Personal Responsibility Of Becoming In My AP Human Geography Class

When I was younger, my parents called me an overcomer. I had absolutely no idea what it meant. However, I knew it was something good, because they smiled at me when they said it. I didn’t attempt to define it in the dictionary. After that, I’ve never heard of that word again - until my freshmen year of high school.

In my AP Human Geography class, my teacher, Mr. Turner, mentioned it. After class, I approached him and asked him what exactly does that word means. He said to me, “It’s something that you need to become in my class.” I didn’t quite understand what he told me. I asked a friend and they explained to me what an overcomer actually is. I know that I was failing his class during the first semester. I didn’t quite understand his strategy

I didn’t really pay attention to it during my freshmen year. Personal responsibility was something that I had. I just didn’t have enough of it, until my sophomore year. I didn’t realize that personal responsibility was and is a must, and that it means that we, as individuals, are responsible of what happens in life. As I’m writing this essay, I chuckle at the fact that when when we’re young, it’s easy to blame parents and teachers to make ourselves feel better for the mistakes that we make. My grandmother bought a picture that hangs on the wall in the kitchen that says, “Failures and successes should be accredited to the personal individually.” Gladly, personal responsibility was something that I overcame. My dad talked to me and told me that it is something that I need to possess. I had to wake up my brother and myself at 6:30 every morning on my own, get to class on time, and preparing myself for the next day. All of which, showed me that I was growing up and that personal responsibility is salient. I know I need to be responsible while in college to keep on track academically. In high school, I worked and kept my grades at a good pace. Not only responsibility to action in that, but also time management. The experience of working hard in high school has prepared me and set me up for