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