EPGY High- Read My Essay!

Find_a_Way
Sat, 27 May 2006 03:39:16 +0000

Hello! I know this is College Confidential, but I looked at some of the posts and thought it may be helpful for me when I apply to EPGY Online Highschool.

I have been home-schooling since the middle of 7th grade, and I’m in 8th grade right now. The school requires me to write essays, so I was wondering if you guys could look at it and tell me what you think. It’s special because I home-school. The prompt was:

Describe yourself as a student. What subjects do you enjoy studying? What are some of the ways that you like to learn? What do you like or dislike about school?

Below is my essay. Thanks!

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I consider myself unique and very much eager to learn. However, not all schools offer what is best for a unique student. That is perhaps why I started home schooling about a year and a half ago. At the school I was put into classes according to grades, not according to my special skills or talents. It failed to bring out the full potential in a student; I never really realized my own potential to advance in mathematics until I started home-schooling. I completed two math courses in less than half a year, when the school had convinced me repeatedly that it would take two years at the very least.

A school cannot always provide a different learning environment for its students. For example, one student may do best by applying content to many different areas while another may prefer visual learning and visual learning only. Although I can adapt to diverse learning methods, I do have my preferred ways. Learning visually is one way which I favor when it comes to understanding mathematics; drawing graphs and charts helps me immensely when struggling to grasp a new concept or solve a difficult question. Furthermore, I believe that keeping one’s own pace is very important in learning. Although I am generally advanced in science, some theories take more time to fully understand than others. Learning which respects an individual’s pace will be very helpful.

I greatly enjoy writing. I strongly believe that fully expressing ones opinions is truly important in today’s society, and that writing is one of the most widespread methods of civilized communication. Although I entered the States only a few years back, I rather rapidly grasped the language and soon was able to write without any difficulty. I have previously written for newspapers, newsletters, and more to fully bring out my talent in this subject.

At the moment I am studying trigonometry and pre-calculus, which I find deeply interesting. It is not the precision of mathematics which I am appealed to; I am simply in love with the fact that any one problem can be solved in numerous different ways. Practicing math questions has helped me solve any problem in life creatively yet systematically, and eventually, efficiently.

I love learning for simply what it is. Whether it’s finding out more about the Great Awakening or studying how to graph a trigonometric function, learning feels good, and I do not plan on stopping until I am fully satisfied.