Learning Schooling

Scholarship Essay

Earliest Memories

• First Grade 2001

  • Major Family Memories

    • My earliest memories were having a level of wealth and freedom

    • That I was able to have a personal blender so I could make milkshakes for myself and other family and visitors.

    • Start a lemonade stand down the street.

    • Getting picked up by “strange youth” in a car sitting in middle of back seats while swung at mail boxes.

    • Hiding in a parcel mail box during neighborhood hid and go seek and not being found and having to walk back home feeling accomplished and left out at the same time.

    • Running naked out to the back yard after bath, and quickly being brought back inside.

    • Try to teach my nanny how to speak English with hooked on phonics lessons I had recently completed.

    • Flying in private planes.

    • And trying to stay up to party with adults as they discuss business adventures.

  • Major School Memories

    • My earliest Memories of school is starting a year early then being move up a Grade and then having to repeat that school year. 

  • Major Athletics Memories

    • Taekwondo Training Doing push up for mistakes during practice. As an individual.

  • Major Life Lesson

    • The Lesson learned from my earliest Memories ad to saying “Just because you're able to or allowed to do something doesn't me you should.” And “ just because you should do something doesn't mean people want to.” and “ just because people want you to do something and they think you should doesn't mean you're able to.” But ither way some is able disagree with your choices.

• Second Grade 2002 

  • Major Family Memories

    • My sister's friends saved my life after they got tangled in the jungle gym equipment in our backyard.

    • Getting in a fight with one of my sisters friends who was much taller, much larger, much older, and grades ahead of me in schooling, but still getting in trouble from school nurse.

  • Major School Memories

    • An assignment to create a boat for little bears out of a gallon of milk jug. But not being allowed to simply put the bears in the milk jug a put a lid on the milk jug. Frustrated the functionality mind set, but practiced my creative flow.

    • Peeing my pants in the hallway outside of my classroom door as I waited for my teacher to say I was free to go to the bathroom. 

  • Major Athletics Memories

    • Play with neighbors in their back yard with a dog.

  • Major Life Lesson

    • Knowing the purpose of a task might align perspectives on how tasks are done. As well as calm the reaction towards negative feed.

Parents’ Separation and Divorce and 

Moved to a City

• Second Grade 2002 

  • Major Family Memories

    • After my parents separation and having to repeat the second Grade.

    • Going to a private school

    • My feeling of anchoring my mom and sister into poverty instead of traveling onto wealthy lifestyle increased while realizing court cases and visitation deterred them from leaving the USA.

    • Having our place broken into after cleaning up our garage.

  • Major School Memories

    • Going to a private school 

    • The main academic project I remember learning from was how the food we eat could affect our temperament with the study of rats. 

    • Trying to tell a friends to stop sliding down slides with rocks on them after they threw rocks on the slide while I was using it. Then having one of my friends falling off the slide with rocks that they threw onto slide and break a bone, and being rushed to the Nurses office.

  • Major Athletics Memories

    • Running away from older children during recess after frustrating and annoying them.

  • Major Life Lesson

    • I learned the intense abrupt reaction and responses to life's problems or irritation. This could be due to my impoverished access to food.

Moved to A Suburb 

• Third Grade 2003

  • Major Family Memories

    • Moving into a large spacious house.

    • Having hotel parties with my friends and I 

  • Major School Memories

    • Going back to public school

    • Major School memory was not everyone who is friends with you at school is allowed or able to be friends with you outside of school. 

  • Major Athletics Memories

    • Running home from school

  • Major Life Lesson

    • The life Lesson learned was people are willing to bend or break the rules so that they can maintain friendships with me. Even if I don't like misbehaving or causing trouble. 

Moved back to a City Apartment 

• Fourth Grade 2004

  • Major Family Memories

    • I began to recognize stability with government support and the support I can give to others by accepting government support from standing in line for dried milk and canned food. And going to the public library to study, and learning science, technology, and engineering. While we built up Global Life Focus out of Kinkos, Libraries, Churches.

    • My sister got accepted into a number of IVY leagues and Stanford and traveling with her to University feeling happy they were able to rejoin wealthy lifestyles At Columbia University. While I moved in with my Dad in Kansas.

    • Going to at in-home daycare and changing diapers as I was being babysat with other much younger children.

  • Major School Memories.

    • Major school Memories were being separated and singled out. Finding a reptile that technically gave live birth after being told that reptiles lay eggs brought on the laughter of my classmates and solidified my understanding that it wasn't always good to stand out.

    • Pastor School at World Revival Church 

  • Major Athletics Memories

    • Running a mile in Gym classes in 4.02 minutes 

    • My dad started to put me into track meets. Most notably in the Hershey track & field meets

    • Junior Olympics at School running the 4×100 relay in basketball shoes.

  • Major Life Lesson

    • Attributes, talents, and knowledge aren't always discovered or praised in school, and talents aren't always appropriate or appreciated in school or life. 

Sisters Graduation

Both Mother and Sister travel to New York City

• Fifth Grade 2005 

  • Major Family Memories

    • My mother not Returning from her trip to Montreal Because of blockades at the border of United States of America, and Canada

    • Me staying with a family friend until my dad came to pick me  

  • Major School Memories

    • First weeks of school getting asked by the principal to be a witness of a crime on campus. I was also being asked to fight in the bathroom saying no and still having to go to the principal's office.

    • Moving to another school in the country, meeting new friends, and having to adjust my attitude and dispositions from angry and tough to happy and welcoming. “So I Don't Scary People” 

  • Major Athletics Memories

    • My friends and I trying to practice our running on the track and accidentally brushing up against people.

  • Major Life Lesson

    • The emotions you feel don't always have to be the emotion you express to others. But usually the emotions you express tend to become the emotions that you feel.

Moved to the Country

• Sixth Grade 2006

  • Major Family Memories

  • Major School Memories

  • Major Life Lesson

• Seventh Grade 2007

  • Major Family Memories

    • Adjusting lifestyles from living with my mom to living with dad. Wasn't always smooth due to trauma responses

  • Major School Memories

  • Major Athletics Memories

    • School athletics are being taken seriously and starting my journey to school sports.

  • Major Life Lesson

    • Cultural differences aren’t always about different countries or different cities, but different upbring

• Eighth Grade 2008 

  • Major Family Memories

    • Settling into my dad's lifestyle. 

    • Regular visits at grandma's house with my younger brother.  

  • Major School Memories

    • Being dropped from my gifted math classes was shook and not being able to go to summer school to learn the information that was required to reenter my gifted math class was frustrating.

  • Major Athletics Memories

    • Learning how to run long distances as a team and running a mile 5.15 minutes 

    • Play football and have a successful season despite my smaller size.

  • Major Life Lesson

    • They're is less systemic support to help people stay ahead then there's to help people falling behind catchup to standard 

High School

• Ninth Grade 2009

  • Major Family Memories

    • Family Vacations Traveling 

  • Major School Memories.

    • Going to school where my stepmom worked as a teacher.

  • Major Athletics Memories

    • Freshman Football 

    • Regularly competing with Teammates to make the Varsity team.

    • Winning in Varsity tournaments as a freshman 

  • Major Life Lesson

    • The lack of will to accomplish a difficult task doesn't mean the task won't get accomplished by hardworking or talented individuals.

• Tenth Grade 2010

  • Major Family Memories

    • New to me Car allows me to travel to school and social events alone.

  • Major School Memories

    • Joining my stepmom's French Language & Literature program.

  • Major Athletics Memories

    • Almost qualifying for State Tournament 

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  • Major Life Lesson

    • Trying your best is always going to get you where you want to be, but the journey and practice of try your best will help you gain learn about yourself 

• Eleventh Grade 2011 

  • Major Family Memories

    • Death in family causes shifts in my priorities.

    • Car Cash that Totaled the Car

  • Major School Memories

    • Wanting to go to school with my sister at any school, but realizing my grades weren't  going to get me in the schools she got into so I doubled effort on extracurricular joining clubs and and adding to athletic endeavors.

    • Youth Court volunteering as a youth court lawyer. To help my fellow students adjust behavior and avoid more serious trouble with adult systems.

  • Major Athletics Memories

    • Qualifying for state tournament 

  • Major Life Lesson

    • Figuring out ways around and through difficult situations, can cause new paths to be created or newly accessible to you. 

• Twelfth Grade 2012

  • Major Family Memories

    • Trips to Europe touring France, and Spain with family and friends.

    • New Car Also crashed 

  • Major School Memories

    • Feeling like I won't get into school with my sister and not putting effort into being accepted by any other schools, because of my reluctance to live away from family.

    • Signing commitment to be a student athlete at a Community College 

    • Riding public bus system to get to and from school 

  • Major Athletics Memories

    • Qualifying for Kansas State tournament 

    • Placing 5th in Kansas State Tournament 

  • Major Life Lesson

    • You prepare to progress or your planning to stagnate. Plans don't always go as planned, and no plan doesn't always mean nothing is going to happen.

High School Graduation

Traveling to New York City, 

then Checking In on Mom in Montreal,

then Getting Accepted in to McGill University Program.

•  University McGill University 2012-2016 Montreal, Canada 

  • Major Family Memories

    • Reuniting with my mom, readjusting to living with my mom lifestyle in Montreal, Canada 

    • Starting work as an actor, landing hero roles. Then joining the ACTRA Actors Union.

    • Revisiting my Grandfather after years. Watching him recovering his health incrementally with support from family. Then struggling to find retirement housing. Then him passing away in Hospital after trying to ask for him to be brought back to an apartment or house.

    • My mom being forcibly hospitalized after my grandfather's death.

  • Major School Memories

    • Management Frosh at McGill University 

    • Getting on to the McGill University Varsity Track and Field Team

    • Going to Urbana Conference with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship of McGill and People's Church Montreal.

    • Writing Appeal letters to McGill University while waiting on Grandfather at the hospital.

    • Getting into legal difficulties with another student at McGill University for unclear reasons.  

    • Leaving school with close to $3,000 owed to McGill University, because I wanted to avoid conflict with other students and wanting to spend more time with family during difficult times.

    • Close to $3,000 prevented me from returning to school at McGill University. 

    • My debt to McGill University was being bundled with other debts to amount to $7,000 dollar in student debt further raising the barrier of re-entring into classes at McGill University

  • Major Athletics Memories

    • Ran for the first time in a while time still had Cardio, but was much slower than I previously. Decide to work on speed work to to regain Former speed to run a under 3+ minute mile.

    • Competed in Long Jump, and High Jump at a University level.

    • Signed on to the Canadian National Development Team 

  • Major Life Lesson

    • People being friends with you outside of school doesn't mean they're able to friends with you in the school system, and not everyone is able to break the rules to maintain relationships with me.

• Concordia University 2020 - 2021 Montreal

  • Major Family Memories

    • Finding case manager and psychiatrist that support my academic career 

  • Major School Memories

    • Join a space club and rekindling my enthusiasm for Science, technology, engineering, and math.

  • Major Athletics Memories

  • Major Life Lesson

    • It's not too late. It's not to late take my gifted math class. It's not too late to plan for distant space travel. It's not to late.

• Online Learning Differences

  • Major Family Memories

    • Financial restrictions prevented me from attending in-person classes but websites like Coursera help support my studies on topic across the spectrum 

  • Major Life Lesson

    • The schools and tools that might have the best education might not be enough. The extracurricular activities Social aspects of schooling are in high demand. 

Financial Ask

• I'm asking for financial support to pay school debt so that I can re attend finish my certificate at McGill University 

• Or

• I'm asking for financial support to pay for school at _____ .