University of Missouri-Kansas City Top Questions

In my time at the University of Missouri-Kansas City I gained a knowledge that far surpassed Early Childhood Education. I learned about the variety of people in this city. I learned about the differences between individuals that make them who they are as well as the importance of addressing that as a teacher. The importance of taking each individual child and treating them as just that an individual. The average size of an early childhood classroom is 20 children and each of those 20 children is their own individual and it is vital that you let them know that it is ok to be them. This is what I walked away feeling was the best lesson I learned at UMKC and I wouldn't trade it for all the money in the world I think it is what makes me a good teacher.

My college experience has been awesome. I have never been surrounded by so many different people. Here I get to experience so many different views and cultures. I beleive this really broadens my perspective and my openness to the views of other people. I have met kids who were born in Scotland, India, and Australia. Now I have friends that have a completely different culure and religion from my own. It is truly a vital for people to experience different cultures and views from their own so they can be more understanding of the views and situations of other people. I am planning on being a doctor. UMKC is giving me a great experience in its accelerated medical program. I get to see patients already, even as a freshman! Also, I can tell my education is of high quality and that this school is giving me the tools I need to succeed. Having experienced so many different cultures will make me a more sensitive and understanding physician in the future.

From my college experince, I have gained a sence of independence, discipline, and courage. This is the first time I have lived away from home and had to support myself and govern my own decisions and even though I know I am not doing everthing right, I am learning all the way. It has been valuable to attend school because I know that I am bettering myself and helping to better my family. It has also been valuble for me to go to school away from home, because I am learning to become a productive adult and I am learning to depend on me instead of always being able to run to my parents for my needs and wants.

It has shown me that there are better things out there. It has also shown me that I should not settle for what I think I want and could be good for me, but to go for what I know I want and would be great for me. College has shown me the person I want to me. I have also met great people that have taken me out of my normal elements and shown me how I can grow as a person. I have also gained a lot of information about things I did not know before. College has also shown me that you have to work for what want. Unlike high school, you dont have someone telling you what you need to be doing. In college, you have to push yourself more than anything to get to where you want to go. I have also seen that the more education you have the more doors open for you. Before I started school, I was having a hard time getting jobs that I enjoy. The more I learn, the more doors open to better future. College has shown me different worlds to plenty of better places for my future.

I have gained independence and responsibility. Its been a value to attend UMKC because I know the enviroment but now that I am on my own I can explore and learn and still know that I am safe.

Within my college experience so far, I have gotten a clear understanding of who I am as an individual and what I stand for within society. I also have gained a clear insight of how to interact with the people I am housing with.

My college experience has provided quite a yield. From my time in college I have learned that with a little time management and persistence anything is achievable. I have learned to slow down and take every opportunity for an experience that comes along. Usually the unplanned stumbelings upon hold the most magic. I have learned that getting involved with an organization gives you some of the best memories of your time here. Being in college I have become independent as well as smart enough to know when to ask for help. I have made friendships and networks, and one in the same, with my colleagues and professors. College is not only valuable to ones resume, but valuable to ones mind and soul. College gives a person the opportunity to let down their guard and explore. College is as important an experience as traveling. It opens ones eyes to culture and life outside of themselves.

To me, my major is Grapgic Design. I learned some skills to use the computer multimedia. I was so amazed because I never know I can create images like that before I take these classes. I want to be a graphic designer, and design posts, ads.

From my college experience, I have learned not only things of educational value, but of personal value. Since I've been in college, I've discovered things about myself that I had never known before. At college, I have the chance to better myself as a person and to shape the person that I will be for the rest of my life, not only in matters of occupation, but in matters of character and morality.

What I have gotten most out of my college experience thus far is the relationships that I have built in college at the University of Missouri - Kansas City. I have been fortunate to make lasting friendships that I will hopefully take along with me for the rest of my life. These friendships are even the more valuable because I plan on attending the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in time for summer semester 2011. Furthermore, I endeavor to take along with me the experiences that I have been fortunate to encounter at the college that I currently attend. Since the American Musical and Dramatic Academy is solely a Performing Arts institution, I have strived to take with me my experiences in languages so that I can carry on my passion as a polyglot. I am fluent in both Spanish and English and I can speak proficient French and German. I have won numerous awards in language. One of these accolades includes the fact that I placed first locally and 6th nationally on the National French Exam my senior year in high school.