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Over the course of obtaining my Associate of Arts degree I learned many lessons. There were moments of great achievement but also many mistakes. I began the process almost six years ago when I left for Bowling Green State University two days after graduating from high school. Bowling Green had taken me in on a probationary basis which stated I ( Read more... )
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The path I have taken to achieve my Associate of Arts degree has taught me many lessons. I’ve experienced moments of great fulfillment and at the same time made many mistakes. I began this process nearly six years ago when I left home for Bowling Green State University only two days after graduating from high school. Bowling Green had taken me in on a probationary basis, allowing me to commence early and prove myself as a dedicated student, in order to continue school in the fall. That summer was very challenging, living away from my parents for the first time, struggling with course work, and attempting to balance the distraction of coed dorm life with all of this; I made it through that first semester but during fall semester my weaknesses began to show through and I was forced to withdraw. I returned to school in the Spring, only slightly more prepared and by the end of the semester I had been placed on academic probation. I returned home to my parent's house and began to work a 40-hour workweek.
I knew I needed to return to school, but was very aware that I had wasted my opportunity to be a full time student, not burdened with typical adult responsibility. I enrolled at Tri-C's Eastern Campus and earned a 4.0 GPA, something I had never done before. I had proven to my parents and more importantly myself that I was capable of success. I became aware of my own ability to shine and to triumph, that realization brought me a new confidence in my ability.
I have continued to set and achieve progressively higher goals. I graduated Magna Cum Laude from Cuyahoga Community College with my Associate of Arts degree. While at Tri-C I participated in several on-campus clubs and organizations. I was Treasurer for the Chi Omega chapter of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, served as President of the History Club, was a member of the National Scholars Honor Society, and have been recognized on the National Deans List.
As President of the History Club I brought a speaker from Alabama to my campus to give a lecture on the lynching of Emmett Till during the fiftieth anniversary of his death. I started a program named "Warm Up Cleveland" in which I gave weekly knitting lessons to knit rectangles that would ultimately become blankets for homeless children in Cleveland. I became a certified student leader, and represented my school at an International Honors Institute for Phi Theta Kappa this past summer. I did all of this while holding down a job and assuming the role of a wife.
I hardly recognize myself in comparison with that girl who was placed on academic probation by Bowling Green State University. I know how difficult I made the process for myself, but I would never change it. I’ve learned great lessons from my mistakes and have seen both sides of success; I have become a better person for it.
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