My Educational Experience: My Experience With Education

My first experience with education was in elementary school, I was accepted to a Texas magnet school and while there I had my first exposure to college. My first-grade teacher was right out of A&M university she had her whole room decked out in college gear. I vividly recall asking her what it was and as she explained it, that image of college is what stuck with me. This is where my journey began.

My father worked in the oil industry, we ended up moving at the beginning of my fourth-grade year. This change in location along with my fourth-grade year has remained engrained in my memory as such a vital part of my progression. I still remember both of my teacher’s names and the curriculum that we covered that year. It was where I was first exposed to many hands on and exciting aspects of education that ignited a fire for me to excel. I continued progressing into high school when another drastic change occurred, my father was being transferred to Alaska. At first, I was nervous and disappointed about the change. It was my tenth-grade year and I was not thrilled about being uprooted. However, this change proved to be my driving force, the culminating event of where my life was headed. At the high school, they had a JROTC program that was designed to prepare students for the military and the responsibilities and challenges that coincide with that field. I became part of this program and enjoyed many of the aspects and challenges, I learned valuable leadership and organization