Who am I? Why am I here? What I Did Over the Summer?

Thawsif Mursalin                                                                                                                   

Web Design

Ms. Ramirez

Period: 7

Homework #2

My name is Thawsif Mursalin and I was born in Detroit, Michigan on June 27 of the year 2000. I spent half of my life in Michigan which is about 7 years if you count that I am 15 currently. During those 7 years it was tough for me especially for my parents since they were immigrants coming from a small country called, Bangladesh. My parents came to America hoping for a better education for me and the rest of my family. So in 1991 they came to America, they were the first in their families to do so, which put a greater strain on them. Growing up I had no idea how to speak English as well as some of my classmates did, I didn’t know how to spell that great ether, and basically didn’t  even know grammar existed. The only subject I truly exceled in was math because it was universal and my parents were able to teach me that.  The majority of the class had parents that were born and raised in America and being a child of 2 immigrants was a challenge I had to overcome one way or another. After those days of struggling to get on task everything became a bit easier and my parents were already learning a lot of English from trust worthy reliable friends. A few years later I was introduced to new fields and subjects. I was exposed to science. As a kid science captivated me the moment I learned about it in school. Soon my curiosity developed within science. I wanted to know how and why things acted the way they did. I read many non-fictional texts and expanded my knowledge. After 7 years my parents decided to move to New York, they said bye to their friends as did I. New York was a totally different world all together. The people acted differently and most seemed to be much nicer than the ones in Michigan. The teachers there were phenomenal and I felt like I was able to absorb more in New York. When our economy grew stable I was introduced to a computer at the age of 9 or 10. At first I had no idea how to operate it but soon I got the hang of it and never questioned how it was made until I did. Again my fascination could not be contained and I questioned how it worked and observed carefully what each component did. Then I came across software. During the age of 13 to 14 I wanted to know more about software and coding by looking towards schools that offered classes in these fields. Finally I stumbled across Information Technology High School where I am going to school currently in hopes of being involved in science and technology.

           

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The reason I wanted to join web design academy is because I am interested in software and coding. I am also thinking of having a career in the field of software and coding. As a young child growing up, curiosity always got the better of me because I always questioned how something worked especially if it was related to science. As I got older I became more interested in technology. Soon enough I found myself learning about coding, to add on I began to study program languages, starting with Lua, JavaScript and making my way towards HTML. The professions I am still heavily considering related to software and coding are graphic designing, web designing, video game designing, or a major software developer/software engineer.  I feel that the Information Technology High School’s CTE program of Web Design will help me reach that objective as far as I am willing to go through with it. Why I feel that I am a good candidate for this class is because I have had previous experience with how to code and I am very optimistic in terms of looking towards the future in this class. I am sure that there will be an abundance of work ahead of me however I believe that struggle will eventually lead to success.  

The summer of 2015 was amazing, and I have not experienced anything like it before. I love to learn about new things and prior to this summer I joined a great program called SEO (Sponsors for Educational Opportunity). It is an 8 year program free of charge that I was fortunate enough to apply and be accepted to. They had mandatory summer academy for all their students. At first hearing this almost broke me, it got me furious; I started to question is this really worth it? Do they really expect it to be mandatory? Am I wasting my time with this program? Should I quit? All of that nonsense came to a jolting halt, just after the first week of the academy. I loved it there because the teachers were so calm and collective and the students were so full of energy hungry to learn. They had multiple subjects math, grammar, critical reading, critical writing, and vocabulary. I was learning 5 days a week for about 8 hours starting from the morning, but honestly speaking it felt more like a mere 2 hours. When the summer academy was coming to a conclusion there was one more surprise. The last week of summer academy at SEO was dedicated to software and coding. For me this was a dream come true. I said to myself there is no way this could be happening but in fact it was! That week was the most insightful for me out of all the others I learned a thing or two about programming and I even learned a programming language JavaScript and I am currently learning HTML. All in all this summer was the most useful summer for me yet and I look forward to what the future has to offer me next!

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