I think that my time at ACLC over the past five years have really helped me develop responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, integrity, and honesty. Its unique curriculum forced me to manage my time responsibly. I have done varsity sports throughout my years at ACLC, taking up much of my free time, but I have still managed to get mostly A’s. I know that this is largely due to my ability to manage my time responsibly. I think that my self-esteem and sociability go hand in hand. I feel very comfortable in the community, and so I never have a hard time making friends or being independent when I want to be.
Again, I think that my communication, speaking, and listening skills have all come from my ability to socialize and my self esteem. Although reading and writing are not exactly my subjects, I have still managed to get A’s and B’s. I am confident that I have vastly improved in those subjects over the past year, with the help of Molly’s English class and Honors English class. Because of skills like annotating and interpreting different texts, I think I have been able to apply them to other subjects.I couldn’t take the Geography class offered at ACLC, but I was able to take it as an online class at the College of Alameda fall semester of my junior year. I took Calculus as a sophomore, and I loved it! I’m happy to say that it’s one of my favorite subjects, even though it may be an unpopular opinion. I also have found love in the sciences. Physics wasn’t really my thing, but I loved Chemistry and Biology, and now plan to possibly get my degree in one of the two.
Another one of my skills, that I really enjoy doing, is figuring things out. My friends say that I’m really good at it too! By figuring out I mean problem solving, planning things like that. Note: my skill is strictly logistical...don’t come to me with emotional or social problems….I will be the opposite of helpful. I plan to take a pre-medicine track undergrad and go on to become a surgeon later in life. Most people would cringe at the thought of that, because of the amount of “school” one has to go through in order to partake in that profession. You have 4 years undergrad, 3 years med-school, 5 years residency, and 3 years fellowship. This is one of the things that drew me to the idea. I think it is because I love learning, and the field of medicine seems like one where there will always be something you don’t know, and always something to learn.
Many of my favorite and highest quality projects and assignments have been in group work. As I said before, I’m very good at figuring things out, which makes group work of any type very easy. I’m also usually very flexible in terms of individual parts of a project. I’m also extremely creative in my projects, even when they don’t need to be, and a bit of a perfectionist. Although at sometimes this has not helped my sleep schedule, I think that is an essential skill to have for any type of project, whether it be science, math, or english. I have always been good at communicating with others, and ACLC has given me a way to use it to my advantage. Although I was never able to take part in the Leadership class, I’ve been able to take on leadership roles in other parts of the community. For my freshman and sophomore year, I was an Editor and Bevy leader of the Speakeasy Newspaper. For both years there were 5 editors and leaders total, which required us to work well together and make compromises for each other in order to put out quarterly issues. I know that I will be in many more situations like this as an adult, and I think that this experience will shape the way I handles those situations in the future.
Last year in English class, one of our assignments was to write a “Perspective Essay” to be submitted to KQED Radio’s “Perspective” series. We voted in class on which would be sent in, and then the editor’s at KQED chose which would be aired. Mine did end up being chosen to be aired, which was an amazing experience. It was about Social Media, and technology, and any people’s incorrect deceptions of them. I wrote about how our generation’s youth is using technology in ways many never even imagined, and how our world be nowhere without them today. The constant use of technology has also led me to be very adept to using technology in other aspects of my life as well as homework assignments. At home, I am often asked to help fix problems on my family members’ computers, because I am very used to fixing the tech at ACLC. Most of my projects over the past seven years have involved technology in some way or another, which I think will prepare me well for projects in college.One thing I love most about technology is how adaptable it is, and how it can be used for almost anything. At ACLC, I used technology for everything from science fair projects to music classes, and I’m excited to see what else I will use it for in my future. I plan to take part in some type of medical research, and I am very interested in biotechnology, and I think that ACLC was a major factor in this.
Again, I think that my communication, speaking, and listening skills have all come from my ability to socialize and my self esteem. Although reading and writing are not exactly my subjects, I have still managed to get A’s and B’s. I am confident that I have vastly improved in those subjects over the past year, with the help of Molly’s English class and Honors English class. Because of skills like annotating and interpreting different texts, I think I have been able to apply them to other subjects.I couldn’t take the Geography class offered at ACLC, but I was able to take it as an online class at the College of Alameda fall semester of my junior year. I took Calculus as a sophomore, and I loved it! I’m happy to say that it’s one of my favorite subjects, even though it may be an unpopular opinion. I also have found love in the sciences. Physics wasn’t really my thing, but I loved Chemistry and Biology, and now plan to possibly get my degree in one of the two.
Another one of my skills, that I really enjoy doing, is figuring things out. My friends say that I’m really good at it too! By figuring out I mean problem solving, planning things like that. Note: my skill is strictly logistical...don’t come to me with emotional or social problems….I will be the opposite of helpful. I plan to take a pre-medicine track undergrad and go on to become a surgeon later in life. Most people would cringe at the thought of that, because of the amount of “school” one has to go through in order to partake in that profession. You have 4 years undergrad, 3 years med-school, 5 years residency, and 3 years fellowship. This is one of the things that drew me to the idea. I think it is because I love learning, and the field of medicine seems like one where there will always be something you don’t know, and always something to learn.
Many of my favorite and highest quality projects and assignments have been in group work. As I said before, I’m very good at figuring things out, which makes group work of any type very easy. I’m also usually very flexible in terms of individual parts of a project. I’m also extremely creative in my projects, even when they don’t need to be, and a bit of a perfectionist. Although at sometimes this has not helped my sleep schedule, I think that is an essential skill to have for any type of project, whether it be science, math, or english. I have always been good at communicating with others, and ACLC has given me a way to use it to my advantage. Although I was never able to take part in the Leadership class, I’ve been able to take on leadership roles in other parts of the community. For my freshman and sophomore year, I was an Editor and Bevy leader of the Speakeasy Newspaper. For both years there were 5 editors and leaders total, which required us to work well together and make compromises for each other in order to put out quarterly issues. I know that I will be in many more situations like this as an adult, and I think that this experience will shape the way I handles those situations in the future.
Last year in English class, one of our assignments was to write a “Perspective Essay” to be submitted to KQED Radio’s “Perspective” series. We voted in class on which would be sent in, and then the editor’s at KQED chose which would be aired. Mine did end up being chosen to be aired, which was an amazing experience. It was about Social Media, and technology, and any people’s incorrect deceptions of them. I wrote about how our generation’s youth is using technology in ways many never even imagined, and how our world be nowhere without them today. The constant use of technology has also led me to be very adept to using technology in other aspects of my life as well as homework assignments. At home, I am often asked to help fix problems on my family members’ computers, because I am very used to fixing the tech at ACLC. Most of my projects over the past seven years have involved technology in some way or another, which I think will prepare me well for projects in college.One thing I love most about technology is how adaptable it is, and how it can be used for almost anything. At ACLC, I used technology for everything from science fair projects to music classes, and I’m excited to see what else I will use it for in my future. I plan to take part in some type of medical research, and I am very interested in biotechnology, and I think that ACLC was a major factor in this.