URGENT PS FEEDBACK, CAN ANYONE HELP?
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 5:15 am
A challenge is my favorite form of entertainment. So when Isaiah, my college boyfriend, and I took Dr. Hilliard Lackey’s history class, a competition had to occur. Now, I am the “study hard to get good grades” learner while information seemed to come naturally for Isaiah. We enrolled in the Monday, Wednesday, and Friday class sessions; and started to compete for the highest grade. When I learned that he had a higher average than me, I strategized. I read various supplemental topic-relevant readings outside of the course text and decided to attend Dr. Lackey’s Tuesday and Thursday class to reinforce and learn the subject matter. After one of the Thursday sessions had ended, Dr. Lackey summoned me, “Gavin, what are you doing here?” I informed him of the competition, and he was impressed with my overachievement. At the end of the semester, not only did I “beat” Isaiah, but I won the overall history department award.
My life is impacted with situations that show how God’s favor and my determination have allowed me to be successful in various endeavors. My teaching career is evidence of this. On my first day as a substitute teacher, I was assigned a class that had a reputation of running teachers away. However, when the assistant principal walked into the classroom and found these kids quiet and on-task with their studies, she was impressed. Later that day, the principal walked to the classroom and offered a long term substitute teacher position in Biology. After a few months, I felt that I was doing an injustice to my students because my background was in English not Biology and decided to stop teaching the class. When I informed the principal my decision, he offered me a contracted English position.
A few years later, our school administration discreetly decided to consolidate the two California Partnership Academies on our campuses into one academy. They appointed me to be the new Lead Director- a position highly sought after due to budget control and supervisory experience -over both of the existing experienced Academy Lead Directors. While this was an honor, it was also a challenge because I had to rely heavily on training from the two individuals who had just been demoted from their positions. However, due to our working relationship prior to this, the former Lead Directors were willing to train and support me. It was evident that these two teachers were struggling with the Principal’s decision and their decrease in salary; however, God made the situation one that was amicable and allowed me to be a successful Lead Director with academic growth of our Academy students during my tenure in this position.
In 2014, God gave me an idea to create a television show for our school with the goal of educating while entertaining our students on socio-economic issues. It was the first professional production that was done by the school and offered great cinematic exposure to our students. So I wrote the script, borrowed and raised money for the production, and secured four different locations- in addition to full access of our school campus- for the production. There were several challenges that occurred- such as two students who had lead parts failing to appear the day of the shoot. I quickly recast and got everything done within the allotted time. I felt really resourceful and grateful that I was able to provide this opportunity for all involved. We currently have an offer to appear on the television station PBS (Public Broadcasting System) after we completed the final edits.
I am interested to see how divine favor and determination will be a blessing for myself and others in the field of law. It would be exciting to be an advocate in education reform to improve the circumstances that my colleagues and students often complain about. Because I have never been a lawyer, I can not attest to the type of lawyer I would be. However, it is my hope that my future endeavors mimic my past success, and I become a great attorney.
My life is impacted with situations that show how God’s favor and my determination have allowed me to be successful in various endeavors. My teaching career is evidence of this. On my first day as a substitute teacher, I was assigned a class that had a reputation of running teachers away. However, when the assistant principal walked into the classroom and found these kids quiet and on-task with their studies, she was impressed. Later that day, the principal walked to the classroom and offered a long term substitute teacher position in Biology. After a few months, I felt that I was doing an injustice to my students because my background was in English not Biology and decided to stop teaching the class. When I informed the principal my decision, he offered me a contracted English position.
A few years later, our school administration discreetly decided to consolidate the two California Partnership Academies on our campuses into one academy. They appointed me to be the new Lead Director- a position highly sought after due to budget control and supervisory experience -over both of the existing experienced Academy Lead Directors. While this was an honor, it was also a challenge because I had to rely heavily on training from the two individuals who had just been demoted from their positions. However, due to our working relationship prior to this, the former Lead Directors were willing to train and support me. It was evident that these two teachers were struggling with the Principal’s decision and their decrease in salary; however, God made the situation one that was amicable and allowed me to be a successful Lead Director with academic growth of our Academy students during my tenure in this position.
In 2014, God gave me an idea to create a television show for our school with the goal of educating while entertaining our students on socio-economic issues. It was the first professional production that was done by the school and offered great cinematic exposure to our students. So I wrote the script, borrowed and raised money for the production, and secured four different locations- in addition to full access of our school campus- for the production. There were several challenges that occurred- such as two students who had lead parts failing to appear the day of the shoot. I quickly recast and got everything done within the allotted time. I felt really resourceful and grateful that I was able to provide this opportunity for all involved. We currently have an offer to appear on the television station PBS (Public Broadcasting System) after we completed the final edits.
I am interested to see how divine favor and determination will be a blessing for myself and others in the field of law. It would be exciting to be an advocate in education reform to improve the circumstances that my colleagues and students often complain about. Because I have never been a lawyer, I can not attest to the type of lawyer I would be. However, it is my hope that my future endeavors mimic my past success, and I become a great attorney.