What I learned about myself at Cabrini is that I am not a stupid person. Yes, I once actually thought that I was stupid, and it was a mindset that plagued me for quite some time.
In high school, you’re given a miscellaneous group of subjects to learn, including math, history, science and whatever else the school determines necessary. If you aren’t able to easily educate yourself on these subjects, whether you are interested in them or not, you are automatically looked at as unintelligent, and that begins to reflect your own mindset as well.
At Cabrini, I learned that I am quite the opposite from a stupid person. For the first time ever, I was able to flourish tremendously with my grades, because, for once, I was able to take classes that were very meaningful to me.
Whether it be a hands-on communication class that helped to expand my mind or an ECG class that helped to expand my heart, Cabrini showed me that I could be the intelligent person I always wanted to be, both in academics and in my heart. Professors and instructors are there to also guide me along the way.
Those mandatory guidance counselor meetings in high school never seemed to accomplish anything for me personally, so it was refreshing to see how tremendously my academic adviser would work with me one-on-one and be right down the hall if I had any questions.
Cabrini is not simply an outlet for me to get a bachelor’s degree or to show my parents a stellar report card. While those aspects are certainly important, Cabrini has allowed me to grow as a person in ways I could have never expected.
I am competent as a student and, more importantly, I am competent as a human being. I now realize the potential in myself to not only excel academically but to personally achieve prosperity in my own life and the lives of others.
I have discovered so many new talents and abilities, as well as some aspects of a future career I would like to pursue and some aspects I would not like to pursue. Cabrini really gives you a good concept of the kind of person you want to mold yourself into and effectively allows you to use the aspects that you excel in to reach your full potential.
In short, I owe it to this wonderful school for showing me my true identity and allowing me to do what the university really strives for: to live with purpose.
