My name is Jocelyn Quinones. I am a regular girl from
Oxnard, born and raised in Oxnard CA with both my parent’s, I am the second of
4 sisters and I also have a niece. I went to Cesar Chavez elementary, as a
kinder student I didn’t like to go to school I would cry for my mom and dad. I even
got home school for my 1st grade. In 2nd grade my parents
made me go to school and I started making nice friends and that’s when I started
liking school. In 3rd grade I got student of the month and student
of the year, I was so happy for my self. During junior high I went to Frank
school made a lot of new friends and enjoyed it a lot. I would go to every
event with my friends. During junior high is when I joined the basketball,
volley ball and softball team. During high school I went to Channel Island I played
basketball my four years and made it to varsity my junior year. Our team was
really good, we got 2nd place in Ventura County. Basketball was like
a job for me with out a salary, but I loved and enjoyed playing that game. I
enjoyed practice, games and tournament; we would play at big universities. For
my summers I would go to Yucatan Mexico where my parents are from. I would be
there all summer enjoying the beach and my family; I would come back with a
nice dark tan.
After
high school now I have 2 jobs, I work for the after school program. I’ve been
working for the after school program at Lemonwood Elementary for 5 years now. I
enjoy teaching children new thing every day, they also teach me new things too.
Since I work as a math leader I actually play math games and read math books. I
also help them with homework or with what ever they need. I also work for the Oxnard
School district; I sub for Para-Educators teachers’ aid. Working with Autism
children is something new to me I actually learn from them a lot, I have
learned that every child is special in their own ways. Every child has a
different way of learning, you just have to get to know them and have a lot of
patience. The only difference about working with Autism children is that they
need more attention than the regular children. I also attend school, it is a
little difficult having 2 jobs and school but I’m trying my best to focus. I
like to go out dancing with my friends, and like to have a lot of fun.
For the
future I would love to graduate from Oxnard College, even though I’ve been
attending college for a lot of years now because I take only one or two classes
a semester I would like to transfer to a university. I would like to become a
social worker and help other people with what ever they need. My main goal is
becoming a high school counselor, the reason is because when I was in high
school I was a little behind credits. I always thought I wasn’t going to
graduate high school, I even told my mom I wasn’t going to graduate. Luckily I had
a counselor who motivated me do try n do my best and helped me find different
ways to make up the credits. My friends pushed me too, we all wanted to
graduate on time with our class mates so we helped each other. We all graduated
on time class of 2005. I would like to become a counselor like the one I had,
become a motivator and a pusher for students that are struggle ling in school
or in life.
I think or better yet know you have a great future helping other students out. I wish I also had a counselor like you or the one you will become; which would have helped me with my high school credits a long time ago. Thus, I wouldn’t have had to go to night school and Saturday schools to get my diploma. Even though I did graduate on time, I think it could have been easier with more guidance from someone like you! Good luck.
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