Discuss the subjects with which you had difficulty. What factors do you believe contributed to your difficulties? How have you dealt with them so they will not cause problems for you again? In what areas have you experienced the greatest improvement? What problem areas remain? (7800 Characters)
So I have about 7 more of these types of essays to do, but this one was roughly done in like a few hours.So it probably has lots of errors. If you could help my edit , I'll be sure to look at your essays as well
It's often said that the smallest things can have the biggest impacts. However, I never knew how beneficial small events from history could have impacted my present and prospecting life. I rarely struggled to achieve a passing grade in history related courses, but I felt as if I were just going through the motions within history class. By going through the motions, I mean that I simply was doing the work given at hand and knowing enough to pass the test. Passing the class was acceptable for my transcripts, but history goes much farther than knowing what the Fifth Amendment is. Excluding essays, the typical work done in history was straight-forward and would typically ask for specific information covered in the chapter. These types of questions were informative and concise. The only problem with these questions was that they asked for little to no analysis.
Unlike history making a real world connection in my other classes such as mathematics, English, art, health, biology, and etc, was much easier. Another issue with making real world connections to history was my lackadaisical manner. At the time, I preferred less analysis and more straight forwardness. When it came to mathematics, I might not have been required to use the cosine laws on a daily basis. However, mathematics was used in my daily life whether it was using mental math to get an idea of how much change I should be receiving or which route would be faster to get home. Hence, I was easily able to view the importance. In regards to English class, stories and novels were typically straight-forward. I had difficulties with poems at first, but after reading a poem several times it could be comprehended. One benefit with poetry is that one simple line such as "the cool face of the river" can have several connotations and interpretations. Poetry was even easier to make real world connections considering that there were several poetic devices used such as similes, rhythm, and metaphors which are used by popular music artists today.
Up until my sophomore year of high school, history has been a course that I have struggled with. At first, I thought maybe it was my study habits. In middle school, I learned enough to pass the tests and class. However, after the summer passed, everything I learned regarding history seemed to be off on some distant island in my mind. So, I changed my study habits and took better notes in hopes I would remember the content better. Once high school arrived, I just always seem to get bored while reading pages upon pages about dead heroes and criminals. Initially, I couldn't ponder upon how someone who fought a war decades ago could affect me. Not being able to make a real-world connection, I just gave up on understanding history.
To my surprise, my dilemma was shortly solved when Black History Month arrived. During middle school, I had a basic understanding of black history month and what it represented to people affected by it. I knew of the figureheads during protest and movements like Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Rose Park, and others. Other than, I didn't know much about black history. During the midst of Black History Month, my mathematics teacher gave my class a project I never expected him to give us. Being a mathematics class, I thought surely it might be a mathematic related project. Yet, the project asked us over the course of two weeks to interview an elderly person who lived during segregation times in order to understand their childhood experience. Then, compare their rights and childhood to my childhood. I learned several things about my neighbors past such as the value of money has changed, children have much more rights and freedoms than she ever had, and that nothing comes to you for free. Yet, there was one comment my neighbor made, "you can never move forward without understanding your history." This one statement changed my whole perspective towards history.
This one statement led me to ponder upon what she said for several hours. I came to realize that her words meant much more than just an answer that could apply to black history month, but words which could universally apply to history. Since then, I've always used that outlook towards history and life. When I began Local, State, and National Government class during my tenth grade year of high school, I learned about the laws which ruled our country and applied more directly to citizens. I realized learning just what my laws intended was important, but understanding the history behind things was more enlightening. When I learned of the cases which occurred prior to the creation of certain laws, a sense of appreciation grew within me. For example, when I consider the driving regulations in my state, it took previous cases and incidents for those laws to be passed. While it displeases some people to not be able to drive at an early age, it seems to be for the best in order to protect the common good of people.
Now when I hear about history, I'm a bit more eager than I previously was. I take the initiative to understand the past, presence, and future. These same thoughts now ravel from my mind as I can now make more connections to the real world. Now that I can understand the history of general appliances, countries, and people; my next problem comes with applying this to my future career. I plan to work as a biomedical engineer improving previously designed projects and devices. However, in this day and age technology is rapidly changing and improving. The history can be slightly be overwhelming when there's much to be researched about an ongoing topic, I can only hope that with enough research will come a bright future.
Up until my sophomore year of high school, history had/font] been a course that I have struggled with.
Once high school arrived, it seemed as if all I got out of reading pages upon pages about dead heroes and criminals was boredom.
Other than that , I didn't know much about black history.
such as the change in money value
during my junior year of high school
present , and future
history can be slightly be overwhelming when there's much to be researched about an ongoing topic. I can only hope that with enough research and determination, a bright future will follow .
So very true! I have had the same issues with history all of my life, and just by you saying that, has actually opened up my eyes!
