I joined progressiveu today and immediately started thinking about blogs I could possibly write, when thoughts of my personal essay to get into college crossed my mind. I remember sitting down to write the essay and coming up with nothing that I thought could possibly be so important about me that colleges would accept me. After hours of staring at the computer screen I decided to ask for help. A good friend of mine said to write about my past and how I am starting a journey, almost like a story not yet written. He helped me get ideas for the first paragraph of the essay, and I took the idea and ran. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have been able to possibly write an essay like the one I did. I think the most amazing experience of writing that essay wasn't the response people gave, but rather the confidence in knowing I can do it. It is my strong belief that with the right support system and belief in yourself anything is possible. My personal Essay talked about being given my name, Revae, it means to dream in french, and what it means to me. I have been a dreamer from the time I was young, I had dreams of wanting to be something. What it is I wanted to be has changed over time, but now I am confident that teaching is my job choice. This may change, but for now I really want to become a teacher. Don't worry about changing your mind, its still early enough that you can be who you want to be. Don't let anyone decide what you are going to do with your life. Your decision is yours. Don't be afraid to let anyone down or anything of that matter. I personally feared being what I wanted because my brother was going to medical school. I thought I too had to go to med school in order for the people around me to be happy. It sounded amazing, but I realized it wasn't really me. Life is yours, you are going to be the one living it, no one else. I am glad I came to this realization before it was too late.
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Teaching! That could be so good. If I ever catch you just passing a student or buying into the cracked out stuff they seem to be doing I will find you and.... give you a piece of my mind.
I was going to say something else but I figured I better not harass anybody today.
Good luck and always follow yours dreams you are the one that has to live it.
~T
All truths are easy to understand once discovered; The point is to discover them ~Galileo
I had more teachers in High school just passing a student just because they were tired of hearing excuses or some other excuse. My school sadly enough was full of teachers who would easily pass the sports players just because they needed to be eligible. I was always the student who got along with the rebel teacher, the teacher that wouldn't just say a student is passing for trivial reasons. Please say anything you were going to say, I enjoy feedback.
It's good that you have an open mind. So many people get stuck on a career choice that they made when they were 10, and end up unhappy once they're there. People change, especially during our early 20s. It only makes sense that we might change ideas about our career, too.
I love abortion. Read more here:
http://progressiveu.org/044921-i-love-abortion-even-if-it-murder
You're the one who has to live it! I'm glad you figured out what you really want to do. I'm going into teaching, too. (And here's a tip...there's a wealth of blogging material in education issues...I write about education all the time). In my case, I knew teaching would make everyone happy, so I avoided it for ten years. Then I realized it's really the only thing I want to do!
Well, that and sign a six figure book deal!
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/ediblewoman