how to become a better student
How I Can Become a Better Student
High School sucked. I had so many learning disabilities that I was unaware of, though I had a few good teachers who helped me out by taking me under the wing to try to help me out the best they could to learn at my own pace. I am now a college student and have learned what these disabilities are, though a test that I have taken. I learned that I am a visual learner, with a growth mindset. When I was in high school, which was about 26 years ago, I hated going, the other students were mean to me, made me feel stupid and inadequate. They made fun of me, beat me up and just pushed me around. My home life was not the greatest either, my mother was always attempting suicide and my step-father was trying to making me his wife. The few good teachers who seemed to take me under their wing and helped me with extra time after school were the only reason I kept going back to high school.
I had few friends but they were more insecure than I was. The only defense I had was to walk around with my head down and pretend to be invisible. At the age of 16, I dropped out of high school, married and had my first child. I made it through the 10th grade but I knew I needed to get an education, so as my family grew so did I. I began to realize that could not teach my children that education was important if I, myself did not have one. I set my mind to getting my G.E.D. I worked and studied hard on my own time, when I felt ready to take the test I did. I was surprised when the results came in and I had passed. Getting my G.E.D to me was the greatest thing ever. I was able to tell my children “Mommy got an education”. Now that my children have grown and gone off into the world, I have decided that it is my time to go back to school. Since I have been back I have learned that student’s minds have different ways of learning. According to a test developed by (Howard Gardner) of Harvard University, there are several ways a person can
High School sucked. I had so many learning disabilities that I was unaware of, though I had a few good teachers who helped me out by taking me under the wing to try to help me out the best they could to learn at my own pace. I am now a college student and have learned what these disabilities are, though a test that I have taken. I learned that I am a visual learner, with a growth mindset. When I was in high school, which was about 26 years ago, I hated going, the other students were mean to me, made me feel stupid and inadequate. They made fun of me, beat me up and just pushed me around. My home life was not the greatest either, my mother was always attempting suicide and my step-father was trying to making me his wife. The few good teachers who seemed to take me under their wing and helped me with extra time after school were the only reason I kept going back to high school.
I had few friends but they were more insecure than I was. The only defense I had was to walk around with my head down and pretend to be invisible. At the age of 16, I dropped out of high school, married and had my first child. I made it through the 10th grade but I knew I needed to get an education, so as my family grew so did I. I began to realize that could not teach my children that education was important if I, myself did not have one. I set my mind to getting my G.E.D. I worked and studied hard on my own time, when I felt ready to take the test I did. I was surprised when the results came in and I had passed. Getting my G.E.D to me was the greatest thing ever. I was able to tell my children “Mommy got an education”. Now that my children have grown and gone off into the world, I have decided that it is my time to go back to school. Since I have been back I have learned that student’s minds have different ways of learning. According to a test developed by (Howard Gardner) of Harvard University, there are several ways a person can