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Through my education, I have had many valuable experiences that have influenced my goals and passions in life. The opportunities that I have had have taught me how to overcome challenges and efficiently solve problems. These experiences have helped me recognize my strengths, develop my talents and inspire me to become a successful student.This job would allow me to immerse myself in a diverse and innovative community where people’s differences are encouraged and celebrated. I have been actively involved in my school’s culture and community and this has allowed me to achieve personal growth and has also influenced what I want my future to be.
A key class that has strengthened my leadership skills, while also teaching me how to effectively work with others, is Media Communications. Through Media Communications, a fellow classmate and I developed our own segment in the school’s weekly video announcements. Every week we put together a segment that would be reviewed by the teacher to determine if it was suitable for the student body. Because of this we were able to create meaningful and entertaining content while also connecting with the community of Wauwatosa East High School. Through this course, I learned how to work with people of all different backgrounds, and learned that collaboration and communication are extremely valuable skills that I can apply to my education and career. The course allowed me to express my own ideas and I was given the power to impact an entire school through my creativity. I was able to form relationships with people that could relate to the messages that we were spreading and became a role model for many of my classmates. This experience truly sparked my passion to continue a career in communication and leadership.
Additionally, I have played basketball for twelve years, which has shaped me into a dedicated, hard working and devoted teammate outside of school as well as in school. I am an exceptionally driven person who has the ability to lead others to success. I am able to solve problems while under pressure and work well in a group environment. I build off of other people’s strengths and also my own to achieve team goals. I can efficiently observe how other people work and how they accomplish tasks which gives me an understanding of what I need to do to accomplish an end goal. For example, being the captain of my high school basketball team was a very honorable position to have. I learned and expressed with my teammates that in order to win, we needed to always come together. I encouraged them to play their best and made sure that every single player knew that they had the support of the team even when they were struggling. I wanted everyone to feel part of something special and recognize that their contributions were beneficial to the game. This created an inclusive and welcoming environment which produced a very successful season. I aspire to continue leading others positively while pursuing my college education.
Throughout my education I have experienced personal and academic achievements that have motivated me to pursue a career where I can lead others and communicate effectively to achieve a common goal. Classes that I have taken and activities I have taken part in has truly shaped me into a hard working individual. I have learned how to build off of other people’s strengths and work well in a group environment in order to better my education as well as my classmate’s. I am eager to apply these skills as I move forward in my life.