My Path
A significant moment in my education was when I was a senior in high school. From all the way back in 8th grade up to my senior year in high school, I had always taken engineering courses, and I thought that it was going to be the course of education I was going towards. I really enjoyed it when I first took it in the 8th grade, and all the assignments we had to do I always got good grades on. I still enjoyed the courses I took my freshman and sophomore years. I was also learning from one of my favorite teachers, Mr. Putman. He taught me for 3 of my 4 years in high school. The content was a lot more difficult than 8th grade, obviously, but it was still interesting to learn about, and I loved doing all the designing that we did on the computer. It was also a frustrating course for me at times though because of the gradually increasing difficulty.
Once I got to my junior year and had a civil engineering course in my 2nd and 3rd trimesters with a different teacher, it went from a progressive disinterest in engineering to just completely not wanting to do it. Civil engineering was the actual specified course of engineering that I was super interested in going into once I got to college. After I took that course with that teacher, including the assignments we did and his teaching methods, I just didn’t want to go down that path anymore. It made me wonder if all civil engineering was going to be like how his class was, and if it was going to be like that, then it was something I wanted no part of.
Senior year was when I took my first ever business course, and I took accounting in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters of that year. That was when I met my new favorite high school teacher, Mrs. S. Accounting was a class that I excelled in. I understood everything that was being taught, and it was a course that made me want to learn more, and to work hard on inside and out of class. I also got a lot of trust from my teacher. There was a point in time in the 2nd semester where she accidently completed everything for all her courses a week too early, so she had a private conversation with me and we formulated things to do for the next week to then prepare all accounting classes for the final exam the next week.
Because of her and my experience in accounting, it became my first major for the first two years of college. Even though I would end up changing my accounting major, she was the reason I became interested in becoming a business major and she’s been the influence that’s helped drive me in business education all the way up to this point. We keep in contact with each other as well, as we are both Facebook friends and every so often exchange messages between one another. So, thanks to her and my senior year of high school, I’ve found the path in school that I am going to take all the way to graduation.
Another Day, Another Meal
I am currently in the cafeteria eating some food and getting some homework done before I have practice at 5pm today. I am sitting at one of the back tables right by the salad bar and the little room where you put your dishes once you are done eating. I have had a salad and some pasta to eat before the practice. I have already eaten lunch and it is about 3:45pm, so I did not want too much to eat before I practice, or I would risk throwing up. Tuesdays are always our hardest practices of the week, so I have to make sure I get my assignments done before the practice or I will not want to do them once I get back to my apartment. Once I get there, I typically just want to eat dinner and then pass out since I am so exhausted. I thought it would be a good idea to work on my assignment ahead of time before class tomorrow because I will have a crap-ton of homework I have to worry about tomorrow. Obviously, I would have much more fun doing creative writing compared to my other homework, so I decided to spend my time working on this piece first.
The Treasured Vacation
A place I have visited on many occasions is a little motel called The Sea Chest that we stay at every year around the 4th of July. It is located in Treasure Island, Florida, and it is a peaceful little area. The outside smells of ocean sea, as our hotel is right off the beach and the Atlantic Ocean. When you walk along the beach, the sand is soft and warm. Your feet sink into it. The main area of popularity is the pool at our motel, as that is where most of our family and family friends hang out at throughout the break. People will swim in the pool for hours, taking casual sips of their drinks while they float around on the pool tubes that are provided. It’s paradise. Another great part of going here on vacation is the food. Every year I will get the incredible grouper sandwich that is provided at almost every restaurant you go to. The Florida seafood is amazing. Grilled, blackened, fried, breaded, whatever you are feeling. It is the best food I will ever eat anywhere. It has been a traditional vacation for our family since my mom married my stepdad, and I am glad I’ve been a part of the vacations. I’ve made bonds with many of people that are family or friends on my stepdad’s side, and it helps me feel closer to him each time we go. It has become a place I look forward to visiting every year, and I am excited to go back again next summer.
Mitchell's Imagination 