Sophomore Year

When I begun my second year I was prepared mentally for these classes even though I knew i would have to work very closely with my professor's to make sure that I was able to do what was asked of me cause I  knew that I needed to raise the bar for myself because my future depends on it. In doing so some of my teachers were not willing to work with me so I end up failing the class.

 In the the following semester I knew what professor's to adovie.  At this point I made a point to build the relationship with each teacher. I had also learn that I should not over load myself with a full course load so I cut my hours down by three hour a semester which means I will only take nine hours a semester.

Freshmen year in Collage

Starting my college career I was nervous cause I knew that I was going to find out how I was going to successes in my classes. When I got accepted University of Houston-Downtown I had to accuplacer. This exam is minatory for all new incoming students if ACT scores were not high enough. When I meet with an advisor I was told that I would have to take nothing but development courses cause I didn't score high enough to be placed in all freshmen level classes.

At this point I begun thinking how my last 12 years of education failed to prepare me for college. Regardless of that I took the classes serious. I was not ashame to ask for help when needed.  

Life after high school.

When I graduate from high school I knew that I was going to have an up hill battle to face. I applied to several college both with Houston and out of Houston. I got accepted into two colleges outside of Houston. One of them was Tyler Community College and Lamar University. I was really wanting to Beaumont Texas to attend Lamar University but my mother was not for my idea of leaving home and going off to school alone.
 

So I was forced to limit my choices to universities in the city of Houston cause that where lived at the time when I begun my college career. I only apply to The University of Houston-Downtown. I had to take the Accuplacer Exam to see what class I need to take my freshmen year.

Showing my ablites

                  Once my physical education teacher allowed me the opportunity to get out of my wheelchair for some of the exercises such as push up, I made a personal goal to continue doing these exercise out of my chair. As for my other classes I would ask my teachers if I could transfer to a normal desk for half of the class time and of course they were hesitant at first just cause they thought that I did not have control of my balance. 

         Now as for my other education outside of my physical one. In elementary school I was place in  a special ed class. In this class room setting I notice that all the other children were just like me in one way or another. As I move up in grade level I begin learn that all of my fellow classmates had different disabilities. 


            

     

Never allow people's labels limit you.

 Once I have open up myself to others I found  that others like learning about what makes me different from them. When I got to high school I begun to notice that most people wonder what could i do physical. I asked my gym if I could get out of wheelchair for some of the exercises. At first my teacher was unsure but I then asked her to give me just one chance to try to build my body strength.  

Judgement/ Personal Struggle

 As a young child I did not really notice that I was being judged based on my appearance. It was not until junior high that I being experiencing a personal struggle within myself. I wonder to myself why are these people looking at me like they can contact a disease from me. As I went through the next few year of junior high I begun to notice that the other students in my class had never seen someone in a wheelchair in their classes. I took it upon myself to educate others about my disability as well as others disabilities.

Ableism

Ableism is a form of discrimination against individuals with any disabilities. As a young child growing up I never that I had a disability. When I begun school I was put into a special needs classroom. All of my classmates had a disability some had physical challenges and others had mental challenges. Once I was in third grade my teacher Ms.Jones wanted to see how I would do in a regular classroom. She then went to the school principal  told her what she want to do so then they set up a meeting with my parents and a third grade teacher and made sure that everyone was in agreement with my teacher idea.