Grade Twelve
I believe that education is very important, and a blessing to have in life. Growing up, I was always told by my family to study hard. I did not know what they truly meant until I was in grade twelve. I realized that studying hard will help to have good grades. Having good grades will lead me to attending a university. I was very stressed in my last year of high school because I wanted to prove to my family that I am smarter than what they believed. I did not receive honor roll when I was in grade nine, ten or eleven. Grade twelve was the year where I finally knew how to study. Funny, right? Throughout my years in high school, I struggled to study because I did not know how to, and I did not have any motivation. My goal in grade twelve was to
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My mom told me to stay in the program, so I did. I realized a month into my program that I was not motivated to attend class, study for tests, and to try to make friends. I was jealous of my boyfriend because he was enjoying university and it made me feel left out. I realized that I was not doing well in accounting and math. I was failing and if I continued to stay in the program, I would have had to re take the course. Knowing myself, I would have failed again because I do not have any interest in math. From that moment, I knew that I wanted to drop out of my program. I did not take University English and data management because I thought that I would not do well in those classes. After a week of attending adult school, I have noticed that people, who are much older than I am, still want to pursue their dream in attending college/university. I met a friend on the first day and she is twenty seven years old. She has a baby, but wants to upgrade her courses so she can go to post-secondary for nursing. Unfortunately, she received a seventy percent in bio, but needed a high
My mom told me to stay in the program, so I did. I realized a month into my program that I was not motivated to attend class, study for tests, and to try to make friends. I was jealous of my boyfriend because he was enjoying university and it made me feel left out. I realized that I was not doing well in accounting and math. I was failing and if I continued to stay in the program, I would have had to re take the course. Knowing myself, I would have failed again because I do not have any interest in math. From that moment, I knew that I wanted to drop out of my program. I did not take University English and data management because I thought that I would not do well in those classes. After a week of attending adult school, I have noticed that people, who are much older than I am, still want to pursue their dream in attending college/university. I met a friend on the first day and she is twenty seven years old. She has a baby, but wants to upgrade her courses so she can go to post-secondary for nursing. Unfortunately, she received a seventy percent in bio, but needed a high