Peter Elbow's Argumentative Analysis

The PERT is also a test students take to get ready for college. The PERT is defined as The Postsecondary Education Readiness Test. The purpose of this test is to assess academic skills, verify college readiness, and determine course placements. Students in high school takes those tests to determine whether they are ready to do college level work in reading, writing and mathematics. "As a result, the scores students receive on state tests may not be good indicators of college readiness, but students may believe that passage of the state test is just such an indicator"(Conley, 2007).

The challenges I have faced influenced my academic performance and guided me into pursuing my college education. My junior year was a struggle for me. I decided to challenge myself like I have never been challenged before. I took on an honors class that I clearly wasn 't ready for, but I stuck with it and was determined to finish. In the beginning the intensity surprised me and I did not do as well as I would have liked to.

When I first saw that ACA-122 was a required course to complete your Associate in Arts degree, I thought it was an unnecessary course to have to take. What else could I possibly learn about College Transfer Success at the end of my degree? To my surprise, as I come to the end of ACA-122 class, I find myself to be a more prepared student and future employee. I wish I had taken this course during my first semester at Guilford Technical Community College. The self-assessment tests we had to take at the beginning of the semester reassured me that I was on the right path academically and career wise.

Many schools classify students into categories such as honors or non honors. My school uses the honors and non honors system. To enter as a seventh grade honors student you must have As in science and English and a teacher recommendation for math. That is the only way to become an honors student at my school. Although this system may be beneficial to some students, it may be harmful to others.

Do not slack off because it will hurt you in the long run. Start off your freshman year off strong. Learn how to manage your time well because you will have a lot of free time, you could take advantage of it by doing homework or perhaps study for a test, just use your free time wisely. Don’t procrastinate on assignments because that will result in bad grades, and remember your GPA matter. If you began strong, and let 's say you fall a little bit in the other years your GPA won’t be significantly affected.

My second rewarding school experience was in high school senior year. I chose my senior experience because I had to fix what I had done my earlier years of high school. I had to retake some classes and sacrifice my time and my teacher 's were willing to do the same to get me to pass. My teacher 's noticed my main struggles were in math and English and we made a plan of success to help me get on the path to graduate. This year is important because of two reasons reason one was it was my senior year and the second reason was that my school was closing down and there wasn 't going to be any summer courses to take to make up the classes.

I was an explorer but rather than searching for “The Fountain of Youth” like Ponce de Leon, I just wanted to find four numbers: 1103, my English Composition classroom. The challenge of remember three stairs, two right turns and a bathroom door to reach my classroom felt insurmountable. That was how I knew I had to do something to improve my odds of survive my freshman year. Planning my academic strategy, as my primary

Is It Me Amber White Argosy University A personal statement is a technique in which you somewhat examine yourself in determination to comprehend and gifts and weaknesses. Your dislikes, likes, habits, attitudes, or behaviors can be initiate throughout this development. You can use the discoveries to your benefit by accepting or changing strengths and weaknesses. I plan on using this time to improve my own skills to develop a better student and find accomplishment in receiving my Masters at Argosy University. I can recall in high school, it looked like I was one of the last to finish with a test.

Usually, if I found a certain class had too much difficult work or I did not like how the instructor taught the subject, I would switch into another class. At the beginning of my junior year, I was put into an advanced placement English class. I soon decided to switch out of that class and into an honors English class because I felt the work load was too much and the teacher was too strict on grading. “I regret not staying in AP English because it would have benefitted me and it would have helped me improve my writing skills,” I said to my mom later in the year. She encouraged me to take classes of higher placement in my senior year so I could still have a chance to push myself to my best

The Honors classes prepared me for the Advanced Placement classes that were offered. My junior year I took on the challenge by taking Language and Composition then also taking United States History. That gave me the confidence to double my load with adding on 2 more AP classes to my schedule which is a challenge but I think there’s much worse than four AP classes. As you go you learn that if you set your mind on doing a certain thing anything is possible to overcome.