For the most part, I have enjoyed most of my educational experiences in school. Of the many, I would say the end of my first quarter in middle school stands to be one of my most memorable experiences. As an elementary school student, I was always placed in the lowest of the English classes, math classes, spelling classes, whatever other classes you can thing of. Miraculously, when I entered middle school and after having taken a number of exams, I finally found myself in classes with students I was segregated from in elementary school, the “Gifted and Talented” ones. The material was a little more difficult but at the end of my first quarter in those “GT” classes, I found myself with straight A’s. It was the first time in my life that I had seen so many A’s.
Unfortunately, my worse educational experience was one of my first experiences at UMBC. It was the end of August and I had not gone to orientation or registered for classes. Finally, the day before school starts, I went to orientation. Afterwards, I was assigned to an advisor to help me with my schedule. The advisor that was supposedly advising me was chatting on her AIM. Often, the computer would freeze. She had the nerve to call someone over and ask what the problem was, all for him to point out that it was because she had five instant message conversations up and running. Embarrassed, she then proceeded to rush me so she could leave. In the end, she managed to put me in a history four hundred level class. On the first day of class, I found myself among sixteen other students who were mainly history majors or graduate students. I managed to survive with a B.
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You know, I wanted to egg that guy's house so bad. But you're right, he may have very well been apart of me doing better in college and successfully graduating. As far as visiting... I think his lack of memory of me would just make me look like a crazy, old person. Haha. Thanks for the comment =)
Yeah definitely. After that horrible experience, I pretty much started deciding which classes I should take on my own. My current advisor is pretty decent, she allows me to make my own decisions while also making sure that I'm on the right track in my major and for completing my GFR's. I'm graduating next month so I would say she did a pretty good job!
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