Describe an event from your past and how it shaped you as a person. I'm a victim, I thought. The books were closed. The papers were signed. It was official. The next school year, I would enter the fifth grade -- again. I knew I was gifted and capable of more, but after we moved from urban Oklahoma City to Tulsa before the fourth grade, my intelligence was meaningless. Suburban-school luxuries like computers, advanced math, and special ways to learn English flooded my brain. Homework was an afterthought. Homework was not an afterthought to my fifth grade teacher, however. With her annoying, dogged persistency, Mrs. Thomas gave me "zero slips" whenever I "forgot" an assignment. She was on a …show more content…
Tears welled up in my eyes but anger manifest itself instead. It's not fair. My grades may be bad, I grumbled angrily, but I'm NOT stupid. Yet stupidly, I refused to ask for help. Stupidly, I let the entire year pass me by. The end of school came eventually, and I abandoned dreams of the sixth grade. Luckily, I was transferring to another elementary school, but this offered me little consolation. Only dummies have to repeat a grade. The final bell rang, and students erupted in a joyful chorus of cheers as summer break began. I sang a melancholy dirge of self-pity. My bitterness increased as I waited for my mother to pick me up. She came at last and I jumped up, anxious to leave forever. Again, Mrs. Thomas thwarted my plans; she came outside to talk to my mother, undoubtedly about my ignominious fate. As they murmured, I viewed the co-conspirators with hostile eyes. I'm a victim, the final sigh of my fifth grade year whispered wearily. Before I could escape, she had to heighten my torture with a few words of wisdom and the obligatory good-bye. I ignored her words as she stood before me. Her words had not averted this horrible moment. I prayed that she was done, but soon she had her arms around me. Not strangling my incorrigible neck, but hugging my ten-year old shoulders. I remember few details of this hug. First,
Life normally doesn’t go the way you plan when you’re young. When I was little, I figured that when I was at the age of graduation I would be totally prepared to go off my own. As I sit and think about the topic of how my life is going, several thoughts pour into my mind. First, I think of how lucky I am. The past two years could’ve changed my life because of bad health. Through weeks and months of hospitals stays and hours spent in the doctor’s office and in the emergency room, I’ve come out lucky and I have almost returned to good health. Second, I think of those friends who I thought would be there for my whole life that are no longer a part of my life. I also look to the people who I never thought would be there by my side and realize
2.1 Evaluate the effectiveness of organizational policies and procedures in supporting individuals and their social networks affected by significant life events
One day that changed my life was the day I went into foster care.I will never forget that day. I remember going to school that day.I was sitting in class and the S.R.O came and got me from class. I felt like something bad was going to happen. I was right, they took me into foster care. They took me from school and then when we were leaving the school they asked me if I knew where my mom and brother were,I didn’t know.
Two weeks before the end of sophomore year, Mr. Granger was arrested on suspicion of inappropriate conduct with a student. Confusion and paranoia slowly left the majority of the school population within a week, but unfortunately for me and my friends, we were emotionally scarred. We were stuck in what seemed like amber while the rest of the world moved along in a blur. In a flash, the man who I respected and trusted above any other adult in
It was April 25, 2008. With just one minute until the school day ended, countless students were watching the clock, their eyes following the second hand. As the final bell rang at 3:20 p.m., the screams from over 60 teens reverberated throughout the high school. . . . Over
Everyone in the classroom sat quietly in their desk, waiting with for the teacher to call out our name to see our scores. Name after name was called. I could see the faces of disappointment cross my classmates’ faces as they saw their grades. My teacher finally called my name. I nervously made my way up to the front of the room and took the test as my teacher handed it to me. As soon as I saw my grade, I felt my stomach drop and my mind go into panic. I had absolutely bombed the first test of the year. I wasn’t the only one, but I couldn’t believe the grade that I had gotten which was far off what I expected. After receiving the horrendous scores from the test, students began to drop the class. In just two weeks, the once filled class was reduced to a small classroom of only fifteen students. Everyone in the class was overwhelmed and stressed by the amount of work load that we were being given. As for me, I was doing worse and worse as the class progressed. For the first time in my life, I was on the verge of receiving a failing grade on my progress report. I had two clear options: give it my all and make it through or drop and save my
Have you ever wished that you could wake up with not a worry in the world? I know I have but life hits hard doesn’t it? As a young child in elementary school or even not in school yet life is easy I would say. The kids don’t have too much on their plate, all they are worried about is nap time, snack time, recess time you know fun thing. Then suddenly you grow up! Remember all the fun times you had? Now it’s all about work time, class time, dinner time heck half the time we don’t even know what bed time is. Although it all may seem scary and hard there are ways to balance school, work and family.
This outcome will effect, basically my entire life all because of (pick a teachers name). Naw, who am I kidding? It’s all MY fault. I could’ve studied longer, I should’ve turned my work in on time, I would’ve paid more attention but the distractions were all to real. My boys wanted me to hang. The girls were all flirting. And I guess I thought i was a star.
Life seems to take many twists and turns that somehow mesh into each other to form a chaotic knot of happenings. All of these occurrences are supposed to shape you into a wiser more experienced person. Many people can even pin point the exact moment in their life which was forever changed by a single event. When that event happens it becomes an unforgettable memory for you and teaches you a lesson that becomes one of the basic guidelines in your life. The event that forever changed me and was most significant to me was when I decided what I planned on doing for the rest of my life; choosing my major. I knew exactly what I would plan on doing my
A lot of people experience events that change their lives; some are more difficult to deal with. An event that changed my life was moving from Pennsylvania to New Jersey. I lived I Pennsylvania for 11 years after my parents split up. I have currently been living in New Jersey with my dad for about 2 years. Moving at this age was very difficult because it is hard to make friends with new people since everyone already has a group of friends. It was hard to fit into a new group of friends so I tried out for the soccer team since I have played my entire life and playing on a school sports team is a great way to make new friends. I didn't make the team so I ended up playing soccer for the township. While playing on the team I met one of my closest
It was a casual Wednesday morning when I walked into Maple Place Middle School. That is, until I reached 5th period. 5th period was my favorite period of the day because I had English, which is my favorite subject. I had it with my favorite teacher as well, Mrs.Secko. I had English two periods a day, 5th and 7th. 5th was Literature, and 7th was Language Arts. This week, we were going to be reviewing Shakespeare’s play, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. We would be collaborating with the other 7th grade English teacher, Mrs. Richter. Some of us would be staying in Mrs.Secko’s class while some of us would be transferred into Mrs. Richter’s for this specific lesson. I was one of the students who was chosen to be transferred into Mrs.Richter’s for that week. So, from this Wednesday to next Wednesday I would be going to Mrs.Richter’s for 5th period.
I could sense the cold hard stare of the office administrator behind me like needles poking into my back. I sat as I thought to myself, What could I have done better? I regretted the choice I had made. Why did I do it? Maybe it was better to show my dad my 60% math test than to be sitting in the office waiting to be handed my death sentence. I shouldn’t have done it. I had forged my dad’s signature to escape from being grounded. I waited as I listened to the principal talking on the phone to my dad telling him the bad news. I wanted to scream that it was untrue, but I knew it was.
My life was outstanding after moving to Dallas. It was like something you read about in magazines or watch in a movie. I had the dream job, car, house, and social life. I worked as a bartender at the hottest nightclub in town and made a lot of money. I bought a beautifully restored 1961 Porsche, a lot like the one that James Dean had died in. My car had a pearl- white paint job, a red-leather interior, and aluminum alloy wheels with low-profile racing tires. I was living in a guesthouse on the estate of the nightclub owner; he lived in the mansion in front. We had parties there almost every night around the swimming pool.
There are many different life changing events that can change your life. Sometimes things happen in people’s life and they can’t do anything about it. Changes can be good and sometimes it can be a terrible thing that results in a positive turn in one’s life. Change is a part of life that no one looks forward to. Everyone’s life changes at some point. Life is full of many unexpected challenges that will be thrown in your face at any place and any time. People learn and grow from every experience that they go through in life. Some of the events that have changed my life was losing my grandmother, graduation, and going to college. Changes come almost every day in my life.
This is where I fell in love with reading, from the text books given in class to the books in the school library to the set of Encyclopedia Britannica’s my parents owned. I would spend hours learning everything I could about absolutely anything from A – Z. I was so enthralled by the knowledge I was acquiring that I started to surpass everyone in my class in everything from reading and writing to mathematics. Now by this time you probably have figured out by now on how long my educational endeavors last, my father lost his job and we needed to move again. Next stop… Panama City, Florida (Southport to be more precise). Now in the Bay County School System I still continued to thrive. I received so many awards: perfect attendance, honor roll, participation awards galore, and Southport Singing Sailors, that I filled an entire photo album just on the awards! I never felt that I was better than anyone, just I wanted more recognition, more accolades, more….awards. When I joined the National Junior Beta Club in my 6th Grade year I was so excited, I dressed up in a gold shirt and black dress pants.