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Personal Autobiography Sample

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In 2002, I was born in China. I was abandoned by my birth parents in the Hunan Province, in Yiyang City; they left me in front of a community center. I lived in an orphanage there for first fifteen months of my life. In 2003, I was adopted by my mother, who was single at the time. My mother lived in New York City in a townhouse on East 73rd Street. During my initial two and a half years in New York, I often begged my mother for a father. My dream for a father came true. At age four, my mother got married, and we moved into my new father’s apartment, across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
We have since moved to Katonah, NY, forty-five miles north of the city, for various reasons; one being that I had a love for space and outdoor activities, such as horseback riding and swimming. During those years in school in Katonah, my sport activities included basketball and soccer. I particularly revel in basketball, …show more content…

Ceramics is one of my true passions. It began when I was very young and continued through a 5-week summer program at Choate in 2016, and now at Fay as my favored art class. At Choate, I advanced significantly in ceramics, learning and developing new clay and glazing techniques; one of the methods I created was a marbling technique which impressed my fellow students and was used by upper classmen for the rest of the summer. In my present ceramics class at Fay, I have worked on hand building pieces, whistles, and using slabs to create boxes, vases. I am hoping to get onto the Varsity Art team next year.
This year at Fay I have been lucky enough to be included in a teaching program for the lower schoolers. Math and art are two of my strongest subjects, so, my work with the lower schoolers has been in these areas. I get exceptional satisfaction helping younger children

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