My best educational experience hit me in my tenth grade year. Mr. Gross who was my algebra 2 teacher was a very tough, strict and very sneaky teacher. But despite his methods, I still consider him the best teacher I ever had. Whenever he is teaching a topic or chapter that we the students didn’t understand nor had a hard time understanding, he usually acted it out in some kind of funny skit or he would tell a funny story that relates to the topic at hand. He practically made mathematics fun and exciting. He never gave home works. He always said “pop quiz tomorrow” before every class was over just to keep us in check just his method for making us study the material when we got home. I learnt so much from him and I think he is the reason I love mathematic so much.
My worse educational experience happened in my 12th grade year. Mrs. Ubaldo who was my AP chemistry teacher was a very strict teacher. She didn’t care about the students. All she cared about was making sure at 2:35 she was on her way home. She was very boring and whenever we asked question regarding a problem, she always answers with her favorite quote “you guys should already know this, You pick up you books and read and maybe you will know it” We always thought that she just didn’t know the answer to our question and therefore she gets defensive. For that reason alone, a little over half her students including myself didn’t do very well in her class and therefore didn’t take the AP exam.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Key to success in life.
Growing up as a child, my parents always taught us to believe that people tend to become to us what we expect them to become. They told us to refrain from saying “I cannot do it” because according to them, “the more you say I cannot, the more likely you begin to believe it”. For the longest time, I just didn’t understand how not being able to do something could affect your later life. But as I grew older, I learned to understand and believe that with hard work and determination, you could do and be whatever you want.
I believe that hard work and determination goes a long way. I remember the story my mother told us about her childhood. According to my mother, her parents past when she was just 5 years old and because of that, she had to live with her aunty who had 6 children of her own. Between sending her six kids to school, there wasn’t enough funds to send my mother to school but she was so determined to go to school so she decided to start saving up all her money. After a year, she saved enough to pay for her first year tuition. After her year in school, she had such outstanding grades that the school gave her a full scholarship which helped her graduate with a Bachelor’s degree.
When ever I hear about the topic of hard work and determination, I think of the movie “The pursuit of happiness”. In this movie, Will Smith’s character had a boy, a wife and was between jobs. Half way into the movie, his wife left him and their child and ran off. They were thrown out of their apartment for lack of payment. Despite all the hardship, he was still determined to give his son what he never had; he was determined to make it if not for himself, for his son. He decided to intern at a prestigious company with a huge amount of other intern all fighting for one job open at the company. So he worked hard, struggled and went the extra mile do achieve his goal. And after all said and done, he got the job.
I believe that what ever you decided to do or be in life, it requires dedication, hard work and determination. If you wanted to be a professional basketball, baseball or football player, you will get a lot of criticism, you will be told how hard it is and how low your chances are of making it, you might even be discouraged by people close to you, you might even feel like giving up but if you are determined and willing to really work for it, you will make it.
I believe that hard work and determination goes a long way. I remember the story my mother told us about her childhood. According to my mother, her parents past when she was just 5 years old and because of that, she had to live with her aunty who had 6 children of her own. Between sending her six kids to school, there wasn’t enough funds to send my mother to school but she was so determined to go to school so she decided to start saving up all her money. After a year, she saved enough to pay for her first year tuition. After her year in school, she had such outstanding grades that the school gave her a full scholarship which helped her graduate with a Bachelor’s degree.
When ever I hear about the topic of hard work and determination, I think of the movie “The pursuit of happiness”. In this movie, Will Smith’s character had a boy, a wife and was between jobs. Half way into the movie, his wife left him and their child and ran off. They were thrown out of their apartment for lack of payment. Despite all the hardship, he was still determined to give his son what he never had; he was determined to make it if not for himself, for his son. He decided to intern at a prestigious company with a huge amount of other intern all fighting for one job open at the company. So he worked hard, struggled and went the extra mile do achieve his goal. And after all said and done, he got the job.
I believe that what ever you decided to do or be in life, it requires dedication, hard work and determination. If you wanted to be a professional basketball, baseball or football player, you will get a lot of criticism, you will be told how hard it is and how low your chances are of making it, you might even be discouraged by people close to you, you might even feel like giving up but if you are determined and willing to really work for it, you will make it.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Sex Appeal Generation
Our generation is a sex appeal generation. Sex is used to sell everything these days. The media and advertisement companies understand this phenomenon and have been drawn into the idea of sex appeal. One cannot watch a commercial without seeing a beautiful girl in a bikini or some kind of seductive outfit. A music video or a movie is not worth watching if there aren’t any beautiful or sexy video vixens showing off their big butts, flat stomach and big breasts. Sex is and has always been used to appeal to my generation through the media, magazines etc.
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