My student life at ACLC
My time at ACLC has been an interesting one, I learned how to take the initiative to do my own work so I could finish it before class met again the follow time. I also learned how to take lots of work without stressing out about it. At ACLC I learned Algebra one and two, Geometry, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, English one-four, US History, Modern World History, and Government/ Economics.
At ACLC the school says to take charge of your learning. When I first arrived at ACLC I took that I guess to literal. I thought that I could choose what I needed to take whenever I wanted to take it and I didn't have to take classes if I didn't want to. What I didn't know was there was a requirement for graduation. So after figuring all that out I had the hardest time adapting to the ACLC way of life. Since there isn't a marked time to do homework at ACLC I thought that it didn't matter when or if I had to turn it in. What I ended up learning was when I needed to take care of my academic work. This probably had to be the hardest thing to do in ACLC even the classes weren't this hard. One other thing I had to learn was to not let work pile on top of each other at ACLC till the point that I don't see how to get out of it. Back then I would just flip and not do it due to too much work that I had to make up and the current assignments. Not much has changed though I do my best to get all my work in on time except there are times when I fall a tad behind. When I came to ACLC I was used to taking care of my own problems and not taking to other people. I kind of had to learn how to use the JC system.
The curriculum that I had to learn at ACLC was the one to get accepted into a UC. I have so far taken most of the classes necessary to graduate from ACLC I am just missing the ones needed to take this senior year. Math has never been my all time favorite subject so I am just barely getting by in it . I am currently in Algebra II and it has to be the hardest class I have ever taken. I have taken a few college level classes but none of the are as hard as Algebra II. I guess the easiest class I have taken these few years is History. US History and Modern World History has been easy I like history I understand where and how things happened along with the politics behind it. As for the science I have taken Chemistry, Biology, and Physics never have been my strong points but haven't been that weak either. Finally I have taken a class at Berkeley City College which was Introduction to Philosophy with Professor Eric Gerlach one of the best classes I have ever taken, I learned so much and I haven't forgotten a thing from that class. I have also take a couple of classes at Laney Community College in the Culinary department with Chef Raji and Chef Miller. At Laney I took Introduction to Baking and Culinary Math Fundamentals. Both classes that I have taken have been loads of fun. Introduction to Baking was very easy I understood everything on baking. I didn't really have troubles with anything except for making apple galette and Rhubarb Crumble. As for Culinary Math Fundamentals it has been the most easiest class I have ever taken since it was conversions, decimals, fractions and percentages.
My thinking at ACLC has changed I used to think that well making money was the only way to succeed. After attending some time at ACLC and reading the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels I have turned toward a more Marxist left wing point of view on politics. As for beliefs I l have taken Buddhist point of views along with Nietzsche point of view on life. I don't think I would have turned out this way if it wasn't for ACLC. I have developed a thing for Culinary Arts while attending ACLC. I met a learner there named Susannah Smith and she is a very good cook, and I guess that is what really made me get into cooking myself. Now I am interning at Zeytini in south shore. I also have skills in taking charge in groups of people along with working with people who I might not always like.
My interpersonal and collaborative abilities are fine. I accept the work that I have to do and will also take charge of the work in a group if needed. It doesn't matter who I work with because the point is that for a reason or another we were stuck together and whether or not we talk or not outside of class because we don't like each other or whatever. I have taken the initiative in groups to keep conversations going even if I didn't do the work needed to be in the group. So I have leadership skills and I use them when needed.
Technology is something that learned how to use at ACLC and I learned all I know about it from two people. I learned how to build computers, what each part of a computer is and what it does, I also learned how to take apart printers, unjam them, etc... I learned all this from a ACLC alumni named Brian VerDuin. Everything else I have learned about computers and phones, software etc.. I learned from a senior in my class named Aesar Aminy. Thats all I have learned as far as computers go.
My time at ACLC has been an interesting one, I learned how to take the initiative to do my own work so I could finish it before class met again the follow time. I also learned how to take lots of work without stressing out about it. At ACLC I learned Algebra one and two, Geometry, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, English one-four, US History, Modern World History, and Government/ Economics.
At ACLC the school says to take charge of your learning. When I first arrived at ACLC I took that I guess to literal. I thought that I could choose what I needed to take whenever I wanted to take it and I didn't have to take classes if I didn't want to. What I didn't know was there was a requirement for graduation. So after figuring all that out I had the hardest time adapting to the ACLC way of life. Since there isn't a marked time to do homework at ACLC I thought that it didn't matter when or if I had to turn it in. What I ended up learning was when I needed to take care of my academic work. This probably had to be the hardest thing to do in ACLC even the classes weren't this hard. One other thing I had to learn was to not let work pile on top of each other at ACLC till the point that I don't see how to get out of it. Back then I would just flip and not do it due to too much work that I had to make up and the current assignments. Not much has changed though I do my best to get all my work in on time except there are times when I fall a tad behind. When I came to ACLC I was used to taking care of my own problems and not taking to other people. I kind of had to learn how to use the JC system.
The curriculum that I had to learn at ACLC was the one to get accepted into a UC. I have so far taken most of the classes necessary to graduate from ACLC I am just missing the ones needed to take this senior year. Math has never been my all time favorite subject so I am just barely getting by in it . I am currently in Algebra II and it has to be the hardest class I have ever taken. I have taken a few college level classes but none of the are as hard as Algebra II. I guess the easiest class I have taken these few years is History. US History and Modern World History has been easy I like history I understand where and how things happened along with the politics behind it. As for the science I have taken Chemistry, Biology, and Physics never have been my strong points but haven't been that weak either. Finally I have taken a class at Berkeley City College which was Introduction to Philosophy with Professor Eric Gerlach one of the best classes I have ever taken, I learned so much and I haven't forgotten a thing from that class. I have also take a couple of classes at Laney Community College in the Culinary department with Chef Raji and Chef Miller. At Laney I took Introduction to Baking and Culinary Math Fundamentals. Both classes that I have taken have been loads of fun. Introduction to Baking was very easy I understood everything on baking. I didn't really have troubles with anything except for making apple galette and Rhubarb Crumble. As for Culinary Math Fundamentals it has been the most easiest class I have ever taken since it was conversions, decimals, fractions and percentages.
My thinking at ACLC has changed I used to think that well making money was the only way to succeed. After attending some time at ACLC and reading the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels I have turned toward a more Marxist left wing point of view on politics. As for beliefs I l have taken Buddhist point of views along with Nietzsche point of view on life. I don't think I would have turned out this way if it wasn't for ACLC. I have developed a thing for Culinary Arts while attending ACLC. I met a learner there named Susannah Smith and she is a very good cook, and I guess that is what really made me get into cooking myself. Now I am interning at Zeytini in south shore. I also have skills in taking charge in groups of people along with working with people who I might not always like.
My interpersonal and collaborative abilities are fine. I accept the work that I have to do and will also take charge of the work in a group if needed. It doesn't matter who I work with because the point is that for a reason or another we were stuck together and whether or not we talk or not outside of class because we don't like each other or whatever. I have taken the initiative in groups to keep conversations going even if I didn't do the work needed to be in the group. So I have leadership skills and I use them when needed.
Technology is something that learned how to use at ACLC and I learned all I know about it from two people. I learned how to build computers, what each part of a computer is and what it does, I also learned how to take apart printers, unjam them, etc... I learned all this from a ACLC alumni named Brian VerDuin. Everything else I have learned about computers and phones, software etc.. I learned from a senior in my class named Aesar Aminy. Thats all I have learned as far as computers go.