Educational Itinerary Since I Joined College

Since I joined college a few years ago, my life has had a major transformation. Before this I was a naïve and pretty much uninformed. However, after a few experiences both inside and outside the classrooms I have grown to be a more sensible and reasonable undergraduate student. Initially, my life at the institution was mostly filled with ignorance and fear. This was mostly attributed by my inexperience and naivety. Nevertheless, after being at the college for some time I have now turned out to be a more focused student: I have realized most of my goals. This paper outlines some of the experiences I have had at this university.

I have had many unforgettable experiences at the institution but one of them was more meaningful. This was a critical thinking and composition class I attended at Santa Barbara City College. I had presumed that the class was all about writing good essays and I failed to be keen on the articles read in class. As a result of this I ended up attaining a grade in the boundaries of B and C. This was a major setback considering that I was applying for USCD and I needed a B in order to be considered for the transfer. Upon realization of this I talked to my teacher about the predicament. He was very helpful and encouraged me to concentrate on the term paper to better my grades. I complied with this and to my amazement I attained a grade B. I heard my lesson: the hard way.

Reservations might be given to my poor writing in English papers considering am an international student. However, having learnt mathematics for around 18 years and coming close to failing a paper was a major let down. This happened in my multi-variable calculus lectures, an advanced calculus class that focused on three dimensional spaces. I have always been good in mathematics and I therefore decided not to pay much attention to the lectures. I did not know the course material and willingly did not attend classes. All this time I had planned to recover lost time in the overnight review before midterm paper. However, due to my reckless behavior I ended up forgetting the date of the midterm. I ended up scoring the lowest grade, which I was ashamed of. This experience had taught me to always attend all my classes and to take them seriously.

I major in economics which means that am always doing calculations. However, this was about to change when I took my Macroeconomics class whose interest is application of economics to the real world. A good example of this is the relationship existing between GDP and interest rates to the real world. Initially before attending this class I had fear inside of me. I wondered how I was going to relate all the calculations I was doing to the real world out there. However my teacher turned out to have answers to all my questions. During this class my teacher taught me different ways I could apply equations learnt earlier in technology. This class became very helpful in the long run as it helped me to redefine my goals, to apply what I had learnt in class to the world.

My four years at the university can be termed to have been a mixture of both happiness and testing times. During this period there has been happiness like understanding myself. This has been achieved with help from my teachers who I must admit have been very helpful and patient. However tough times have existed during this period. Having to learn my lessons the hard way and dealing with my inexperience at the start of my college life are some of the testing times. All in all in this mixed mundane and exotic times, I am moving towards my career. Finally as seen in this writing I have had many experiences but I choose the most memorable and exiting ones.