Personal Reflection

Besides graduating from college, being accepted into the Counseling program at NOVA Southeastern University was the greatest day of my life. I was on my way to a much greater success by working on my Master. Paying for college out of pocket was a struggle, but I understand that success comes with great sacrifices. However, I wouldn’t really call paying out of pocket for school a sacrifice, but rather an investment in my future and my family. My first semester went marvelous. I was motivated and enthusiastic about the courses. I must admit graduate school is much harder than I imagine, but I manage to make time for studying and ended making A’s in both of my classes, which I didn’t expect less than that. When the summer semester I arrived, I was as excited and motivated as my very first semester, aiming to make nothing less than an A grades. However, unexpectedly my world seemed to have turned upside down in a matter of time. My mother and I decided to take a week to go

In the Fall quarter of 2014 at pierce I was still being introduced to this style of learning and the school setting of Pierce College which was a pretty big turnaround for me seeing as my only previous schooling had been public high school. Along with my unfamiliarness with my academic surroundings I was also beginning my first job and had weekly meetings with a counselor.Needless to say, i put too much on my own plate and wasn't able to keep up with it as much as i had hoped to. I had been visiting a counselor to get help on some issues i had been facing with an Anxiety disorder along with issues in my home life ,which had been keeping me from focusing on many tasks. The anxiety was a major issue for me during fall and winter quarter but has since then improved and taken a back seat and is much less of an issue now. I know that none of these are an excuse for my poor grades but it was a heavy influence on how i handled

After these 2 F’s I wanted to continue being enrolled in course work because I thought I would be able to complete these having learned my lesson with the F’s I got. Very, very wishful thinking. On the first day of the winter quarter my mother suddenly became abusive. I did not inform her about the F’s so that didn’t cause it. It was due to me getting the accounting books that were necessary to do my course work which I bought. She proceeded to physically and emotionally abuse me because of it, but this grew worse and worse in degrees such as threatening to call the sheriff on me for no reason whatsoever. Because I relied upon her at the time for pretty much everything, ranging from transportation to the bus stops and money due to her having complete control over my finances, she was able to constantly abuse at every point in time. Due to the fact that I didn’t have the means to live on my own I was afraid to tell anyone about what was happening, because worst case scenario I would have become homeless. I was afraid for my life and I just wanted it to stop, I never reacted to her during all this, I stayed silent because if I said anything she would have twisted my words around. Due to this I failed assignments in the accounting course, forgot to upload a file in my spreadsheets course, and plagiarized in the English course. After that I didn’t want to continue being enrolled but my mother told me point blank that if I didn’t enroll for the spring she would kick me out. Given this I went against better judgment and enrolled in the spring of 2012. She became however even worse during the spring and I couldn’t handle it so my mind actually broke and I almost became suicidal in nature. This caused me to skip

In August of 2012, at Grand Rapids Community College, I was placed on Academic Probation due to my cumulative GPA dropping below the 2.0 threshold. Prior to this action, I was not driven to take the action to perform well in my classes. I was lost in the options for my future and unaware of where I would end up. It was this lack of focus and drive that reflected in my performance. This was a strong turning point in my life, and after being placed on academic probation I came to appreciate the repercussions I was facing by not prioritizing my education. It was in this year that I decided on where I wanted my college career to take me. Through the influential factors I discussed in my personal statement, I had both my mind and my future set on

For nearly five years since my parents’ divorce back in high school, I had always felt that working to pay some of my bills relieved the burden of my father after filing for bankruptcy as a result of this divorce. That is why I had chosen to start at the community college and it had seemed that having a part time job and studying wasn’t going to be an additional burden for either me or my father. However, transferring to the university setting did prove to be more difficult than I had anticipated. As a result, I found myself choosing work over school hoping to at least get by with some additional bills and my schoolwork load but I was terribly misguided by my choices. I felt so ashamed of myself of allowing that to happen the first time around at UTSA during the fall semester that I wanted to prove that I could do better during the spring semester by tapering back on my hours at school and at work. Then I had discovered, even in my efforts that I have overcome some obstacles during the spring, I had finally realized that I was suffering from a very long and buried depressive

On 08/20/2017 at 1002 hours FTO Wheeler #4361 and I responded to St. Luke’s Hospital emergency room entrance, on 3555 Cesar Chavez St., regarding a women in a hospital gown trying to break the caller’s vehicle window with a brick. Officer Wheeler and I were in full police uniform driving a marked patrol unit when we responded.

I’ve been fortunate enough to keep my grades over a 3.0 every semester while being over involved in extracurricular activities and for the most part balancing well with personal experiences that have affected my academic performances. During my time as an undergrad I have dealt with domestic violence with a partner, close deaths in the family that slightly took me off focus on my academics. When my great grandmother was in the process of passing away with Alzheimer’s I wanted to go home and be with her. Unfortunately, it was my first semester of college and I knew I had find a way to cope. With that being said, when she finally passed, I was hurt but I knew going home would not fix the problem that she was no longer with us and I had to gain focus and continue my education. Then my sophomore and junior year I had a partner that was violence and extremely controlling. I was afraid to go to class because I knew he would be there waiting for me so he could force me to go back to his room. It was not until I got an order of protection that I was finally free and able to focus within the

In 2010, one year after graduating high school I lost my father to heart disease. It was a very devastating time for me and one that created a huge ripple effect upon my life. In Early 2012 I was accepted into West Chester University. This was a very happy moment in my life. Unfortunately, as time went on the reality of my life greatly affected me. I fell into a great depression and became careless about how things would affect me. After being at West Chester for one semester I made the decision to drop out because I was unable to handle work, school, and family obligations at the same time. After a few years of regret and self-improvement I made the decision to apply to West Chester again in hopes that I would be given another chance to complete my degree.

Another extenuating circumstance to my poor grades was extensively mental. I know I have the competency and the ambition to be a prosperous student here at Central Washington. I am so close to being done and I hate that I have squandered so much valuable time. I was diagnosed with ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) a year and a half ago, but consequently, do to certain circumstances was unable to get the aid I needed. I figured since I’ve

While the possibility of being unsuccessful in my attempt crossed my mind, I hadn’t foreseen the academic consequences. Because I entered the hospital on finals week I failed all of my finals and subsequently all of my class. Furthermore; due to a mistake by the dean of students, who was assisting me, instead of adjusting my grades to incompletes like he agreed to do, my grades went through as fails. This resulted two things. First I lost my financial aid eligibility, and secondly because of being failed instead of

I battled depression and severe anxiety, launching into without-warning panic attacks and flash backs no matter where I was or what I was supposed to be doing. This isn’t really a secret, people around me know of my condition, including professors at UAA. I managed to keep partially afloat, dropping minimal classes and maintaining passing grades up until the real battle begun: the court case in Fall 2016. I ended up dropping all but one course, and struggled to meet my obligations. Last year, I tasted failure more often than I care to mention.

Along with this I found myself working more to offset bills. My typical day started at with a drive to school, after class another hour drive to the hospital, then a two hour drive home. I found myself missing classing and struggling to get my coursework done. By the time spring semester rolled around I felt completely disconnected to school, and ended up dropping classes and to avoid backlash with financial aid failing the rest. I worked my spring semester away, and in order to offset the failed classes I took on a full course load in the summer. This I thought I could take on, but between working and traveling I found myself too far behind to understand the material, and failed my classes. When fall of 2017 rolled around I had made a promise to myself that this year was going to be a good year. I had money saved up, my fiancé had a well-paying job, and the family was healthy; this was going to be my year. Days with in school starting I received a phone that Kokomo had been hit by a tornado. As both my fiancé and I rushed home we were turned away. After waiting a day, we both were able to get through. Here we thought the worst was over until we were give the notice our home was condemned, and we had till Friday to get our

I was almost always doing school work during the school week and had very little free time during the weekends. This became frustrating because I would look at my roommates, Logan, Dylan, and Riley, and see them with plenty of time to have fun with other friends we had made and being able to go to parties on the weekends while I was doing some assignment for school. I somewhat withdrew into myself and stopped asking for help from classmates and teachers making those classes even more difficult. I felt like I was working harder at school than I ever had before and was still coming up short. I was being so overwhelmed by the workload that my mind was almost trying to shut itself down. I was still confident that even after finals, I would be passing the majority of my classes and would perform better the next semester. However, after finals had finished I found out that my grades were not satisfactory to the College of Engineering and GI Bill’s standards. I was still able to attend UNCC but I would not be able to pursue the degree that I wanted or have a reliable way of paying for college. This was greatly upsetting, but it also allowed me to reevaluate what I wanted to do for college. I choose to withdraw from Charlotte because the cost of living and attending that school was going to be too much for the classes that I was going to be allowed to take. I decided that attending the classes I needed at a much

As you know, during week 4 and 5 of this term I was in Dubai, and was having issues submitting my work due to their restrictions placed on the Internet. I returned to Afghanistan, and my work location at the end of week 5. On 4 Oct, I was sexually assaulted and since then have been in the center of an ongoing investigation. As a result I have gotten so far behind, as it's been extremely difficult to concentrate on my classes. I know at this point I'm no longer doing so well in the class, however I don't want to let that stop me from finishing the course.

The writing I did this semester for Engl 110c has meant alot to me because I was able to pick a topic that has such a huge impact in my life. I was able to do the topic about Navy Wives, which has a huge impact on me. I recently became a navy wife a year ago and my life has changed drastically. I was able to share everything I wanted to about the life of a military wife through my writings, as well as share to my classmates about my topic. I really enjoyed creating my ePortfolio because I could come out of my shell and be me. I made a ePortfolio website that would be for military wives to read. I believe this website would be perfect for any military wife reading it. I was able to give tips and information on what it’s like to be a military wife, how to prepare for deployments and how to stay strong being a military wife.