Reflective Essays
"It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly."
-Claude Monet
Goal Reflection Essay
To Teach or Not to Teach, That is the Question
When I applied to Michigan State University’s Master of Arts of Education Program, I was set on becoming an elementary school teacher. Though I was only two years into my five-year service commitment to the US Army, it was that goal that was getting me through the challenges I faced...
Future Learning Essay
My Body, My Heart, My Soul
Learning is lifelong. It is not just done in formal settings or academia, but in personal relationships, in museums and theaters, in new experiences and friends and struggles and triumphs. I intend to continue my learning in all these areas, humbly approaching life with an open mind. But it took this essay to push me to apply this commitment to learning to my personal and professional goals as well. All three goals I selected are not immediate or short-term ones, but fluid, long-term dreams and aspirations.
Synthesis Essay
What Will Your Verse Be?
Four years ago this month, I applied to Michigan State University. I was in my second year of serving in the Army, living in Colorado, newly married, and with a brand new rescued black lab. I had found a soccer team to play on and began traveling and taking pictures of all the National Parks in Colorado. It was a time of discovery, of change. And it was a time in which I wanted to get back to learning.