Personal Narrative: My First Day In Cyress College

I graduated the university in Korea eighteen years ago and worked in a company for seven years. However, while I lived just as a wife and a mom, I lost my confidence to achieve something and forgot dreams that I want to come true in my own life. Therefore, I was afraid of going back to a college and studying in English after deciding to be an occupational therapist. I remember the first day in Cypress College last year. The first class that I took was a math class. Since I had graduated the high school twenty years ago, I forgot many formulas and solving methods in math, so I suffered from a lack of confidence after enrolling the class. I was shaking with fear that the professor might ask me a question. However, I tried to believe and encourage
myself to complete a goal during the whole semester, eventually, I could finish the class successfully. From the experience, I realized that success doesn’t depend on intelligence, but on positive mindset and belief that I can do it. Therefore, applying growth mindset to a goal is very important because belief to accomplish something can lead to confident behaviors and successful results. The goal that I want to accomplish in this summer is getting an A in English 100. As a non-native speaker, it may be impossible to achieve. However, growth mindset is more powerful than intelligence. Angela Lee Duckworth argued that grit is not associated or even inversely associated with abilities. The grit, a belief to persevere in making the dream a reality, can bring up my abilities and achieve what I want. I will encourage myself to reach the goal every day. To keep that in my mind, I will post my goal and growth mindset of my potentiality on walls.