Strengths and Weaknesses Essay

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Jennifer Cortez

Strengths and Weaknesses Essay

Strengths and Weaknesses Essay 1

What is driving me? What is driving me is the want to have a career that I enjoy and am professionally trained to do. In result I would be able to provide a better life for my family and for myself. I would also like to become a positive role model for my child. My child's name is Kayla, Mitchelle, Portocarrero. She is now 10 months old, and I can’t get enough of her, I love her so much. Parenthood is such a joy to me. She is the reason I want to wake up in the morning and start my day. She is the reason why I want to strive for a better future. I know I have to work hard for what I want to achieve in life, and I am fully committed to do so. Parenthood is a lot of responsibility and children require much attention and care. But I am so delighted to attend to her. I am also glad I a have her grandmother helping me with her.

Aside from being a parent I am still making the transition from living in the country for the past five years and coming back home to the fast paced environment of New York City. It is not foreign territory to me, I was born here, but you get used to a certain norm when you live in a certain environment for a while. Moving to New York was a good move for me because I now get to be closer to my family and get to see them more often. In addition to that I was lucky enough to be granted admission to this college. The acceptance to this school was the positive reinforcement that I longed for. I have had so many negatives in my life. People that I considered to be friends were the first ones to spread false rumors about me and give me negative feedback about my endeavors. You would think that if something good happened in your life that your "friends" would be happy for you. Well, in consequence to their mockery and disapproval. I just gave up on my friendships with them. I just did not have the patience to entertain their slander. My strengths are that I am able to cope with loss very well and if necessary separate myself from people.

Where am I in life, I am living in New York City with my boyfriend our child and my daughters grandmother. What I am trying to achieve at the moment is passing all of my courses with decent or better grades. What I am in the process of doing to get those good grade is handing in all of my assignments on time and seeking out tutoring assistance. The course I have trouble with is math, I hope that with my efforts and reaching out to my resources I will improve my mathematical abilities. Another strength that I have is resilience, I think every person has this but I believe that this trait has played an important part in my life as to helping me recover from terrible situations I have had to face.

There was a moment in my life when I was threatened by being affiliated with people that were  going down the wrong road. It was a mistake to spend my time with people that were just interested in starting trouble. I found that surrounding yourself with people that aren't interested in doing something positive just slows your progress. That is why I decided to do end the friendships that I had established. It was hard for me to do this because I remembered all the fun times I had with them. But I was not willing to risk my life again for them. I just had to move on. The negative impact that had on me is that I have a hard time trusting friends or people that I get to know. It hurts me when it comes to starting new friendships. I am surprised I am as positive as I am today. I think that my positive nature is another strength that helps me and will continue to help me throughout my life. Back then the probability of me getting to where I am today was slim to nothing. Well, that is the past, this is now. Things may not be ideal, but the fact of me attending college is such an accomplishment. I am glad. I think what will set me back are my tendencies to be disorganized, and not managing my time and money properly. But I am learning and making some progress. I am prioritizing now and taking advantages of the services provided in my school such as tutoring. I feel that every staff member in this school is here to help and I am and will continue to reach out for help when I need to. I am glad this school is targeted towards adults and that people understand that your life stretches beyond the classroom. Professors seem to be fairly lenient. My hopes are that when I graduate I will have more positive attributes than negative and that I will be prepared to enter the career that I chose.