...self-motivated is the force that drives me to do things. It makes me hold myself accountable for academic success and personal success. Being self-motivated pushes me to achieve my academic goals and pushes me to finish a difficult task. It will help me be sharp and not be influenced by the wrong people, and to be open to positive learning. I will set higher goals than normal people because I am self-motivated. Being self-motivated it will give me the ability to do what needs to be done, without the power or influence from other people. It will give me the strength to complete a task, even when challenging without giving up or someone to encourage me. I will motivate myself not to give up on my academic success, and I will graduate from college. I always told myself that I wanted to go back to school and get a diploma, but I never motivated myself to go back to college. I was always working and taking care of my family, so I always found an excuse not to go back to school. Now that I motivated myself to go back to college, I will not look back and receive my diploma. Self-motivation will be an important factor in my academic success. Having time management is the key to having academic success. Without managing my time due to personal, and work life I cannot be successful in bettering my education. Time management will give me the ability to plan and control how I spend the hours in my day to effectively accomplish my goals. It will make me plan for my future, setting goals, prioritizing...
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...It was so silent and dark. The silence is deafening and I have ghost bumps. The air was so cold as the breeze blow on me. Then a light shone so bright it almost blinded me. Then she came out of the light,her hands wide open, inviting me as it radiates with the light. I can hear her thoughts as she can hear mine. She was telling me to come back again and asked me to move closer to her. I ran hurriedly towards her. As I was near her, our hands almost touching together, something was pulling me back. I turned my head back, a white smoke pulled me, swallowing me. As I was engulfed by the white smoke, I was almost screaming when suddenly I was awakened by the ring of my alarm clock. It was already 7:30 in the morning. A little bit late than my usual waking time. It is yelling at me to get up and time to prepare for another days work. As I rose and sat at the edge of the bed, my dream flashed again. I felt thankful that it was just a dream. I was glad that I wake up and was safe. Yet, at the same time I felt I was at a loss. I could have been with her, feeling her embrace. I was too close already, she was just right infront of me. Our hands barely touching. She was there asking me to come to her. I can't shake it off my head as I went out of the bed and went to shower. As the water splashed on me, the cold water made me explode. It was so cold. Now I am back to my senses. As I took a glimpse at the clock hanging, it was almost eight in the morning. I need to be in the street at eight...
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...MY LIFE CHANGING DECISION ROSS BROWN ENGL 1301-270 SUSAN ROBBINS 4/2/2013 It was the beginning of spring about two years ago- a wet and gloomy day. I was thirty two years old, strung out on meth and homeless. Headed back to prison for the third time, I was faced with a life changing decision, “do I turn myself in” or “do I keep running and take my chances”. It was a decision that would affect the ones I love the most, my children. As I sat in the woods behind a run down, drug infested motel, I closed my eyes and all I could see were the tears in my kids eyes every time they came to see me in prison. The ones that depended on me for love and security, were now sad and scared of me. They were as lost as I was. Thoughts began to run through my head, “have I failed my children as a father”, “do I want them to go down the same path I went down” or “do I want to give them a future and a father to be proud of”. Living the life style I lived for ten years, taught me not to trust people. Especially authority figures. So the thought of turning myself in didn’t sound like a good idea to me at the time. It left me puzzled and scared. I could keep running, but the past ten years had been nothing but a continoues cycle that always landed me back in prison and left my children without a father. I’ve always been known for taking chances. Turning myself in would require taking the biggest chance of my life, trusting an authority...
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...MY SWEETEST HAPPINESS Forever to be with you The happiest moment in my life Always to be loved by you You make me realize what life is From the moment I saw you I know we're meant' to be From the moment you walk I hope you are mine I do everything to be with you To prove that I love you You are my weakness My Sweetest Happiness Waking up each morning to see you My heart belongs to you Dreaming of you every night Thinking of what you're doing right now You are my world The feeling that can't hide anymore I care for you because you are my life YOU'RE GONE The selfish me, who thought only myself The heartless me, who didn't know your feelings The foolish me, who always hurt you The worthless me, who didn't deserve your love Could I stop the time and go back to the past To see the things that I'm seeking for Could I change the time and return to that place To hear the whisper that I'm listening for I couldn't believe that I'm already changed for you Now I'm ready to fall in love with you I want to make you happy and to see you're smiling To show you how much I appreciate your love But I was too late to do what's right Why I'm such a fool for not recognizing you I was wrong to hurt you that way Give me one more chance to erase the bad memories of me When my heart finally start to beats for you Now you're gone and nothing is left Come back to me, I can't face my life now It's hard to live now without you GET...
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...Taking risks to give back Graduation night; Where life makes you think? When that one question came to my mind. What next? It all came too quick, all those four years felt like one. I kept thinking of what to do: Join College, or go straight into the work force? Only one thing came into my mind was joining the military. A way to give back to the people and to this country. Even though no one told me or forced me to sign up. I volunteer. Meaning that I am willing to give up my life to strangers. A way to give back and help others. Of all the branches the military had to offer, only one had spoken to me. The United States Army. Well because the Army had much to offer; supposedly that’s what my recruiter said. “You’ll get to see the world kid”....
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...score is really me “The Duty Fulfiller”. I am loyal, faithful, and dependable person and take that very seriously. I needed to learn that every person is not like that and usually became very upset because I would expect the same back when I give that to another person. I am a quiet person all my life and like to listen most of the time. I do believe in security and a relaxed peaceful living. My problem is that I always worried my life will not turn out that way. I also had so many people turn their back on me after I gave so much but I will not change my personality or character because of that. I wish I had a better sense of humor but mostly it is sarcastic humor which some people take it the wrong way so in the work environment I need to be careful. I believe I am a good citizen but my problem is that I believe I have not gave back to society or followed my dreams so I feel I did something with my life that is why I am in ITT Tech. One of my strengths is that I need to be organized which takes up a lot of my time. I have to be over organized before I can even start to do anything. Do not get me wrong I also have learned that spending time getting organized has made things much easier in the long run. Another strength I have is I really read details and do not like going around the details like example put a desk together I cannot skip a step. When I promise to do things I will do it at any consequence to complete. This has caused many problems in my life so sometimes I analysis...
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...fill and this was what my great grandmother had instilled into my mind. I never thought of being the one to lead by example I always wanted to play around with my football and hot wheels, watch Dragon Ball Z, Pokémon, and Tom and Jerry all night long. But one night I remember vividly being in the kitchen while my granny was cooking dinner one Sunday night. My granny pulled me to the side while she told me to set up the table, and told me “Son in life you must work hard, and work hard for what you love, and when things get hard you never ever give up on what you love, you give it your best and when you think that you have given it your best you continue till you get what you deserve, you hear me Jr?” I told her “I do” How ironic? Like marriage, I would carry those words to death. I was only 11 at the time, and I felt like Goku from Dragon Ball Z with a mission that embarked on a journey filled with problems. But I would have that warrior ambition just like Goku, being humble and fight till the end for what he loved. I never knew why she told me what she had told me but I was soon to find out why when I fractured my jaw in four different places. Knowing that let me start off by telling this story with my heart. I have an enormous love for Football there is this passion that drives me to be the best that I can be, the relationships built, the atmosphere, the feeling of winning, having exerted all physical and mental even spiritual energy in a game makes my love grow. I love working...
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...to success at life, and to achieve our goals, personal responsibility is something we need in order to accomplish this. Personal responsibility, to me, is caring for my growing family and going back to school to in order to provide a better life for my family, a life I was not given. Going back to college and being successful at that is very important to me, because my family counts on me. They rely on me to provide for them, to nurture them, and to be an example to them. Juggling college, a career, and a family can be extremely stressful at times. There is not very much time in the day to work full time, spend time with my family, and go back to school. In order to be successful at all these things it takes a great deal of responsibility. I have to achieve the mind set of how important my career, family, and school are and set a schedule to give myself ample time to spend on all these things. I believe that going back to school can force me into taking the responsibility to be successful in college and give me the focus to set goals for my future. To achieve my goals I have to take the responsibility to set a schedule to allot time for work, school, and my home life. I work hard in my career to provide for my family and make sure my bills are paid on time and everyone is happy and healthy. When I come home from work, I spend time with my family and then it’s time for school work. If I manage my time wisely, and keep motivated to do so, my long term goals...
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...school they leave and never look back. Health care is really bad in my community. Many people are undocumented or poor. Not everyone has the resources to go to the doctor. I want that to be different. Every night gunshots can be heard in the distance. Not long ago, I heard gunshots around 3 AM. I woke up scared and couldn’t fall back asleep. I remember years ago my neighborhood was really calm but now something always happens. I don’t want other children to be scared to go outside or sleep. I want to make...
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...Lord, I give You my heart This is my desire to honor You Lord, with all my heart, I worship You All I have within me, I give You praise All that I adore is in You Lord, I give You my heart I give You my soul, I live for You alone Every breath that I take, every moment Im awake Lord, have Your way in me This is my desire to honor You Lord, with all my heart, I worship You All I have within me, I give You praise All that I adore is in You Lord, I give You my heart I give You my soul, I live for You alone Every breath that I take, every moment I'm awake Lord, have Your way in me And I will live And I will live for You And I will live And I will live for You Oh and I will live And I will live And I will live for You Lord, I give You my heart I give You my soul, I live for You alone Every breath that I take, every moment I'm awake Lord, have Your way in me Have Your way in me Lead me to the cross Savior I come, quiet my soul Remember, redemption's hill Where Your blood was spilled For my ransom Everything I once held dear I count it all as lost Lead me to the cross where Your love poured out Bring me to my knees, Lord, I lay me down Rid me of myself, I belong to You Oh, lead me, lead me to the cross You were as I, tempted and trialed You are, the word became flesh Bore my sin and death Now You're risen Everything I once held dear I count it all as lost Lead me to the cross where Your love poured out Bring me to my knees, Lord, I lay...
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...memorable day for me as I was re-enter in university after 7 years, I became a student again after I married and also been a father, this is one of the greatest milestone of my life. To USTC, I really have a lot of emotions. When I was at middle school I was heard a lot of story about USTC, I know this is a great and special university at China. I really wish I can be the student of USTC, but I know that is impossible because I know that I can’t reach the admission scores. When I was the senior class at university, I was participated the USTC master entrance examination. But I was failed; I didn’t catch the admission scores. So I was thought, USTC for me is only a dream at my heart. A very scared place for me. Last year, I want improve myself, I want be a master and have master degree. So again, at that time, the dream comes back again. I want be one part of USTC. So I apply the postgraduate enrollment examination again. But at that time, my wife is pregnancy and also I got a heavy workload at that time. I don’t have time for the examination preparation. I was giving up and didn’t want participate the exanimation. But in the end, my wife encouraged me to do a trial. Very fortunately, I reach the B line. Fortunately I pass the interview and became one part of MBA. During the two days orientation learning. The schoolmaster, the lead of USTC Management college and the outstanding schoolfellows was delivery the speech during these two days. These two days let me know more about...
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...Hispanic motivates me to push myself every day. I want to be the first from my family to graduate from high school and head to college. I feel that getting an education is the right thing to do, so I can give back to the community where I was raised. Having a drive towards my education and representing my ethnicity has made me live differently from those around me. Being Hispanic is very important to me because I’m representing an ethnicity, which is often torn down by others. I know that I represent not only myself but also my Hispanic background, which has shaped me into who I am. My culture gives me strength to keep moving forward in order to break stereotypes. I represent myself as a Mexican-American, which drives me to be a role model for younger individuals who feel as if they...
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...As far back as I can remember, I have always been fascinated with science. I come from a small country in South Asia called Nepal, where I didn’t have access to many opportunities to expand my possibilities academically. I spent hours reading books about the human body, stars, planets and phenomena I could have never imagined. I would go through an encyclopedia in my free time and think about how the protons, electrons, neutrons made up an atom and how the atom contributes to everyday life. As I grew older, my fascination never waned, and I read every single book I could possibly find about science. I had always loved physics: it captured my attention like few things could. I always knew within myself that biology and chemistry were my passion and that only these would satisfy my insatiable curiosity for science. Almost five years ago, when I came to America with my family, I was not proficient in English. I strongly believe that I learned English so quickly because I continuously read books. In high school I have challenged myself by taking high-level classes, even though I lack strong English abilities. My freshman year, I took Pre-Ap biology like any other freshman is expected to,. My curiosity for the human body grew as a result of this class, and I decided to challenge myself by taking AP biology my sophomore year, along with chemistry. During the summer of 2012, I was a member of All Girls Dallas ISD physics camp, which taught me phenomenal things about physics and how...
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...I would like to make a change and give out enough information to those who see immigrants as criminals when in reality they are normal human beings that are in search of the “American Dream.” A change must be made, a opportunity must be offered, and a life must be changed this is what I want for each and one of these individuals who leave their home countries and families in order to pursuit better life conditions. What is the “American Dream?” Many may have the same question but few may know the true meaning behind it. I had the great opportunity to interview a man who’s name is Juan who recently emigrated into the U.S from Mexico I asked him what does the “American Dream” mean to him? He Answered…“The American Dream is a dream many of us see very hard to reach, day after day we struggle with our everyday life not knowing whether we will earn enough money to set food on our table and not being able to sleep at night simply thinking of what we can do and how we will reach our needs. Mexico is facing a lot of violence the streets aren’t safe anymore I thanked god everyday for giving me another day of life because once you stepped out of your house you didn’t know whether you would come back or not. There is a difference between our needs and wants. I wont lie there are many things I wish I could have but the job I had did not give me enough income . I’m from a small town in Oaxaca, Mexico I have my wife and my two daughters. The hardest decision...
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...The Year My Life Changed As school started back in the fall of 1998 I was in such good spirits. I was a sophomore in high school and I felt good about myself. I was two grades away from completing high school and was looking forward to starting college. But at that point in my life I just wanted to have fun. Back then what seem to be the right thing to me was so very wrong! And I paid the consequences for my actions. The happiness times in my life became the darkest time in my life, I was scared, lost, and bitter. At the end of my ninth grade year I was very happy. I had been promoted to the Tenth grade. I had a wonderful family, a loving boyfriend and some wonderful friends. What more could a girl like me ask for. In August I began my tenth grade year. Over the summer break my boyfriend and I had become even closer. We started doing things that we knew was wrong but we did them anyway. I was so in love so what I thought what we was doing was so right. He was a few years older than me and I felt like he knew what he was doing. So as we continued to do the things I never considered the consequences. Well around the middle of September I started feeling sick. I started getting sick on the stomach to where I was throwing up all the time. My mom told me that I needed to go to the doctor but I put it off for a couple of days. Trying to see if the sickness would go away. But it continued and I finally made an appointment. Upon the arrival to the doctor office I prayed and talked...
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