Monday's class was the one that could change your life...if you didn't blink. How exactly was it suppose to? I personally didn't find it to be anything life changing. However, maybe it was and I just haven't realized it yet.
The class found out who our president would be. It ended up being someone who was a group leader during last spring semester. He really didn't come off as being really remarkable. I was actually disappointed at how he spoke to the class. He had everything written down, however, he was looking back at his notebook and not speaking directly to the class. That irritated me a little. If you are going to be our president talk to us, not away from us. His experiences and everything gave him the credentials to be our president. He seems like a stand up individual, 6 years in the Marines, made it to being a sergeant, brought all of his troops back home safely. He has my respect. He just needs to working on talking to us.
So the class now has a structure and Dr. Feinberg says that the class will start to turn around and real progress will be made. I have learned so much already, it will amaze me how much more I will be able to learn in the next five weeks.
I feel like I have been doing pretty well in the class considering Dr. Feinberg being a bad leader and not really knowing 100% what he expects out of our assignments. I'm going to take the credit of my own leadership, that I have been doing well. I set out at the very beginning of every semester to try hard in every single class. I'm not saying I try to do my best because I do not have time to do my best in every class. There's simply not enough hours in a day. I know I am selling myself short, however, I know that me selling myself a little short in a class or two is someone else trying their best.
So Dr. Feinberg had up on a slide, "You are 90, What did you do wrong? What did you do right?" I'm going to answer that from a 21 year olds standpoint.
What did I do wrong? I just mentioned it. I sold myself short in some classes. Why did I do that? Let's just say going out to parties and hanging out with friends was much more important than put all my effort into studying and completing assignments.
Let's see what else did I do wrong in my life so far? ....Oh the one thing I will regret for the rest of my life, not applying to Notre Dame for undergrad. I know I would have gotten in, I had the grades, extracurriculars, and the connections. I did not take advantage of my opportunity that I had.
My final one is transferring high schools after my sophomore year. I started high school at a tremendous private school called Marian Catholic in Chicago Heights, IL. However, I started to take things too seriously and became extremely stressed out and decided to transfer to my hometown public high school, Munster. Had I just sucked it up and dealt with my problems instead of running away from them, I would probably be a much better student and at a different school, not that Purdue is a terrible place to end up at.
What did I do right?
I currently have a 3.15 GPA, which I am hoping after this semester and summer school, to be up to be up around a 3.5. I am also this summer going to prepare to study for my GMAT. I am hoping to make up for the mistake of not applying to ND for undergrad by applying there for my Masters. I know it will be difficult by I am working hard to establish myself so I can get in. I have also done right in recognizing and admitting in areas that I have been wrong. Whether that be with little tiffs with friends or choices I have made in the past. I continue to work so that my future is bright and I can become the best person I can possibly be.
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