I am a homeschooled dual credit student through Maloney Christian Academy currently enrolled in the Lone Star Honors College Kingwood. I am a survivor of quadruplets born at twenty-six weeks and two days. Having spent the first eighty-one days of my life in the NICU (New Born Intensive Care Unit), perseverance and overcoming obstacles has been a part of my life since the beginning. Living with my two surviving siblings has taught me many important responsibility and teamwork skills. The ability to apply those skills has brought me to great aspirations.
This is my third semester at Lone Star Kingwood; I am currently conducting research for my Honors Microeconomics presentation. I am becoming involved in Phi Theta Kappa, the Math and Engineering …show more content…
Cora Anne Williams. Public Speaking taught me not only how to present myself in a professional way it taught me to be prepared for the unexpected, to be confident in ability and to apply myself to the full extent. Before speech class the thought of presenting in front of an audience was daunting. My first speech I was absolutely terrified. To make thing even more stressful the computer would not allow the power point to be projected. I was prepared to improvise and was able to present the material, though delivery was mediocre. After struggling with the delivery I knew practice, critics and being more knowlegble would be the only way the succeed. By my last speech I was able to receive the highest grade on a speech of the entire class. Dr. Williams was so excited jumping up and down in the classroom after class she asked me what I had done differently. The reason I did so well by the end of the semester was because of being prepared, practice, hard work and fully applying myself to the task. I had achieved my goal of learning and successfully applying the material and making my peers proud. The drive to succeed and persurver through the fear and difficulty led to success and