I. Growing up I’ve always set goals so that I could accomplish something great in life.

II. My family always supported any goal’s I made, and persuaded me to pursue my entire list of goal’s in life. “What ever you set your mind to, you can accomplish”, was the quote I heard almost everyday growing up. So of course, my mindsets was set on finishing school with descent grades, and move on in life, attend college and take any necessary steps to become a registered nurse. Pretty standard huh? Trying to take the easy road, the simple road? What I didn’t do is give it 100%, while trying to make high school go by quick and easy. I failed to give it my all.

III. My friends mindsets where much like my own, we all wanted to have the quickest high school career. I barely studied, and didn’t give my assignments 100%. Was I dumb? No. Lazy? A Bit. But my friends didn’t push me to do better, and I didn’t push them either. We were all destined for greatness though; we just didn’t see it yet. I got more than what I bargained for when it came time to have college tours, take exams, do entrance test, and turn in my transcripts. What I didn’t know was the schools I wanted to attend, needed more than what I had to offer, because my grades didn’t cut it. My test scores were average, and my cumulative GPA didn’t meet the requirements.

IV. My teachers tried, I admit I gave them a hard time. I can admit that they were just trying to convince me to show what I can do. I was more focused on not being the geek, the smart girl, and the nerdy type. So I focused on being the class clown and only doing enough work so that I can pass instead of doing enough work so I can pass and be at the head of the class. In a classroom, some students are either very bright, intelligent, or creative. As well as students who are just average or dull or even very dull. My teacher noticed I was very bright, and tried to get me to bring it out. She use to call on me for the hardest problems, and put me in situations where I was almost embarrassed to answer because I didn’t want my friends to know just how bright I was.

V. The moral of this essay is that, when life gives you opportunities, take them. If you have knowledge and intelligence to get you ahead in life, take advantage of it. Giving 50% and doing half a** jobs in life wont cut it. You can’t get ahead on being average, well you can, but why be average, when you’re very bright. If you’re intelligent use your intelligence. Once you get ahead to where you want to be, you cant back track to fix everything you’ve worked for up into that point in life. I learned the hard way and now, I know to use my intelligence where and whenever an opportunity arrives.