Personal Narrative: My Educational Short Comings

My whole life long, I have been trying to find a place where I can truly fit in. I have also been worried about what I would do when I grew up. I was torn between my passion for horses and my passion for performing. There was no way I could give up one for the other, so I searched the net for Christian colleges that had majors in both equine studies and vocal performance and there it appeared: Asbury University. It was manna from Heaven.

Obstacles that we encounter can be important in molding and shaping our later success. There have been several challenging events that have occurred throughout the duration of my life that has seemingly impacted my current status. One major event that has recently affected me was my mother being diagnosed with Cancer in October of 2016. This news not only emotionally affected me, but it impacted me physically and mentally as well.

Hi, I am Michelle and this is my freshman year of high school. I was born and raised in Sacramento by my family. I am the oldest sibling and 7 years apart from my younger sister. My family also includes our much-loved dog and she is a female, toy poodle mix. Some things I enjoy and do often is listening to music, checking Instagram and shopping.

The dream of going to college has been present since I remember. However, I lived in a low income household in Spain, and at that time my family was going through a great depression, lack of financial stability, and my parent’s relationship was not at its best; consequently, the idea of having another expense was not a priority for the family, needless to say that college was not an option. Nevertheless, life has given me the opportunity to review my priorities, make new choices and as a result, I decided to pursue a higher education. I became a displaced homemaker after my divorce in 2008 in Washington State, when I decided to move away and start a new life in Colorado. We were only us, my daughter and me.

I did not realize my potential as a young scholar; in doing so, I set myself back academically. My priorities were set on understanding the hectic schedule instead of the vigorous goals that I have now. As a fourteen year-old in freshman year, my standards were set lower for myself since I was unorganized and lost majority of the time. I lacked skills in time-management and multitasking; skills which I practiced and perfected through my school’s use of the modular schedule.

Whether directing a choir, directing a musical or teaching college level courses, my desire is to educate those who have entrusted their education into my hands. Serving in different areas of ministry, my philosophy was always to educate others. As a funeral director, I had the opportunity to help guide families through one of the most difficult times. I could have continued serving in the capacity; however, I wanted people everywhere to experience a first class funeral director. As a result, I began my journey as a funeral service education instructor.

I have overcome many obstacles since attending a postsecondary education. Money has always been a problem for my family and I, and going to school was an addition to many of our money problems. However, I knew that I had no other option than to attend college in order to get a degree for my family to live a better life. Not asking my parents for assistance or additional money has been a toll for the amount of debt I’m now accountable for.

As a student, while reading this article I found many of the concepts useful but especially familiar. Throughout my years of public education, the older I became, the more I was able to recognize certain techniques and strategies that teachers used. For example, the article mentions to compliment good choices within earshot of peers and parents, keeping it simple and authentic to boost their self-esteem and make them feel comfortable and safe. This is just one of the many suggestions in the article that reminded me of my childhood. Anytime a teacher gave me a compliment, it first made me feel good about myself and distracted me of any fears I may of had.

My first score is use first sequence:30. This is defiantly me, I am always asking a million questions. I would always ask for detailed directions or examples. It even got to the point to where they had to read to me. when it came to quizzes, they would give me multiple choices.

The person who got and opened my report card was my mom. I honestly do not know how she felt because she doesn 't really show her emotions or it 's just that I do not know how to see what kind emotion she has. I guess she was happy with the fact that I had some A 's. I don 't think she was happy to see a bad grade on my report card. My mom did not say anything when she opened it she just said good job on getting A 's. I think she had a smile on her face because we were in the car and I wasn 't facing her. My dad was in the car too because we were on our way to church and he wasn 't really happy with one of my grades.

When the first nine weeks was up and report cards were sent out, I began to notice the change in my grades. I was no longer a F and D student, I now was a C student. I was really excited about how much better my report card looked, I never was this motivated by the type of grades I made before.

I check my watch as I race to catch my first ever Austin Metro bus home. My metro bus ride to school in the morning proved disastrous. Taking the southbound rather than the northbound bus had left me confused while waiting for the return bus and embarrassed while explaining the reason for my late arrival to school. It 's 4:33. Oh man.

This placement was the hardest setting I have ever had to teach in my undergraduate career. I thought my high school placement was going to be hard for me and I am really glad I was able to build up my confidence as a teacher in that placement in order to prepare me to handle this placement. The overall setting of the room is stressful. My teacher and her two assistants were struggling before I came on board and before the incident with one my students running out on Westport road, we were basically surviving the day.

Throughout out my life, I’ve strived to be the best in order to reach my goal. Ever since I was in middle school, I’ve had my heart set on being an elementary school teacher; and I’ve been taking and will continue taking many steps academically and within my extra-curricular activities for my lifetime goal. As soon as I stepped into high school. I began to push myself academically. Even though I didn’t enroll in AP or Pre-AP courses, I still had to work hard for my grades, but even though I had all regular classes I had to teach myself self-discipline, time management, and most of all to never give up.

In third grade, I was out of school for a week because of sickness. As usual, is always a cold, fever, and bad sore throat. After I get sick, I always faint because of dehydration. My mom, as always, ask me if I feel like I am going to faint and most of the time is a “yes”.