Myself As a Student

Myself As a Student:-

            Life constantly revolves around education and knowledge. We are always learning and grasping new concepts as we make our way through life. It has always been a top priority of mine to maintain a high academic standard in school. However, life has not always been uncomplicated. My journey from being a top of the class high school graduate from Pakistan to being considered not up to par for college in America, was one of the most difficult periods in my life.

            I planned on getting enrolled in a college as soon as possible, but upon further perseverance I discovered that my diploma from Pakistan was considered worthless in the United States. My alternatives were to get my GED or repeat four years of high school. At this point, I was ready to pack my bags and head back to Pakistan. I was too young to be on my own in Pakistan so my parents decided to enroll my in high school.

            It was nothing what I had expected. My first day ended up in tears. I condemned the way high schools functioned. I was often disgusted by the way students disrespected their teachers. It was something I had never seen before, and I was overwhelmed by it all. Despite all my pessimism, I continued going to school. Two months has passed since I had started school yet my discontent and grief continued to prevail. This caught the attention of my parents and my guidance counselor. They tried their hardest to convince me to stay here. Soon all my teachers got involved, mostly because I was extremely respectful towards them and my grades were very high. They all had high hopes for me and they did not want to see me fail.

My guidance counselor, my teachers and my parents teamed up to set up a program which would accelerate my time in graduating from high school. I began taking evening classes and seeing myself succeeding in school, despite having a rigorous schedule helped motivate me in staying and completing my high school education.

A year and a half later, it was graduation day and I had finally gotten the reward of my hard work and determination. My high school experience shaped my career path of wanting to become a teacher. If I didn’t have the support of my teachers, counselors and my parents, I doubt I would have stayed in America to complete high school. I want to be able to help students who are in difficult situations and need support and motivation to get them through the complicated times. I was fortunate enough to have an amazing support system to keep me going, whereas often students are not fortunate enough to have people encouraging them to finish high school. A teacher is a highly influential person in a child’s life, and I want to be able to provide students with the motivation and inspiration in accomplishing their goals.