My Autobiographical/Educational Timeline

By mtomas
  • My Arrival on the Planet

    My Arrival on the Planet
    I arrived on the planet as the middle child of a family with three children and two parents who are both hard workers.
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    Schooling at Baldios Daycare

    I spent two school years in kindergarten. On my first year, I tagged along with my older brother. I graduated the following year of 1998. daycare
  • Graduated from Baldios Day Care

    Graduated from Baldios Day Care
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    Schooling at Don Bonifacio Alviar Elementary School

    Where I am from, there only used to be 6 years of elementary. I graduated on March 2006 (I cannot remember the exact date).
  • Graduated from Elementary (DBAES)

    Graduated from Elementary (DBAES)
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    Schooling at Sta. Ignacia High School

    After graduating from elementary, I started high school the following school year. I was only able to finish two years because my family left the Philippines to move to Canada.
  • Moved to Canada

    Moved to Canada
    My mom, two brothers and I left the Philippines to be with my dad who moved to Canada to work as a skilled welder. We arrived in Canada in April. I don't remember the exact date but I remember my first day in Canada and it was extremely cold.
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    Schooling at Clive School

    When we moved to Canada. I started in Grade 8 during the last few months of the school year. My dad decided that it was good to familiarize myself of the school. I graduated in Junior High School in June 2009.
  • Graduated from Junior High School (Junior High)

    Graduated from Junior High School (Junior High)
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    Schooling at École Secondaire Lacombe Composite High School

    All 4 years of my education were completed at École Secondaire Lacombe Composite High School. For the most part, I liked high school and I did well. At this point in time, I decided to pursue nursing as a career and took most of the pre-requisites for this program. I graduated from high school in the year 2012.
  • Graduated from High School (LCHS)

    Graduated from High School (LCHS)
  • Started College at Red Deer College

    Started College at Red Deer College
    I did open studies for a year to explore some of the courses and I also took English to complete all the prerequisites for the BScN program.
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    Schooling at Red Deer College

    I went to college right after high school. I took open studies to take English as it was one of the missing pre-requisites that I still had to do to get into nursing. Along with English, I took other courses that I found interesting such as Spanish, Sociology, Communications and others.
  • I started the Bachelor of Science Nursing

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    Schooling at Red Deer College (Bachelor of Science Nursing)

    I started nursing school in the collaborative Bachelor of Science Nursing Program at RDC in September 2013. I had originally applied for the Licensed Practical Nursing program as my first choice and Bachelor of Science Nursing as my second choice. However, I did not get accepted into the LPN program. Instead, I got accepted into the Bachelor of Science Nursing program. There I met some friends and made strong friendships with a few people who I still talk to. I met my boyfriend in the program.
  • Started my Education degree path

    Started my Education degree path
    I took a different career pathway after realizing that nursing was not for me.
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    Schooling at Red Deer College (Bachelor of Education Generalist) - a change in career path

    After about 2 years into the nursing program, I decided that nursing was not something that I want to do as a career. I did not see myself as a nurse, therefore, I decided to change career paths. I decided to pursue education to become a teacher. I love school and love learning and what better career to pursue than teaching? I was immediately accepted into the program and started in September 2015.
  • Accepted into the Middle Years Collaborative Educatio Program (RDC/UofA)

    Accepted into the Middle Years Collaborative Educatio Program (RDC/UofA)
    2017
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    Schooling at Red Deer College (Middle Years Collaborative Program) - a new beginning

    I got accepted into the middle years program at RDC in February during winter term in my second year. I was ecstatic! I was so proud of myself because the program is very competitive and there were only 40 spots available in the program. I am now in my final term of the program!