Personal Narrative: My Educational Evolution

Evolution is a fact of life. We must adapt to changing situations, or perish.

This self-change paper will outline my educational evolution, particularly with emphasis on improving future educational and career goals. I will also implement a time-line for the educational goals, and my personal development to achieve them. The foundational effect of my initial educational experience starting in the New Orleans public school system. A brief summary of life experiences between high school and attending ACC, and the impact they left on my life. The revelation of the results of my academic strengths and weaknesses from the several assessment test taken during this past semester. Finally I will expand on my self-change contract and expand on goals

Wisdom and the willingness to evolve for the better has helped me become successful in life. That success was in question during this semester when the work load became slightly more difficult than last semester. My grades started slipping in one of my classes, and the doubt crept in. However, taking the mandatory assessment test in Keys to Success revealed things about myself I never knew. The top three strengths on Pre-CRI are as follows. Communication-5.0; Contextual Awarness-5.0; and Cultural Awareness-5.0. In the recommended plan of action section for the four keys I scored as follows. Think-4.5; Know-4.8; Act-4.1; Go-4.4 with 5.0 the maximum. After several weeks of gaining knowledge, the Post-CRI was slightly different, but did change. The top three strengths are Contextual Awarness-5.0; Cultural Awareness-5.0; Financial Aid Awarness-5.0. Think increased by .1, Know down .1, Act up by .3; and Go up by

The problem is, I was not sure where that change needed to be made. As faith would have it, the revelation hit me like a ton of bricks. Another student noticed the smallest of mistakes in the class syllabus (as noted in my journal entry 02/10), which can only be noticed by reading the syllabus. This taught me my learning techniques needed improvement as reflected in my Pre-CRI with a score of 3.8. Later in the semester, I learned the value of taking notes in class when I failed to answer a test question correctly on in class activities. The area of research was also a challenge with a 4.0. I later learned this was mainly from a lack of knowledge of what was available by ACC. However, that all changed on 3/24 when the Librarian Mrs. Chavez gave an in-depth overview on services and resources offered by the ACC library. The information I received from Mrs. Chavez is invaluable as I progress toward my goals. As a result of the wisdom gained on these two weaknesses from the Pre-CRI, I saw an increase in score for learning techniques-4.0; and research- 4.6. I was surprised to see an increase in scores from Pre to Post CRI in Financial Aid Awareness from 3.0 to 5.0. The reason for my surprise is that the VA is paying all charges and fees. But as I reflect on my main career goal in finances, and facilitating a presentation on the lasting effects of student loans, the increase is to help