Personal Narrative: Aibilen

In order to increase my retention I have to review, review, and review again. It also helps to find some way to make a personal or emotional connection to the information. According to my personality type the more something is presented to me repeatedly the better I retain it.

My mom had finally reached college after many years of education. She was very excited to go to college and leave home. She soon found out that college was not going to be easy for her. When she was a freshman she had huge financial struggles. After getting student loans she paid for her books and tuition but could not pay for other things. She had to learn how to deal with humiliation after asking some friends if she could stay with them. Next, she had to take on many part-time jobs to get through college. Learning to multitask was another big part during this time. She had to make time for her studying, homework, and projects while still having to work after class. Lastly, after lots of determination, she made it through college. Even though she had to keep up with work and schoolwork, she finished with good grades and got her college degree. My mom now has a very successful job, and now that she can get through tough things with determination. Overall, my mom struggled but was able to pull herself together and finish

Shainna Ali sits at her desk in her office preparing for the day and all of the appointments it will bring. Photos of family and friends are positioned on the desk around her. All of her hard work has led her to the moment she has spent years preparing for: graduating in May with her doctorate.

LaShawn is a personable, eager to learn, and professional candidate. Her last position was working as an Admission Specialist for IU Health North Hospital. She was responsible for registering the patients, verifying their information, and entering updated or new information. She left IU Health when she had to have surgery and used all of her FMLA time, but ultimately needed more time to heal and had to leave the company. She took the next year to focus on getting better and making sure everything was taken care of. She had previously worked for Comcast as a Customer Account Executive. She would place a heavy amount of outbound calls to processing payments, sell new product, or answer questions. Once they started to cut her hours down because

My mother became depressed, my father became disabled, and my brother was skipping school. I continued going to school from eight until four, which was a big relief in my life because it made me forget the hard times. My grades slowly began to decline, as well as my motivation. I gave up many opportunities such as attending New York’s number one specialized high school. I recognized my mistakes and was able to identify my failure. School was not the only place where I lacked interest in because I also slowly started to push my friends away. As a young teenager, I did not think I would ever make it to college. I became frustrated at my parents because my life was ruined and it was all their fault.

Last year in 6th grade, I met a girl named Ayanna. When I first met her, she was really quiet, but then quickly became outspoken.

Everything gets better throughout time, even when you least expect it. Growing up, I always thought that my sister and me would always be arguing and bickering, no matter what. As the years have flown by and we’ve grown to become older, we haven’t been arguing like we used to. Indeed, I’ve believed that quote to be true… I noticed how patient, intelligent, and what a great listener Amairani is.

Mirianna was an exchange student from Germany who recently moved to Florida. She was starting her first day of school today. She had learned English in Germany and was very well spoken. The only problem is that when she got to school she stuck out like a sore thumb. She had a deep accent and everyone could clearly tell she was different. She was not used to sticking out this much. She felt uncomfortable throughout the day until a girl named Kayla came up to her at lunch and said "hi I am Kayla can I sit with you". Mirianna looked up and smiled nodding her head at the girl. "I'm Mirianna" she said to Kayla. Kayla began to ask her questions about where she was from and how different it was. Mirianna began to learn many new things from Kayla about

I'm Abeer Alharbi I have a master's degree from Arizona State University in GIS. I don't know if you remember me or not. I had a job review and I told you I just have my baby and I was breastfeeding which I'm not anymore. My little one can go to daycare his almost 2 years. I'm still looking for a job if you have any opportunities just let me

My school life has been off and on, meaning some years I wouldn’t go to school a single day in that year. I would find a way to make it all up at the end of the year somehow and pass that year. My freshman year is a great example of this, I never went to school but at the end of the year I did work for about a week and turned in so much old stuff that I somehow passed. I was sick of missing school and not being involved in anything, I was slowly throwing my life away by doing nothing all day. My grandparents and a few other family members talked to me about it and in the end I decided to come to school and be involved in as much as

Hi,my name Anikait Madan,I live in West hills in California.I live with my parents and my little sister. I am 14 years old and my birthday is on May 4th 2000.My interests are listing to pop and rap songs,I like to watch animation and action movies,I also like to play basketball,workout,play video games such as Gta5 and Infamous.My dreams are to get into college,get a well paying job,buy a Ferrari

I was an average high school student that did fair in school but interested more in my social life. Going into senior year at Lakewood High School I scrambled to find a college to attend, and a career to pursue. My dad pushed me to be a doctor and I was willing to pursue that path because of the financial opportunities. I was accepted to the University of Colorado in Boulder first semester, I thought I was on my way to becoming successful in life. Second semester came around and school was on auto pilot. My English teacher from freshman year stopped me in the hall the day before winter break after my last final

Walking through the main entrance into Urbana High School on August 21st felt different than it had on previous first days of school. Starting my freshman and sophomore years had been nerve wracking of course, but seeing friendly faces had immediately uplifted my spirits. However, as a junior, this was not the case; a new, unknown challenge awaited me: the IB program. My friends were off in their AP classrooms while I was stuck with people many described as ‘weirdos’.

I would work some semesters during the day and go to school at night. I wanted to build a foundation with writing so I could create better stories in screenwriting. Writing was my only retreat from the world that kept on changing around me, for the better or worse. With a world that was causing friction for me at that time, I’m surprised I kept on with my studies. I went to a state school to give me hope, hoping that I could one day go to UCI for film studies. I had no encouragement, no friends, no support other than within my household. During finals, in my first semester, a teacher called me into his office to talk about going over finals. I felt like a failure, all those years of going to summer school as a child always had a hold on me,

I can remember missing 8:05 classes because I stayed out too late the night before. In high school the teacher would constantly remind the students when certain assignments were due, but this was not the case in college. I learned that the hard way my first semester. Sometimes I forgot to turn in an assignment because I didn’t properly read my syllabus and my professor never mentioned it. These were all new problems that could have easily let escalate without taking the proper actions. For the most part I was doing fairly well but a few of my grades began to plummet. I was losing the confidence in myself and started to wonder if going to college had been the best decision. The time had come for me to grow up and become an adult even I didn’t feel the time was right. I immediately began attending tutoring sessions, working with peers and also keeping a daily to-do list. These factors were the eventually led to drastic improvement and success. After my first semester I learned how better manage my time, take advantage of campus resources and also how to organize myself better. These struggles also taught me that sometimes I try and rush through things instead of taking my time. I realized that one of my strong points is being able to really do well when my back is against the wall. Although I was unhappy while facing obstacles I am happy I experienced them. I believe this experience was the reason for my