My Academic Journey From Grade School to College

My Academic Journey

A story by Kevin Taylor

Table of Contents

• Introduction

• Part 1-1.4: Grade School, Middle School and High School Years

• Part 2-2.8: Earning The GED

• Part 3-3.8: The College Journey

• Part 4-4.1: Current Status

• Part 5-Future Plans/The End

• Hello. My name is Kevin and I’m a free agent who’s currently seeking employment in management, marketing, customer service, food service/hospitality. I have created this slideshow to give you an inside look at my academic background and achievements. If you would like to know more you can find me on a wide array of social media sites. Feel free to browse my presentation and I hope that you find it to be interesting.

Introduction

Part 1-Beginning The Journey

Carver Elementary School

Part 1.1-Elementary School

Part 1.1 Continued

It was a tough learning environment

to say the very least. However, I did what

I had to do in order to learn and make forward

Progress.

During those years, I learned basic reading, writing

math, science, art , music and social studies skills.

Luckily, I was a fast learner and being so enabled

me to move on to middle school.

Part 1.2-Middle School

Spring Ridge Middle School

Part 1.3-Middle School Awards

Part 1.4-The High School Years

Part 1.4 Continued

• My student ID.

Part 2-Earning The GED

Part 2.1-Earning The GED

Part 2.2-Earning The GED

I wanted to earn my GED in 2007 but I wasn’t quite ready yet.

Part 2.3-Earning the GED

Study Plan

MathScienceSocial StudyLiterature

31.6%

18.4% 15.6%

This chart displays the subject matter that I studied the most in preparation for the GED test.

34.4%

Part 2.4-Earning the GED

These are a few of the books that I used to study with.

Part 2.5-Earning the GED

These are a few more of the books that I used to study with.

Part 2.6-Earning The GED

Some of the study material and worksheets.

Part 2.7-Earning The GED

My Certificate of Achievement for the First Annual Essay Contest.

Part 2.8-Earning The GED

After months of continuous studies and hard work, I earned the GED.

Part 3-The College Journey

Part 3.1-The College Journey

The campus and my acceptance letter.

Part 3.2-The College Journey

Part 3.3-The College Journey

My unofficial transcript and my online transcript.

Part 3.4-The College Journey

Strayer University is where I proceeded to study Business for 2.7 years.

Part 3.5-The College Journey

Part 3.6-The College Journey

The GPA (4.0) Honors List for Spring/Summer 2010.

Part 3.7-The College Journey

My Competitive Profile Matrix (CPM), SWOT Analysis and Marketing essay.

Part 3.8-The College Journey

Two of the 20+ courses that I’ve taken at Strayer University.

Part 4-Current Status

Giving back to the local community one day at a time.

Part 4.1-Current Status

To the left is what I call the Tutor’s Table and to the right is some work from my current ESL student and I.

Thank you for taking the time to view my presentation. I will be making more in the near future . You are more than welcome to share this presentation for professional purposes.

My future plans are as follows:-Networking-Getting Hired -Work for a Great Company-Making long-term professional connections