Kimberley was a student at the time of the accident. The deadly car accident has changed her life forever. Another young woman named Maureen also shares her experiences with alcohol. She started drinking at a young age and it has always caused her to perform very poorly at school. Maureen got addicted to alcohol and would cut school to drink.
|Educ G 203 | |Influential Teacher Paper | |[Michelle May | |17 September 2012] | | | The Teachers that have Impacted My Life As I have gone through the school system, I have met a few teachers who have made an impact on my life. Thanks to their dedication, I have now been inspired to further my education and become a teacher myself. I obviously grew up being in the classroom taught by teachers but since my mom is a speech language pathologist I have also seen school from the teacher’s perspective. For as long as I can remember, I have loved helping her in her classroom. From coloring to lesson plans, I enjoy it all.
Back in 2006 Ms. Stovall received her master’s degree as a social worker. Ms. Stovall felt that if she became a social worker she would be able to help more people and make difference. It surprises me when Ms. Stovall stated that the one thing that she wishes she had done more of during her years at school was to have read all of the books and material that was assigned and not just scan over most of the reading. At this point in the interview I am thinking wow her reasons for chosen the career field that she has is a lot like the reasons I have deceived to go back to school and do what I want to do, and the stories that she shared about her school experience is like looking back into my own school experiences mainly the scanning the reading assignments due to working full time. I was a little taken back when Ms. Stovall talked about the challenges she face in her line of work now, she states that her code of ethics and her heart for helping others sometimes clash with each other.
Others have just been offered nice jobs with incredible salaries. The rest have graduated from university or high school. All of them organized parties to celebrate some achievements they have got. To me, graduating from high school was an unforgettable moment because I have benefited from high school in the following ways: first, I learned how to struggle with difficult problems, second, I learned how to make a plan, third, I gained respect from my family and teachers, and last, I learned how to become an independent person. Before graduating, I was nervous because I had to struggle with a bundle of hard problems, including math, physic, and chemistry problems.
College Application Essay Topic: Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence. Looking back throughout my life I have come to realized that the person who has the greatest influence on me, even after her passing, is my grandmother. She taught me the most valuable lessons in life by exciting me with her love for helping others and her passion for education and learning. My grandmother graduated college as an elderly woman, while most of the people in her age group did not make it through high school. She immersed herself in language, mathematics, sciences, literature, and other various subjects purely for the sake of knowing more.
Personal Profile I am a naturally caring and understanding individual who loves to learn new things and to challenge myself to be the best at what I do. When I was at Primary School age, two of my Grandparents were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, I became very interested in the Care Sector as I wanted to learn how I could support and comfort them the best I could, no matter how small or large the detail. As I reached Year 9 in secondary school, I felt strongly that Health and Social Care was the career path I wanted to choose, so when I chose my options to study at GCSE level, the main option was Health and Social Care. Unfortunately, shortly after beginning my studies in my chosen subjects, I left School to care for my Mother, who had a number of both Physical and Mental Health problems. For me, this confirmed Care as my chosen career path as I felt a great sense of pride and accomplishment from being able to help someone to live as normal life as possible, despite their afflictions.
The author writes about her times in high school as she became even more involved and was eventually elected class president. This shows that hard work and persistence pays off. She balanced a job, social activities, and school work and was still able to achieve many goals. The writer of this essay was attempting to be somewhat of a motivation for young girls. Her purpose was to show how hard work and dedication payoff well for those that apply themselves.
She also met a mother in Maryland dealing with the devastating consequences of drunk driving; she was struck by a drunk driver while in her car with her five month old daughter. As a result, her daughter suffered nearly complete paralysis. Together, they formed the first MADD chapter in Maryland (Loewit-Phillips & Goldbas, 2013). In order to bring nationwide attention to the dangers of drinking and driving, MADD began staging public protests, revealing judges and prosecutors who failed to bring offenders to justice, and uncovering the prevalence of accidents related to drunk driving. Public service announcements led to societal awareness of this issue and stricter consequences for those found guilty of drunk driving.
My sister started driving at 15 with no license, but I my parents made it very clear they didn’t trust me with the car like they trusted my sister. When I turned 15, I begged my parent’s to let me to go take my learner’s permit test with no such luck. Frustrated I did something I did not even know I was capable of doing. I took the car without permission, not to mention it was like my first time driving. I picked all my friends up trying to showing off.
After the humiliation of being sat down in a patrol car, being laughed at by everyone who witnessed us, I still had to tell my parents. The feelings that I had about them having to find out were almost more than I could take. The look on my mom’s face made me feel terrible. I never wanted to disappoint her like that. The next day I went to school only to be told that I had been suspended for three days.