Over the past 17 years I have learned many values and experiences that shaped my life. The most effective values that I have learned and used every day of my life are being motivated, optimistic, and passionate. These three values helped me get up in the morning and helped me become a better person to fulfill my goal of becoming a Cardiac surgeon. I have to be motivated every day by my goal of becoming a Cardiac surgeon, so I do not waste my life staying in bed all day and getting nothing done, while more and more people constantly get killed by heart disease. This motivation is needed, because not everyone can wake up and decide this is what they want to do in life. I am optimistic that I can one day be involved in bringing heart disease down from being the number one killer in America. Saying this is not easy, but being optimistic about it helps it become easier, because when I keep on saying it enough times I start believing it too. Deciding to become a heart surgeon was not an easy thing to decide, but looking at how many people that it …show more content…
I have always been interested in biology and knowing how the way our bodies work, so taking biology in High School helped me come closer to what I wanted to do in college. Doing various activates and labs in that class helped me determine that I wanted to keep doing this and testing things over and over again, so I thought why not keep doing this past high school. I decided to pursue this in my sophomore year and was focused on working in the science field. Every day I got closer to determining the career choice I wanted to do and until I knew I wanted to become a Cardiac surgeon. This goal is connected to all my areas in my portfolio because I was able to use each aspect of the areas that were important to me and my learning to determine the educational and career goal that I have set forth for
High school was not a completely dreadful experience, but I did not get a really an exceptional education. As I entered high school, I thought it would be a whole new exciting chapter in my life. I started out as an involved student, and went through all of the Advance Placement and Honor classes, and managed to be at the top 12% of my class. In high school, I basically placed myself to enjoy it; I joined all of the extra curricular activities I was interested in. I was in band, tennis, swimming, dance team, and Key Club. Sometimes I was at school for about fourteen hours a day, four times a week.
My activities in school helped me as a person because I can show leadership skills. I can lead by example, in a positive way. In Phelps Ace High School, I became captain and uphold numerous positions in sports. By being captain of numerous sports(volleyball, basketball, softball, flag football), it helped me learn how to balance homework and sports. It taught me how to have the self-control to my problems with people because many of the sports required a team effort.
Freshman year I was involved in three athletic sports and was also in the BETA club. On top of the sports I knew that school comes first and was invited to take honors class after I passed the placement tests. I spent many nights coming home from games and practices to stay up for hours working on projects, essays, and studying. I believe that hard work is what makes not only a person, but a community better. I continued to be involved in school activities through my senior year. I am a member of Student Government Association, Health Occupation Students of America, and play varsity volleyball with numerous newspaper appearances. Continuing to push one’s self allows the person to grow; which was my thought when I made the decision to take Advanced Placement classes that were provided by my school. I am currently enrolled and passing in all three of my AP classes.
I envision high school as an essential stepping stone for everyone. The era where every individual lacks the complete confidence in defining who they are or what they want to be. The four years of high school was the moment and opportunity to seek the interests that stood out to me the most. The experiences you make and the people you associate with are a crucial part of finding yourself.
Since ancient times when David and Goliath was fighting for their division people had values. As human beings we never take the moment or the extent to set up a blue print for our beliefs, customs, modes of conduct, qualities, or goals we just have this unspoken language of knowing what they are. However, what if one was assign to write a paper about their values but could only identify three. One may have second thoughts about what he or she decided, I know I did. In this essay I will be answering questions and discussing the top Three values I came to conclusion. The three values that I hold close to my heart are family, richness, and determination. The principles were feed to me throughout my childhood era. During this period, making
My High School life has helped shape the way for my college experiences that I will face. My senior year in high school is not the same as many other high school students. I am taking many advanced classes to help me prepare for college. These classes help me better understand exactly how much harder I must work to succeed.
Values in my opinion should determine your priorities, and they’re probably the measures, you use to tell if your life is turning out the way you want it to. Knowing your own values can help you make decisions about how to live your life. The values that I believe in play a very important role in my life. These important values have been greatly influenced by my family and life experiences. My core values include family, health, knowledge, happiness, friendship, loyalty, trust, hard work, honesty, and learning.
I enjoyed my high school experience because our student body was very spirited and there was a lot of students in our classes. I only got to see a football game and a soccer game but I really enjoyed seeing them. As Dweck stated in her essay, our brains change constantly with learning and experience (1). What Dweck stated connects with my educational experience because while I was moving constantly, I was learning from my mistakes and gaining experience as to how I should respond next time something were to happen. Besides learning from my mistakes I also motivated myself to continue and further my
My mission is to live each day positively in God’s eyes, honestly and passionately so that every day I am one step closer to reaching my dreams and helping others believe in theirs. I will be committed to inspiring others to be more than they think that they can be and I will be a continual learner committed to excellence in all aspects of life.
These are values that I think will make life better and easier for a person.
The main goal in life is to live by our beliefs and our values. These beliefs and values define who we are as a person and create how we behave towards others (Wright, 1). These beliefs and values can be defined as our personal core values. My personal core values include family, trust, honesty, friendship, and creativity, which define who I am, change from past to present, and could change again.
High school has been a very interesting experience for me. It has definitely had its highs and lows and many confusing experiences in between. Overall, I feel like I have been equipped for not only college, but also life as a whole. High school has taught me many things, both academically and emotionally. It has revealed and exposed my true colors, both good and bad, and as a result, has built many aspects of my character. My experiences at Alameda High school and Alameda Community Learning Center have shaped me into the person that I am today.
I began taking advanced placement classes to challenge myself, to be the best I can be. Although it was difficult to maintain good grades, practice 10 hours a week for the swim team, and working a part-time job, I enjoyed the push and the outcome I received at the end. Due to wanting to be in the Medical field, I took Honors Anatomy and Physiology in order to learn more about the human body; prepare myself for the memorization and the use of note cards. All the information felt like my head was bottled up, I wanted to enjoy my high school years, because “they pass by so fast, make the best of them” my brother would constantly say to me but failed to mention if I really wanted to do what I loved, I had to let all that go and focus on school; which became my biggest responsibility. There were times where I just wanted to take the easy way out and drop the class, but I knew no good would come from that; instead I balanced out my schedule by prioritizing my time between school, practice and work.
Time flies so fast. Looking back, my high school is just like a movie, a lot of things happened. High School is four years of growing up and probably a time in your life where you go through the most changes. In high school you are able to discover yourself and find out who you are as a person. Each year is special and unique in their own way. My journey through high school was a tough one, especially because I decided to not only focus on academic work but also to invest quality time in extra curriculum activities. I wanted more than just academic excellence; I wanted to be a leader, I wanted to add value to every aspect of my life, I wanted a rounded education and not just mere schooling. My success story is what I will like to share with you; how I really made it and how this defines my personality. My journey in High School was scary, exciting, and successful.
During my life, I have learned many things that I’m either expected to do or know. My family and friends have impacted my life in multiple ways that have shaped me as a person over time. These values that my family has taught me has made me the person I am today and most likely the person I will be for the rest of my life.