The Key to Success by Yessamin

The Key to Success by Yessamin - August 2017 Scholarship Essay

It is easy to assume that all college professors teach what is easiest for them. If growing up one loved math, as an educator, they would likely teach math. However, in many occasions the subject one enjoys most, may not be the subject they pursue to major in and eventually teach. Likewise, as a college professor I would definitely teach an English class. Although math has always been my passion, in my opinion, English promotes an overall improvement and allows for much more success among the students enrolled in the course.
After thirteen years of public education, I learned one very important rule in Language Arts courses; always support your answer. I have always enjoyed that in English, all answers are up for interpretation. That is, as long as you can support your conclusion, your answer is not wrong. Whereas in courses such as math classes, the correct answer to an equation may be the number two, and anything other than two is incorrect. This allows for a broader spectrum of interpretation to be developed through English courses. In doing so, the apprentice is not only learning to be open to the idea of searching for multiple answers to any given situation, but also retaining that skill and further developing it and using it in the future.
Writing the perfect essay for your lab notebook or that important scholarship, is not the only reason why the study of grammar, composition, and spelling is implemented in school. It is so important however, because these gathered skills are never left behind. No matter the career someone decides to pursue, proper communication skills, whether verbal or not, will always be a necessity. The best part is that there is always room for improvement. You can always further improve your vocabulary, your public speaking skills, and even your grammar skills. A lawyer needs to be just as clear when communicating as a scientist would need to, or mathematician for that matter.
Success can be interpreted in many different ways. No matter what the differences in meaning may be, they all have one thing in common; knowledge. Knowledge has always been the key to success, whether that success be power, fame or riches. One way or another, knowledge was essential, and even though every subject requires comprehension, no other subject overlaps as much as English does. It is made evident through the passages one must read for their Chemistry lab, or the research that must done in order to write your report on World War I, or even in the lines you rehearsed for your drama play which you had to perfectly comprehend in order to properly perform them. In every such case, English was important to be successful, and I would proudly continue to teach such essential English skills at the college level, where more likely than not, students have forgotten how often such skills are implemented in their day to day lives.