My Essay

The process of baking cookies is very similar to the stages of our lives. Parents are those who mix the ingredients, schooling that assists the dough to rise, and the student who comes out in different shapes, sizes, and flavors. Throughout my life, there have been numerous events and individuals who aided in forming the person I have become. If it weren’t for all the joy and suffering that these people have caused me, I am sure that I would not be quite as academically prepared as I am today. My mother specifically has been an amazing role model throughout all the days of my life.

Today, too many children are drinking and doing drugs at a frightening young age without blinking an eye at their homework. Thankfully, my childhood taught me that making the right decisions ultimately will lead you to a better pathway for your future. When I was in grammar school I did not appreciate the punishments I received or guidelines that were set, but looking back I am glad that my mother loved me enough to properly punish for any misconduct. There was never a time that she had to place a finger on me, because I knew with one look that I better clean up my act. Also, attending a catholic grammar school helped enforce proper actions and sensible decision making.

Behind the horrible uniform and scorching hot summer days without air conditioning, St. Patricia Grammar School provided the students with excellent learning environment. With the class sizes remaining pretty petit, my class was a very close knit group of young students. This gave us the opportunity to ask questions in class without worrying about whether someone was going to laugh at you. As a result, we all worked together to make sure that everyone had an understanding of the materials that were presented. During those eight years we learned how to accept people’s strengths as well as weaknesses and accept that no one is perfect, but to always give one hundred percent.

College is like the next step to the “real world,” where you finally decide to put together everything that has been learned in the past and build on it. By attending Moraine Valley, I hope to narrow down what I would like to do as a career. Along the way I know that I will learn more about myself and the values that have already been my own syllabus of my life. Hard work and dedication will be the driving point in my academic career to insure that my future goes even better than my past has.

The time has come to put the cookies in the oven and see how they turn out. Will I succeed in life or accidentally burn? Having had a strong educational background, I am sure that I will come out just golden around the edges. Knowing that I have had an outstanding baker (mother) I am certain that all the hard work will pay off in the end. Eventually, I will be able to help one of my future children set themselves up for an equally rewarding future.