My academic career began at Mt.Calvery Christian School. Then I transferred to Baldwin Hills Magnet School from kindergarten through the 5th grade. I graduated kindergarten at the young age of four but had to repeat it when I switched to Baldwin Hills. From Baldwin I went to Daniel Webster Middle for all three years. Last I went to Lou Dantzler Charter and now West Adams. It has been a long run of school and several good and bad teachers, but it is not over.
Through my long years of schooling, my favorite subject has become English. It’s crazy because throughout the earlier stages of my school life it was the complete opposite. I was a math head and just naturally did well in English. But as I grew and each grade/course passed, Math began to not be as fun to me anymore. Formulas and things of that sort don’t seem to click with me anymore. I don’t really favor any subject because I feel they are all work in which I need to complete so I just do it. But out of all the subjects, I feel there is a part of English that I kind of like; reading and writing.
In the future, I am not sure where my little knack for English and good grades will take me exactly. I know for sure that I will be at a four year university. Most likely Morehouse if I don’t have a change of heart by my senior year. I’m just not sure what I will major or minor in so I’m not sure where life will take me after a couple years in college. Then I also engage in extracurricular activities that I might indulge in after graduation that could take me to who knows where in life. I feel that’s the beauty of education. You always can have education as a backup or first plan if you don’t have extracurricular things going for you.
As a student, I just don’t feel that I am the most diligent, but I can figure out things and complete most of my assignments. I feel I do well in school because of the mentality that I have. I don’t like C’s and I barely like B’s so I’m going to do what it takes to get the grade that I want. That’s just the way I have approached class since forever.
My English history began at birth. Of course, since I was born I began to hear and pick up things from my surroundings (I have always been a person who tries to pick things up). I was able to talk by one or two and able to read and write by three. I left pre-school at three and graduated kinder at four. In junior high I was sort of a natural at English even though I had a strong love for math. I had A’s in English throughout middle school and on through high school. I received my first F in English and life last quarter. My grade point average through the 10th grade was a 3.8 or 3.9 depending on the number of classes I took. I always ended up with at least on B on my report card. I could never get a 4.0 for some reason.
My specific goal for this class is to come out with an A. I need to redeem myself for the ugly grade I received last quarter. As a teacher I expect you to get me more on board with rhetorical devices. At my old school, we did not really hit off with those as much. Also I think I need to be better with textual analysis. I don’t think that that is one of my strong points in English. I’m not sure though may be if we get into it I’ll be able to pick it up. Lastly I expect for the class to be made sort of interesting at certain times if possible.
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