EDUCATION

Kristen Michaelis

Education

Spain Parents

High School

Elementary School

Middle School

Spain

Positive: • Helped me to

decide my major• Helped me to

improve my language skills

• Gave me cultural experience to share with students

Parents

Negative:• Set high

expectation causing a lot of stress when I did not perform as well as I should have.

Positive: • Pushed me to get

good grades and to further my education

High School

Negative:• 10th grade English

teacher discouraged me, and I thought I couldn’t be a good writer.

• High school didn’t prepare me as well for studying in college

Positive: • Good grades &

participation in club helped me to get into college.

Elementary School

Negative:• I did not receive

extra help with reading comprehension because I received adequate grades. I still have problems with this today.

Positive: • Education

prepared me to take advanced classes in middle school and high school.

Middle School

Negative:• Followed peer’s

example and did not perform as well as I should have.