. Describe how you have taken advantage of a significant educational opportunity or worked to overcome an educational barrier you have faced.
For three years of my life, I was a Sunday School teacher. I had two classes from the ages of 6-10 and 11-13. My classes were jammed packed with kids who had a million questions some I didn't know how to answer. I learned how to be mature by understanding the mind of a child. Teaching the class I knew I had to be a role model, but also I knew that I couldn't be what my age told me to be.
This was a big step in my high school career. It helped with time management. I had to think of fun lessons for different age groups and do my homework. It also taught me how to be assertive. Before I was involved with teaching Sunday School I was a very shy and kept to t myself. My classes helped me get out of my shell. I was able to do more things I never knew I could. For example, feeling confident presenting a presentation for one of my college classes. I found it funny when a teacher would say that they learned from the students as well. Only because I was raised to believe that the teacher is smarter than the student. These students did teach me a lot. They taught me how to think outside the box. I found myself listening to a six-year-old wondering about why there are criminals or asking what happens in the afterlife. They did not have any filter they showed me how to speak my mind. Not only did they help me academically they helped me change myself and become a better person.
7. What have you done to make your school or your community a better place? I am a part of the ECO club at my school. ECO is about helping the environment and finding ways make it a better place. I usually pick up the recycling, sort them, and also clean up the campus.
Now I have that mentality to keep any community or place I am in clean. When I see trash on the floor I have to pick it up. I got my family to start recycling and begin using non-plastic bags for groceries.
I am part of Big Brothers Big Sisters a program that mentors elementary kids. My little asked me why I picked up a plastic bottle off the floor. I replied with “to help out the environment.” I did it without any
learned through my experiences in the classrooms that every child is unique. My education has
Therefore, that should influence you to not harm the environment. I have noticed in my era that the society is becoming more environmentally friendly. Being that most of my generation has projected their voice about what they are passionate about, they are influenced by someone. Therefore, I feel that if ones were to litter they would be confronted by society by trying to influence that person to change for the good. This introduces the act of consistency. It begins when an individual has established a subconscious thought that’s been created by a company that will result in a commitment to effective behavior. When the waste company in Hillsborough Country provided us with the required trash can and recycling bin, that was when I had started to recycle. I didn’t recycle before only because I didn’t think about it; I was ignorant to the idea. However, once my bins arrived, I began separating my trash just as they wanted me to. This also introduces the science of consensus. This is when people tend to agree with another’s actions and behaviors when they are uncertain in which they will react to predictable outcomes. Once I saw my neighbors bringing their recycling bins down to the street, I began to feel influenced to become green.
The Green Initiative is a program that I introduced into Largo High School’s Green Club; its mission is to provide students with the necessary preparation they need to conserve natural resources. We made posters that attracted ten new members and persuaded the principal to participate in our mission. She made it possible for us to not only recycle, but also clean and repaint the storm drains around the school. The storm drains gradually build up harmful substances within them such as oils and fertilizers. Therefore, the Green Club decided to clean around the storm drains to help the flow of water. Furthermore, the club members decided to paint “Do Not Litter” on the front of the storm drains to remain students to keep the school clean. I took pride in this, for we were able to improve the quality of the storm drain while also improving the presentation of the
Starting in elementary school, I was an activist for recycling. I would pull plastic bottles and paper out of trash cans and move them to the nearby recycling container, even bringing these items home with me when there was no recycling bin nearby. This habit continues still today, and I receive countless strange looks from friends when I fill my backpack
This was a positive experience for me because I could find myself in the lesson plan being taught. As mentioned before, I struggled to find myself in the lessons being taught when I was in my primary and junior years. Therefore, this positive experience was very different from other moments in my learning, which were mostly negative.
Studying the theory of Deep Ecology is what inspired me to write my speech on this topic. It made me realize, after years of trying to convince people to recycle, reuse, and conserve, that the better way to reach people and convince them to change their ways is to convince them to really care about our environment. If you don’t care, why would you take the extra time out of your day to do something?
Throughout our community, United States citizens are straying far from the practice of recycling. In today’s society, we have become more dependent on throwing wastes away than protecting our environment. Our school systems try to encourage young children to recycle by making posters and sponsoring activities around Earth Day, but in all truthfulness the general population doesn’t practice the ritual of recycling. For example, our high school cafeteria allows students to use Styrofoam trays and plastic cutlery. A
In the last 40 years, the rate of solid waste recycling in the U.S. has steadily increased. The now old adage, “reduce, reuse, recycle” has become ingrained in the fabric of today’s culture. The impact of your ecological footprint is a constant concern, but you may know someone who thinks less about the environment and more about their own self-interests. Most everyone knows at least one person whose self-centered view of the world leaves recycling to everyone else. In this article, learn how to appeal to their selfishness by explaining how recycling can benefit them.
As Erick and I were picking up trash, many people would ask what we were doing, and why. Our response was “We are saving the world.” When other people see someone doing something good, it usually influences them in doing that good thing, or at least gets them thinking. As we were trying to dig under the bush for the pile of cups in the back, some of our peers decided to drop their things and volunteer to help us clean up for a bit. Something about seeing your peers engaging in something good to help the environment encourages them to participate. Educating people on the effects of littering and what it can do to the environment can be a major start in preventing all this accumulating trash in the streets. Letting people know that just one piece of trash will eventually build up and could make them think twice about stuffing the tree with their bag of chips. Or that just one battery or plastic bag or bottle cap we found lying on the back street of Woodley, could have been enough to kill an endangered animal both on land and in the
Throughout my education, I had so many challenges I had to overcome. Dealing with school, personal life, and sports. Dealing with all of these problems has shaped me up as a person. I know now how to work for what I want, nothing is handed to me in life. That is something everyone needs to know, and now I know.
Humans are drawn towards what is morally good. Whether it is accepting responsibility for a person’s actions or giving generously to those in need, everyone feels compelled to do honorable actions. Many people feel obligated to recycle because recycling makes them feel good about themselves. In fact, some people are pushing for a mandatory recycling policy without realizing the effects it will have. Many are misinformed and do not realize the problems that can arise when they recycle. A mandatory recycling policy should not be enforced because the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.
Although the environmental movement is considered a subculture, it has integrated itself into modern day society and made a monumental impact. The call to reduce, reuse, and recycle is seen everywhere you go. Schools all over the nation are involved in teaching kids how to make the planet a cleaner place. According to an informal survey, conducted by Waste360, a networking organization that serves solid
When we hear "recycling," we think of "doing." People are lazy, and the last thing we want to do is walking up to a recycling bin. Us being lazy is the most prominent problem with why we need to start to care about our environment again. As always, we drink plastic water bottles, use plastic bags, eat from plastic containers and decide to toss them away in trash cans, and we still overlook that such action is equivalent to piling up the dumps in the city and under the ocean. For so long, many people have neglected the importance of utilizing recycling bins and reusing resources for the health of ourselves and our environment. After analyzing many articles, I have concluded we all should start using our reusable supplies, utilizing recycle bins, and refusing plastics because we need to reduce landfill waste, avoid consumption of plastic chemicals, prevent trade association for American chemical companies earning millions from us turning the Earth into a junkyard.
veys their drive to acquire an education as well as their work ethic; therefore, this being a main reason why colleges should continue to use standardized testing and view their academic excellence.
Schools are not Teaching what is Necessary for Students to Succeed Outside of the Classroom