Thursday, September 8, 2011
This doesn't involve a picture.
So I know we are suppose to have pictures but I have no picture to go with this blog. This one is truly just a blog. So Mr.Taylor asked us to write a college essay by next Tuesday, I've decided to write about the personal challenges I have gone through in life, and keep in mind I have had a semi-rough childhood. It was good but there were bumps in the road that really affected who I am today. But sadly, my problem is not the homework essay it is the real essay, Dominican University asks that people applying write about a personal experience and personal growth. My problem is though that through my high school career I have dealt [if that makes any sense] personal experience, and personal growth? I don't see how I have had "personal growth". Do colleges do this on purpose? Do they ask things of people that they know that the person can't right about? I am so confused on writing something about personal growth and personal experiences. Personal challenges come so easy to me, it can be basic and unique without being too over the top. My mom wants me to wait for my sister to come home to help me with the Dominican University essay and I get that doing that could really help me but I am not one to ask for help [unless it is with math]. I do not ask for help, I find it to be a personal weakness, I find that I need to do everything MYSELF just to prove to MYSELF that I CAN do it. I have no idea what to write about for Dominican... And that, right there, is my problem. Did I work to hard in school for the wrong reasons? Did I focus to much on my grade and overcoming my anxiety/panic attacks towards tests [especially that stupid math HSA]? What did I do wrong along the way?
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Kennedy, I have seen you improve as a reader and writer just by teaching you last year. I'm hoping I can help you improve even more this year. Have confidence in yourself; you have grown a great deal in areas you don't even realize yet.
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