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The advice I would give myself knowing what I know now is to stay focus on what you want. College is not easy. So find a way to make it interesting. It's a great way to meet new people.
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I wonder if they'll do something like this for the kids who graduate next year. Guess we'll see. Maybe then they wont have to use cheap netbooks in class.

My name is Ruby Maestas, i had a horrible childhood when i first started highschool that was the time my mom lost her job and i became homeless i really did try to go to school but my situation caused alot of psycological problems and i was unable to continue now that i am a mother i want to become a counsler to try to help others in my past situatoin if i could tell kids how hard life can be without a education and how hard that you have to work for minimum wadge i would do my best to help them realize how important education is and tell them to just keep trying no matter what obsticals you face it is worth it to over come them as early in life as possible

If I could go back to the high school senior version of myself, I would constantly remind myself perservance is the key to success. I would also paid far more attention to in my weak subjects which are Math and the Sciences. I would have work alot hard with my challenging subject so that the fear that I currently have of taking these subject would have disappeared once I started college. In high school I was more focused on friends and getting into mischief, now that I am older and wiser I would have made better choice in friends and the activities I was involved. I realized now that the teaching I received in my home country of Jamaica has help me become a better college student and I strive of excellent at all times. I was less focus on school work and more focus on being a class clown, which was not good for me. I excelled in several subjects such as English, Business, Physical Education, Economics, Accounting, Religious Education to name a few.

I would advised myself to work hard at whatever my hands found to do, focus a lot more on my academic endeavors, read more, use time spent with friends and family wisely. High school was fun however I could have graduated with a higher GPA if I had settled down and focus on my books and less on what friends were involved in. I would listen more to the advise given to me by my mother and the elders around regarding ceasing all opportunities granted to me most of all an education.

Spend less time trying to be the center of attention, clowing around and more on excelling in my class, not settlling for a B grade when if I had work and study alot more I could have earned an A grade. Giving each class my full energy not matter how difficult the task may have been. I would listen more and speak less. Understanding that teachers are not the enemy, instead they are there to help me reach my full potential, that the teachers may see greatness in me that I may not have seen in myself.

If I could go back in time? I would tell myself to not listen to the people who wanted to prevent me from chasing a dream, even if their intentions were noble. I would tell myself what I told my own kids. Find something you love doing and pursue it. Income, and prestige don't matter if you find your occupation highly rewarding on a personal level. I would also tell myself to sit down and really think about what I want to do with my life, that setting clear goals with a plan of action does save oneself from getting completely side-tracked then sidelined.

Lastly I would tell myself, that I really am smart, I really do have talents, and that there are really only two opinions of me that I should listen to first and are the most important, God's and mine. He thinks I'm highly valuable, and worth blessing me richly and loves me excessively, despite my many failings. As He thinks I'm of great worth, then I must be, despite what anyone else may say.

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Joyce Jones was a graduate of J.Sargeant Community College in the 2008. A college of manys that I had chosen to continune my education. This college has lifted my head up more way than. I feel very proud of myself and homable of myself to have sent myself to school to better myself. Like a grape,it grows but it you leave it on the tree long enough it will continue to grow and then turn rite. Sometime they might grow a seeded so that you can regrow more. And that is how I feel about myself. By this I mean, now that I has graduated from the community college, recieved my certification and moral had grew some now I feel that I am ready for a bigger challege. That is my dream to concorded for the future holding a associate degree in my hand. I have taken one step, now go on and take another step an you will find that those step will be your foundation help you stand straight up,grow with your head up therefore; your moral will stand up. Watch Me Walk On.