things on my own. Therefore one of the four effective ways to enhance my ability to study more effectively; would be to make up a songs that go along with what I am studing, The second one would be to go to a quiet spot, and just study. The Third one would be to give myself a minute,,and write down as much as I could in that minute. I would do it how many times I want, and each time I would try to write more than I did before . All these are effective in for to get more out of my studies.
The strategies I learned this semester were important for improving my academic skills. The first week of class we learned what our learning styles were. I can study more easily and take better notes in class knowing my learning style. I can read and understand college textbooks better. The note-taking skills I learned really helped me to write better notes in class. We learned a few note-taking formats, and the one that I still use is the outline format. I also learned new and better ways to study that helped me to make better grades than I originally would have.
Growing up, I was constantly reminded that I was special, different and determined to change some lives in my path. Aside from my family, I was reminded at school and church. I never fully considered it in due of only wanting to be like the other children, which is what I projected as normality. I was often bullied in school for being raised by my grandmother, having unappealing patches of eczema, and my allergies were laughable. Depending on what was on the school lunch menu, I would eat with a teacher or in the main office. I did not even use the same restrooms as the other children for the reason that I needed a stronger water pressure. I was picked on so frequently that I stopped making an effort to fit in. I cast all of my energy into my school work.
Next week, Tina from GI will be helping in the office, and will only be with us 1 week, so I requested that Melanie help Katti next week and today while I visit Princeton. She did not appear open to the request and stated just put me wherever you want. At that point, I requested that we talk. First, I asked if there was anything going on and she mentioned she felt her workload was being monitored. I assured her I am not counting referrals and I ask her for help in other areas because I truly need her assistance. Additionally, I review the conversation she and I had on Friday regarding the definition of self-sufficient and expressed my feelings on the matter. In my opinion, the
While attending Chinook Middle school I had interviewed my mentor and field experience teacher Ms. Kennedy who is a 7th grade English teacher at the school. During the interview I found out some background information on Ms. Kennedy, Ms. Kennedy has worked at Chinook middle school for 12 years. She’s also worked at North Thurston school district for three to two years. As well as was a self-contained 7th grade teacher, for which she taught all subjects. She choose teaching profession because she believed that all children can learn. She did not want her students to endure the hardships of having a teacher Who did not care about them, or if they were learning. Ms. Kennedy’s Philosophy of education is she believes that each child is a unique individual who needs a secure,caring, and stimulating atmosphere in which to grow and mature emotionally, intellectually, physically and socially. It is her desire as an educator to help students meet their fullest potential by providing an environment that is safe, supports risk-taking, and invites you shouldn’t of ideas. The teacher acts as a guide, allows natural curiosity, and promotes respect for all people.
My education journey has been through some setbacks, but I have continued to push forward and conquered. I have felt that I have a fixed mind set and just am not capable of achieving some things. After learning the difference between growth and fixed mindset I have realized that everyone is capable of learning anything through hard work and dedication.
Last semester I led a ninth-grade class room through a reading of Romeo and Juliet. I had little time to prepare for this unit of study, and had never formally studied or written about the play. I worked my way through each scene, preparing prompts and discussions that seemed relevant to the content of the play, to its connections to private and public social issues (both Elizabethan and modern), and to why the play was written in poetic form, or what the poet was trying to do with language. The play is rife with paradox, oxymoron, and ambiguity, so finding a focal point or common theme to unify the various lessons was difficult. However, as we approached the final act, everything that the students and I had explored in this play seemed to me to be pointing back to a line early in Act I, "Part fools! You know not what you do."
I am by myself wearing my blue jeans and an old flannel shirt. It is cool outside but I decided to leave my gloves at home, feeling comfortable with my warm shirt and my sturdy boots.