Personal Narrative: My Work Ethic

My legacy began when my family taught me to read. My mom and grandma took turns teaching me different letters and sounds out of an early reader. By the time I reached kindergarten, I read well enough to strengthen my skills on my own. My favorite author from kindergarten was Eric Carle. I brought home Brown Bear Brown Bear so many times that my mother told me I was not allowed to read it again.

I have a petty theft misdemeanor. I was going through a hard time and was trying to get food for my family. I was given a citation and ordered to pay a fine. I am currently in the process of getting my record expunged. I am a honest hard-worker with a strong work ethic. I am a fast learner and very goal oriented. I work well in teams as well as

I played football in high school for all 4 years. My freshmen and sophomore year I wasn't very good. I was a backup and never played. Then came along my junior year, I was still undersized and didn't start but I improved my skill greatly and I started to increase my work ethic. The off-season before my junior year I went hard in the weight room and became strong. I also lost some weight and gained some height. That's hard work in the offseason is what lead to me having a great senior year. My senior year was full of emotion, I felt tired, determined, and at the end of the season I felt sadness with no regret and the love for my brothers. The first thing we had to do to become a great team was build a brotherhood with kids who wanted to try.

In the first assignment, I assessed my writing with the online tool PaperRater. The score received was below average on almost all fronts, which surprised me. I established a goal to be writing weekly and applying online tools to provide feedback. While I have not completed this goal in a way I expected, my writing style has been enhanced. I put this improvement down to my research and study throughout this unit, as well as entering into a new workplace that requires a higher level of professionalism than my previous workplace.

While some people around me flourish in their athletics, others succeed in their schoolwork. Personally, my most outstanding strength stands as my work ethic. When certain activities do not come naturally for me, I work as hard as possible to get better at them. Multiple instances of this have occurred over the past few years. For example, this year I participated in lacrosse for the first time. I usually spent my time playing soccer, but after a concussion that prevented me from playing again, I decided to give something else a a try. Going into a new sport like lacrosse was initially difficult for me. I had no idea how to play, everyone else had far more advanced skills than I did, and my confidence level started to deflate. My mom

For this project I think Merry and I worked extremely well together, and were very collaborative. We were both a part of every step of the process, from booking equipment, to filming to editing. We tried to be good at communicating with one another as things came up, as well stay in touch about our progress. Overall, I think we worked very well as a team, and I look forward to working with Merry in the future.

My opportunities that I am still needing to work on is my quotes and ensuring that they are in the correct format, I had a better result on my grade this time for what I did accomplish on the format but I still missed some minor items to properly place my quote in the text. Also, I did have a run on sentence in my introduction which I overlooked during my proofreading. Finally, as for any particular attention to my next essay I felt that Dr. Bean was hinting at the details of the little errors that I made on my essay.

I never this project would have such a big impact on me and my co-wworkers. I also did not realize how one project can bring a community more closer than anyone in the community could imagine.

1) Tell me about a time when you did repetitive work that required a high degree of accuracy.

There are many things that sets me apart from other candidates applying to California State University, Long Beach, but one that specifically sets me apart is my work ethic. I have disciplined myself to the point where if my work is not done I am not satisfied with what I have done. Not only have I disciplined myself, but I have been disciplined by my parents to work hard and anything can be achieved if you aren’t afraid to fail and put the effort needed. Without discipline I would not have the grades I have, I would not have the GPA I have, and I would not be able to have the opportunities I have now. I was not the best student at one time, but I wanted to accomplish my goal, which is to be successful. I had to build up my work ethic to be able to achieve this goal.

I never really stop and think about how lucky I really am. Though, maybe once and awhile I do. It took me awhile to realise how much more I have than other people, since when I was young this concept was too much for me to grasp. I get to go to school everyday, live in a good house, and I have enough food to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day. I usually take this all for granted too, since I always complain about going to school, and sometimes complain about what I am having for dinner. This problem applies to many other people too, and probably everyone in some shape and form. There are many people that have very little, and a lot of the people who have more take it for granted.

My path was never set for me growing up. I was not raised by parents who would dress me up in college gear, parents who would research the top schools, or had a school fund account set aside for me; due to this I lived and attended one of the most economically challenged city and school district in the U.S. Although, I was not the most privileged person growing up my ethic background and community influenced me both positively and negatively in ways of culture, language, and my view of the world. The face of my community was weak, old, and crumbled, but it was rich in culture.

Homework is always something I can “do later” or “finish at lunch”, and those things are true, but even though I CAN leave it until the last minute doesn’t mean I should. Things like procrastination are holding me back and keeping me from reaching my full potential. I have realized over and over again that things won't be handed to me as I become an adult but I tend to lose sight of that realization and go back to my old habits within hours. My goals shouldn’t simply be to get things done, but to work my hardest and build off my achievements.

I hate to add to your plate, which I am sure is already full. I stepped into John’s office a moment ago to remind him that Mike Arabia’s 30 days are up tomorrow. He said that he needed to talk to you about it. The input I received from him was that Mike was working on a project, but that is now finished and he really doesn’t have anything to work on now. He then told me that Mike has caused problems with employees; apparently Mike told some employees that he will be making changes and it upset them. I haven’t had much contact with Mike, but he seems a reasonable and intelligent person. I believe this can all be worked out, but we will have to work on it. No one is going to walk in and know everything all at once. Even with that being said to

In the past, i've been very bad at procrastinating. I hope not to do that as much. It seems that it's easier to have a set goal, and schedule when working on something. When waiting last minute, it causes chaos and doesn't get the job done to its fullest. If I learn to not procrastinate, maybe my grades will increase.