Growth

Remedial English & Math In my opinion, remedial English and math classes should be eliminated from community college curriculum. I have formed this opinion based off knowledge after reading about students that are unable to succeed in the California community college system because of broken remedial education systems. According to College Campaign, 75% of all California Community College students are tested and placed into these remedial courses, teaching and focusing on basic skills. Students talk about getting caught up in courses based off curriculum focusing on teaching basic skills but prevent them from entering college level curriculum. This would also result in them not reaching their goals and dreams because of the inability to move past remedial curriculum-based courses. However, these courses are still beneficial for the students that are realistically at that level. I propose that instead of eliminating this curriculum all together, that they are minimize...

Me, In Five Years In five years, I’ll be twenty-two years old. I hope to be still in college, because I want to be and Agriculture Educator with an emphasis in animal science. I do not imagine it will take me five years or less to get to the end of my education. I imagine I will either be at Cal Poly SLO or Oklahoma State CASNR continuing my degrees and education. My “future self” will be responsible, charismatic, hard-working, and humble. I will put my career and education before immature and irrelevant things. I will have matured to the point where my career is not a dream but a plan. I believe this will take hard work, long hours and countless times of reminding myself of the result of success and where my hard work will get me. A growth mindset is how I would describe my current mindset. I believe this because when I face difficultly or failure, I do not process it as an obstacle, just another chapter on my learning curve. I trust in the process and always learn from mistakes ...