Isatu’s Academic Profile
This essay is an introduction of Isatu Diallo and her academic self based off an interview and texts. Isatu is 20 years old and has spent all of k-12 in Georgia. She started college in the fall of 2020, and this is her 4th semester/ 2nd year at Georgia State University which she attends because it was one of her top school picks and she got accepted. Right after high school, Isatu started college because she did not want to wait long after and if she did wait long, she wouldn’t have wanted to go to college, and Isatu didn’t want that. Isatu is currently enrolled in Biology, Ethics, English, and Human communication. She doesn’t have a particular favorite subject, but she likes Biology. She is majoring in nursing and her career goals are to be a travel nurse and to have her own business.
The three words Isatu described her academic self as are determined, open minded, and hardworking. Isatu challenges her thinking by trying to understand her mistakes, and she’s willing to make changes which helps her move forward. She’s determined to achieve higher grades this semester, advance her learning in the classroom and make herself better as a student. She is openminded to different opportunities, willing to work with others and understand new ideas and experiences. (Diallo)
One thing that frustrates Isatu about college is the amount of work, and how it can be overwhelming. In high school, Isatu mentioned that she wasn’t very hardworking and open minded, and that she missed out on alot of things and was failing her classes because of that. But she knew that if she kept going down this way she wouldn’t have been able to succeed so she started working on herself and took ownership of her hard work. (Diallo)
Isatu is a hardworking and determined student, who goes above and beyond to be creative, and is always looking for ways to better herself as a student. The person that she is now is because of the many obstacles she had to overcome, which is why one thing about her academic self that she is proud of is that she’s putting in more work to try harder at school. Isatu’s profile has led me to think about, if students lack motivation to be productive and complete assignments, will the thought of failing classes be enough to change their academic self in order to succeed?
Works Cited:
Diallo, Isatu. Interview. Conducted by Abdulaziz Usman, 24 January 2022.
Diallo, Isatu. “Academic Self”, January 18, 2022