Question: Many students expand their view of the world during their time in college. Such growth often results from encounters between students who have lived different cultural, economic, or academic experiences. With your future growth in mind, describe a potential classmate that you believe you could learn from either within or outside a formal classroom environment.
It is hard to think about specific qualities of someone whom I could learn from without examining my own background and surroundings. My hometown of Wayland, Massachusetts is probably much different than Austin, Texas. Wayland is a smallsuburban town about twenty miles west of Boston. It is not extremely crowded here, but there are probably enough people and...show more content...
After meeting him, I learned that Bob is from a rural community about fifty miles outside a major city. He comes from a fifth–generation farming family. At his high school, only a smallpercentage of the students continued their education at a college or university. He is good with his hands, but surprisingly, he is also an excellent public speaker, which I admire because I have always been rather shy.
Bob is open–minded, but he is also an independent thinker, and will thoroughly examine both sides of an issue or argument before deciding which one to support. He may change his opinion, but only after seeing a compelling reason to do so. He likes music, and plays lead and rhythm guitar. He is partial to the Country and Western genre, but appreciates good guitar playing of any style. Even though I enjoy rock music more and dabble with the electric bass, I appreciate and admire his musical taste and talent.
Bob and I share some academic preferences. Like me, Bob is interested in computers, and is excellent with computer hardware. This is not surprising–he's always been a tinkerer, and computers are in part machinery. However, he doesn't like abstract programming that much. I enjoy hardware too, but I'm also attracted to software design.
There are many things that both Bob and I share in common, but he is an individual whom I could learn from because he uses his skills
Have you ever had someone in your life who helped you figure out who you were? Someone who showed you the right path. Someone who was there right next you even if you did not take that path. Someone who always seemed to be right, but never held it against you when you were not. Someone whom without your life would most likely be entirely different. I have. Her name was Jessica. Jessica was more than my neighbor. She was more than my mentor. She was my best friend. Jessica lived three houses down from me when I moved into a newneighborhood . She made moving to a new neighborhood a lot easier. She was one of those people who was friends witheverybody. She was friends with everyone because she was so special....show more content... She would listen to you. She would be your friend, even if she just met you. I can not remember a time when she had something unpleasant to say about someone. That was one of many valuable lessons I learned from her and have made apart of my life.
She seemed to know everything. Anytime I had a perplexing question I knew she would know what to tell me. Her wisdom spanned several subjects. Everything from the textbook things they wanted me to learn in school, to the life lessons that there are no textbooks for. She taught me by example. She showed me that it was just a waste of my time and energy getting mad, upset, angry or so irate that I allowed myself to be controlled by my emotions. She was always calm, patient, and even tempered when faced with people who were less than pleasant to be around. I learned from watching her deal with people that being nice never fails. And I learned from watching her deal with the situations life would present that as long as you gave everything you had to give and never quit, you could never be beat.
Jessica was a truly amazing friend. She was a true friend. I could always depend on her being there for me with the right words of advice. Even if I did not want to hear what she was saying. She had been exactly where I was and she knew how perilous the journey of adolescence could be. She informed and guided me in my choices. Yet she never forced anything on me. My
As a child growing up you meet many people that you like. Everyone tends to make your day from the kind stranger whom gave you a dollar at the grocery store to your neighbor that lets you pet their dog. As I've gotten older I've grown to love people more than like. Moreover, I have made many long term friends and continue to do so. I've always been a social person so making good quality friends has never been a problem. As my mom would say, "I have never met a stranger." Now that I am a freshman in college and making more friends than ever. Although I've only been here for three weeks, I have a large circle of friends that I like very much. Since then, the circle has gotten smaller. Now, there is one person that I do like the most, Vanessa Rodgers. In fact, Vanessa is one of my twelve close friends that I have made since I first got to Grambling State University. Since being her friend I have learned that she is also from my hometown, Houston, Texas. Vanessa is the opposite of me on the surface but we do share very many similarities. Besides our place of origin, we're also very sarcastic and hilarious. Our friends and strangers alike say that we're good people to be around. Always making someone laugh or if you ever need a friend to talk to, Vanessa is the person I call on. She has a very high pitch squeaky voice that makes everything she say sound so much better. Everyone gets tickled every time she opens her mouth to speak. Vanessa always has to get the last word and Get more content
When I was ten or eleven years old I was just like any other average girl in my school, except I was particularly rude and mean to my friends. Friends are people you confide in, people you go to when your feeling down, people you're the happiest with but for my friends it was just the opposite. One day at school one of my friends had cut her hair and came to school feeling really self–conscious about her hair. As a friend you're supposed to comfort and compliment your friend so they don't feel so bad but no when she came to school I made her feel even worse, "Why did you cut your hair? You look so much uglier than before!", I said to her. On another day a different friend of mine's grandmother died and she was completely heartbroken. Her eyes were as red as blood, the river of tears was drowning her face and they just wouldn't stop. You could hear her trying to hold back her sobs like she had been holding them in for years. You could hear in her voice she was grief–stricken, she cried everyday and as a friend you would think that I would comfort her, tell her everything was going to be ok and hug her as long as she needed me to. No, when she came crying to me I told her, "You're such a cry baby just because your grandma died doesn't mean you have to cry every day!" I've said all of these things and many more to my "friends". I've put them down, spread gossip about them, and was just down right mean to them. The things that I've said to them were borderline bullying. I
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A Friend Worth the Wait I believe that finding a true godly friend is very hard to find. Yes, you can find friends who care about you, but having a friend that is always there for you and keeps you in check with your walk with God is one of the best relationships you can have in life. It's easy to let the world get to you and take control of your actions, so having someone to help you with that can change your life. For me, the friend that God brought into my life, is Nathanael Matthews. I met Nathanael quite a while ago in band. I did not really get to know him till freshman year. I remember him and my friend Joe, were always talking about this game, and they kept asking me to play it with them. I eventually did, and that is how I really became friends with Nathanael. Nathanael is not someone you would call a normal person, and not in a bad way at all. He is one of the smartest people you will meet, maybe a little too smart. He comes from a family that runs the ministry called Urban Vision. This seems to have a very large impact on his life, given he will always go out of his way to help someone. Over the years that I have been friends with him I have been able to see that he does have weaknesses and I have been able to help him with those. Nathanael being in my life has by far helped me to get to the point where I am in life. Nathanael has taught me not to give in to anger or negativity, and that I need to slow down and be patient with others. Finally, he encouraged me
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Have you ever had that one special friend that you knew would be there for you through thick and thin? That special friend, who can read your thoughts, finish your sentences, and make you smile when you are feeling blue. A friend is someone who is honest and you can trust. A friend is someone who you hang out with, and someone you rely on. Friendship is being there for someone when they need you. That person for me is my best friend Katrina. She is the kindest, sweetest person I have ever known. She will do anything for anyone. I met Katrina when I was in the 5th grade and she was in the 6th grade. Making friends has never been easy for me but we seemed to hit it right off from the beginning.. We spent a lot of time together as...show more content...
I told her my deepest darkest secrets. She was there for me when my first love broke my heart. She was there for me when my parents got divorced. She has lent me a helping hand and a shoulder to cry on more times than I would like to admit. I believe that every needs to have a friend. Friends are there to comfort, to laugh with, and to create wonderful memories. Friendship is sacred and needs to be cherished with love, patience and understanding. Katrina is more than just a friend she is just like a sister. She is my best friend. I cannot imagine my life without her in it. My life would not be complete without her in it. She is the one I call when life seems so unfair. We can talk on the phone for hours about absolutely nothing. She is the kind of friend that everyone needs to have in their life. She can make you smile and laugh when you feel like all is lost. Her smile and joyful personality can bring a smile to anyone's face. She can truly light up a room with her wonderful personality and charm. I am truly lucky to have her in my life. She is a wonderful mother, wife and friend. I admire her patience and understanding. Katrina is kind and compassionate with everyone. Honestly I don't know how she does it. I wish I had half the patience she has. Life has taken Katrina and me in very separate directions. She lives several hours away and we rarely get to see each other but we still talk on the phone every day. Although we live hundreds of miles
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What is a friend? A friend is someone who supports you, sympathizes with you, or patronizes a group. An easily definition of that would be a person you know, like and trust. In these tough times we count on friend to help us get through. I like to think of friendship as everlasting, but is friendship truly forever? Can miles drive you away from friends you made after graduating from places like high school or college? Just imagine walking across the stage and never seeing the people you graduated with. Well for those instances you can always join networking places like Facebook. Facebook helps you connect with the people in your life. In those ways you would never be without your friends. On these sites you can write to each other on ...show more content...
A friendship can be everlasting depending on the personalities in that relationship. Sometimes personalities can change for the good the bad in many friendships. You can never change a person through a friendship. Differences can set you apart. The definition of a friend has changed over the years therefore that could be a contributing factor to why we can count our friend on one hand. Think about it! When separating from friends for a while physically values and beliefs start to change. Many may argue that is not true, but I will say I have lost many friends do to personality changes and belief. Some reasons maybe be because everyone in college likes to smoke and drink. I am not a fan of either which I believe is gross so I drop many friends due to that reason. I have also lost a lot of friends due to the ways they act towards me or others when different people are around. In the urban world we call that being "fake." Fake is another way of saying you aren't what you claim to be. You don't stay true to yourself and totally honest. On the other side people can change for the good to help each other in a friendship. Friendships can gain trust through one another in due to the people you are around. In a relationship trust is being able tell a secret under confidence to other people hoping they wont tell. If you gain some ones trust when you come to a problem you are likely to come to that person Get more content
I remember the first remember the first time I met him. It started when I got to my new school I made a few friends, but still didn't know him. Then there was one day when I was in after care. My brother was there and he said he was playing tag with someone so I decided to play as well. Then I met him His name was also Andrew, and he was in the grade under me. When I first saw him he was so energetic it was insane he was so full of energy. He seemed like a very nice person, but then we started playing teen titans go. So he took it too far and punched everyone in the stomach while screaming booyah. So I thought that it wasn't going to work out. The next day we played with him again, and he was also rough. Then we eventually became really close friends over the long school year. It was really fun, but then since the elementary school only went up to fourth grade I went to the next school. So I had to survive fifth grade without him. Then we started seeing each other all the time when he came to my school. Sometimes his teacher invited me over to his class, and once it was even a surprise since Andrew always loved seeing me. I always loved how he was kind, brave, funny, crazy, loving, and a friend. It was fun since we played mario kart. Of course he beat me since racing games aren't my strong point. At the beginning of the day I always stopped by his class room it was nice he showed me his stuff like his stick bots or fidget spinners. Then whenever i went to his house or he
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My mother always told me that there were two or three sides to the story. everybody have their own side I didn't particularly know which one I said it of course I have my own opinion in my own ideas but they just never really match the others in my family my own personal experience would have to involve my dear old friend Sarah. She was a nice girl I knew her from mutual friends that I have she was always very mature very athletic and also had a very open mind I like that about her.About 4 years ago she graduated from high school we didn't talk much after that I heard stories here in there for mutual friends and family members who also knew her they weren't very good stories Some said that she did awful things and other say that she did certain things that we wouldn't have done in our own lives.Well everybody was telling me all these stories and I heard all of them he got me thinking are these stories really true what would Sarah be thinking if she found out these stories are being told about her Just recently I had lunch with her a couple weeks ago she seemed to be doing well she looks kind of off to me I'm not going to lie to you I was a little scared uncomfortable when I had lunch with her we caught up she asked me how I was doing school and I told her perfectly fine and then I asked her how her life was after high school so that she would work for her mentor, karen. One thing I noticed when I was talking to her a couple weeks ago was that I was the only one doing the