My Journey In Life

Through the course of my pre-pubescent years, my mother and father would always argue. The fighting was not so frequent at first, but it eventually was a daily occurrence. The arguments were so intense and rapid that I could not comprehend what they were arguing about. We, as a family, would not genuinely do anything together anymore. As a result, I spent a

My personal path which has led me to becoming a certified teacher is anything but conventional. I have adorned numerous hats throughout my life. I have been a student; a business owner; a wife; a mother and most recently a substitute teacher. Throughout the various stages of my life thus far, one very prominent aspect has always been present. I have this overwhelming innate desire for learning and helping others. My educational path has been bombarded with numerous obstacles and road blocks over the past two decades. Through perseverance, and pure stubbornness, I completed my bachelor’s degree in December of 2014. It wasn’t in a specific specialty field of my dreams. In fact, it was a B.S. in General Studies. This degree allowed three minors of Business, Sociology and Family and Consumer Science. This degree, although labeled “General”, was anything but that. This accomplishment was spectacular, and above all, it was all mine. Soon after graduating, I quickly became overwhelmed with the repeated question of, “What are you going to do now?” “Hmm…let’s see. I don’t really know yet.” This would also be my repeated response.

The relationship in my family was dysfunctional. Nobody could get a long for at least one day. In my family there is the mother, two sisters, and a brother. There is a “step-dad” in and out of our lives. Out of all three of us kids, we all had separate fathers. None of them really acted their part. We would be lucky if one of our dads even called. Basically we have one parent. It has always been

Graduating high school is supposed to be the time in your life when you start to get everything together. I’d like to think that I’ve had enough examples in my life to learn from. But, in my experience, the longer you live, the more troubles you have to face and deal with. One of my very first experiences that has impacted my life and still does was my parents divorce. Now a days getting divorced is quite common and many children experience it, but everyone doesn’t experience it the same way. It was September 1, 2010 when the divorced was finalized. This was a very hard thing I had to cope with as well as my brother. It was quite scary actually. I was so used to my parents together and them being apart was a drastic change to my life. Things started to get rocky in their relationship and I

At the age of 14, I moved to the United States. Like anyone who had welcomed changes in their life, I had hard time dealing with my new situations such as culture shock and financial problems. As soon as I stepped foot on this land, I was aware about my own adulthood. My adulthood hit me earlier than usual teenagers because I had great responsibilities and reliability for my family to be able to survive our new state. For example,

With each passing day, I began counting them down and marking them off on my calender. In the mean time, as I observed new patients entering the program, I could not help but notice the excruciating extent of suffering drugs and/or alcohol subjected them to. Most of them appeared almost weightless as if they were suffering from starvation. The texture of their skin appeared dried out, pale and wrinkled. The impotence they endured over their drug(s) of choice was obviously tormenting. Likewise, A glimpse into their burgundy colored eyes told practically their entire story as I could virtually feel the pain thumping inside their chests. Repeatedly, I observed storm-like tears slithering down their cheeks as their faces implied how clueless they were about what to expect. I was forced to ask myself, “how much of what I saw was me?” I continued to question whether

Even after my parents’ divorce, it was a never-ending fight. Whether it was financial issues or who was going to carpool, my parents would always bicker about it. They would drag me and my siblings into it as well. Moreover, the divorce also left a lasting trail of stress, because I always felt as if my parents wanted me to choose a side. This was very confusing to me, because I couldn’t just love one parent over the other. However, as time passed, the bickering stopped, and my parents became friends

There’s a lot we can learn from the stories of our past – if we tell them in such way that enables us to hear what they really have to say. This holds true with me and my life. To put it simply, the life I’ve lived up to this point has been nothing short of a beautiful (and bumpy) roller coaster ride! As I have grown up there have been many factors that have influenced me to take on or do certain things. These things, plus some of my individual choices, have contributed into what’s made me who I am today. And with that, I’m happy to say for this moment in time, I’m satisfied with the person I am and the path I’m taking.

Life is a journey filled with lessons, hardships, heartaches, joys, celebrations and special moments that will ultimately lead us to our destination, our purpose in life. The road will not always be smooth; in fact, throughout our travels, we will encounter many challenges.

There I was doing 65 mph, I was behind my dad going straight when we came to a smooth curve I pulled in my brake a tad bit letting off the gas dropping down to about 50mph when I went off the edge and at that moment fear took over me not knowing if I was going to get hurt or go on the adventure of a lifetime!

As a very small child I don’t remember too much, but the things that I do remember were seen through a child’s eyes that has made me the person that I am today and I will always have those memory’s with me until my last breath on this earth. In this essay I intend to show how my childhood and adult life to this point has influenced my life, my journey. By utilizing the adult development theories from this class I also intend on showing how they relate to my Life experiences and where I am today as an Adult student.

The Lord states all things are possible through him (Philippians 4:13, King James Version), this is the motto I find myself holding to at this juncture in my journey as a novice researcher. The journey is similar to climbing a mountain, where the experiences will encompass both successes and struggles as at the peak the finished product will demonstrate an understanding of the process the identifies a topic and addresses the problem. This week I found a reflection wrote in April when I took this course but withdrew due to caring for my dying Grandmother. I am pleased that I did apply some of my advice without realizing, but saddened that some I did not as it applies to now. During both attempts at working towards completing the capstone, I experienced significant life events related to family losses and over commitments. Thus, this paper reflects and compares the advice from April with what I have learned and would suggest in the future. In April I advised myself to make a plan and manage my time when reading material for the research (Klinger, assignment 2017, April). Additionally, it cautioned on the element of self-care and commitments, which would have been wise to have read at the beginning of this

My parents had always planned to have a baby girl in the family, but instead, God received them with their first two boys. Although it was not what they desired having, healthy babies were always something they were grateful for, but they never gave up on wanting a girl to be part of their lives. When I arrived in this world, my parents had acquired me with all girly objects. The thing was that being surrounded by all boys made me have the same interest such as playing video games instead of with Barbie dolls. Furthermore, as I got older I started to separate from my brothers because they had to work and I had to be strongly dedicated to my academics as well as helping my mother with chores. Going to school and coming home to hear the same question every day of what is my career pathway that I am pursuing is overwhelming. The only thing I was certain of in my life is that I had a devotion to increasing my knowledge. Once I arrived in high school I became closer to answering the question, since I was surrounded with more options. Not to mention, having found the passion of science due to the classes I have been taking, but it was not until when my aunt died when I knew my true purpose in life.

My parents were dysfunctional on a good day. There were fights, drama, tears, and stress that polluted the first few years of my childhood, marking it with discord and strife. As a kid, I would internalize the pain I felt of being in a situation where I had no control and felt a little love. My parents couldn’t keep it together, and I was just an afterthought to them the way that a neglected houseplant gasps for water and sunlight. My parents got together way too young; they had me at seventeen and decided that marriage at such a tender age would be the right course of action. I never understood this; why assume that a child would be a cure-all for two

On October 4th in 1999, I was born in Incheon, which is near the West Ocean and the North West side of the South Korea. Since I lived here until I was 3 years old, I really did not have the memory about here. But, as my mom told me, that three years were the most happiest moment for her because my parent had me and my sister late, even my dad cried when I was born ( although I can’t remember it..). After my sister’s first birthday, my family moved to Mock Dong in Seoul -- when I was three. At that time, my grand parent and father’s health became worse, so my family decided to move. Also, for me and sister’s education, it was a good choice because that town was the second famous place for the education ( Of course, first place is Gangnam). I lived same town until I studied abroad, but my family still live in. The most advantage of living in Seoul was the public transportation. You do not have to have the car, and you can see many people walking. ( I guess it’s like New York City, but more comfortable subway line and safety). And, as I spend in Seoul near 15 years, I feel it’s my hometown.