Jean-Paul Steinberg 1/17/15 OCC Foundation Scholarship Essay Here we are, another cold but sunny January is upon us and we anticipate yet one more challenging and fun filled semester at OCC; for me, what appears to be the last one but certainly not an end to my presence and role at OCC as a student and peer. I recall, last semester, telling Professor Marchie how I was experiencing some level of separation anxiety since the OCC campus has become a home away from home and sanctuary for me. After attending the Leadership Retreat with Student Life last week; I told Don Doran, Allison Noone and Jen Fazio that my separation anxiety is now ten-fold. We had a good laugh. As I sit here typing this final essay for The Foundation I am battling a 102 plus fever. Apparently, someone who attended the retreat last week brought a nasty bug along with them and was generous enough to spread the love! I jest, I am certain she had no idea as it is going around and quite a few of us caught it. None the less, I have almost made it through the first day of the Spring Semester. My last class today will be Dr. Wang’s Leadership for Humanities class which I am super excited to take on! The only reason the class is even running is because a handful of us, who attended the retreat, decided to register before it was cancelled. If I make mention of the retreat a slight too much, it is only because it was truly a life changing experience! Again, as I have done in previous essays, I would like to take this opportunity to thank The Foundation for their generosity these last several semesters. As I am sure you know, every penny counts; even more so when one has a family to feed and house as well as big dreams and goals to achieve. When one says some form of the phrase “a new chapter in life”, I am not sure they mean it quite the way I do at this point. When I began my academic path at OCC my last experience in a classroom was over twenty years ago, and that was eighth grade! At the time I had just been home from spending almost a year incarcerated after a very dark chapter, if you will. It seemed as though my options, in terms of employment and any sort of viable future in a lucrative career, were extremely limited at best. Now, sometimes, I can’t seems to decide which one of the amazing opportunities life has presented me with I should grad a hold of first. Good enough?
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 20:29:18 +0000
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