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From my college experience , I consider that the most valuable achievement in my education is the clear understanding of the purpose of my intending profession. My aim is to become a professional teacher, and I believe that a teacher should be open-minded and caring and should be able to demonstrate equity in the classroom. When saying that a teacher should be open minded, I refer to a teacher who accepts others’ ideas and beliefs. It is important that a teacher considers everyone’s ideas in a classroom in order to create a feeling of belonging in every student. Teachers should be caring with all students so that they feel protected and comfortable in class. Teachers should also practice equity in class. Examples of equity are giving certain students more time to finish specific tasks or providing dictionaries to English language learners. In my opinion, well-rounded teachers have these three characteristics that comprise their educational philosophy. This way, students will feel as if they are part of the learning environment and will safely contribute and learn in class, which will effectively allow the teacher to serve as the guide to a better future life for the students.

My college experience has helped me grow and mature both academically and personally into a person that I am proud to be. Meeting my husband on campus is a main reason why attending CWU has been so valuable for me. He has helped shape the person that I have become. Also, because of his ever present support and encouragement I am determined to pursue my childhood dream of becoming a doctor. Attending CWU has given me the opportunity to take classes that I really enjoy which have helped reinforce my plans of attending medical school. My last four years of college have made me realize that I really enjoy school; I have gained a great appreciation for learning and performing well academically.

My college experience at Central Washington University (CWU), has been not only educationally enlightening, but it has also provided me with a deeper insight into who I am and what I stand for. To clarify, prior to attending college, my understanding of the world as I knew it primarily involved my hometown of Shelton, Washington, a small, historical logging community. Through my varied college experiences, however, I have been activly developing my understanding of how the world works, the variety of people in it, and who I am, as well as who I can become, as an indavidual. Continuing my academic career at CWU has been valuble personally now, and I feel it will be valuble occupationally in the near future.

College has simbly been valuable in that I feel like I have been able to allow my brain to explore new information. It is a boost of self esteem to feel more knowledgable. The more information one knows about a subject, the more their opinion matters. Education is highly important because it allows one to argue fairly, and be more understanding. I was a rather close minded person before college and it wasn't out of ignorance, but simply that I was just not educated enough. Know I understand the how the why and who of many things that I did not know before. I learned that the education gained at my college is not only applied to tests and homework, but life as well. I value it very much.

So far I have gained a lot from my college experience. I have matured and learned to be more patient, more understanding, and to be more independent. I have also learned that sometimes you have to seperate yourself from all the negativity around you, even if it is coming from people that you consider friends or family, in order to do well and get to where you want to be. Sometimes it is okay to be selfish. Central has been valuable for me to attend because it has allowed me to become more independent from my parents. It is far away enough from home to where i have to do everything for myself and not depend on my mom to do it. It has also opened my eyes and helped me to become more open-minded about life. Overall attending Central has helped shaped me into becoming a well rounded and educated individual.

As far as my college experience has gone so far, I've realized a few things: there is so much opportunity to learn, there is much more diversity among my peers, and that this is when the rest of my life will begin to take shape. One of my first concerns attending college is finding a subject I'm passionate about. I would love nothing more than to figure out just what it is that I would love to study out of all the amazing disciplines available at CWU, and then applying what I've learned to make a difference in someone else's life. In addition to the academic opportunities presented to me is the chance to know and learn about diverse people unlike never before. Learning about other cultures, customs, and religions among my peers is fascinating and important to my growth in understanding and freely accepting others who may be different than me. This time of my life in college is when the foundation for my future is being built upon relations and education that will stay with me for the rest of my life, enabling me to pursue a career that changes people's lives.

Deciding to go to college was one of the best decisions of my life, because I have begun to learn to so much, not just in my classes, but in the whole college experience. So far in my college career, I have learned to accept people no matter the differences. Quickly, I also learned responsiblity and how to mange my time. I learned that in order to have a good college experience, I have to put myself out there and not be afraid to try new things. I have learned the responsiblilities of a student such as aking questions, making sure I understand the material, and studying. Being in college, I have also learned the importance of keeping a tight schedule. Making sure I am on time for class and appointments.

Throughout college I have learned that you actually need to try in order to be successful. I have made excellent friends that I will have with me for life. The Central Washington Universtiy campus in Ellensburg is one of the most beautiful I have seen. The people in town are very friendly and are proud of the town. This whole college has given me an opporitunity to reflect on my life and understand how greatful I am that my parents can afford to send me to college. College has made me a stronger person in that I can talk in front of groups of people and I am confident in what i say and know. School has taught me the value of education and how much people are endowed in their fields, I love college and I have never felt so comfortable somewhere. Lastly people always say that they want their careers to be a college student, well I completly agree.

There are many things I've gotten out of my college experience but for the most part it has taught me to become more independent. I started off going to a community college where my parents were still helping me pay for everything because I still lived at home. However, now I am currently at a 4-year university where I am having to pay for my own bills, rent, schooling, food, etc. This has been a huge life changing event and it is amazing belonging to a university where so many advisors and teachers care about you and whether your learning what you should be and whether your taking the classes you should be. It feels nice to know there are other people looking out for you and helping you make it on your own when you are so far away from home. Becoming an independent woman has made me realize how tough life can be and at the same time has made me realize how much it has helped me grow, and I owe this all to college.

From college I've obtained indepence, self discovery and confidence. It's been valuable to me because it makes me realize I can make friends, I can be myself and people like me for me. It helps me figure out who I want to be as a person and know that there's many different kinds of people out there who I can interact with and learn from and grow as an individual. It makes me want to strive harder to do better in school and in life and accomplish what I came to start.