Personal Narrative: Freshman

Education has always been something I have been passionate about. I love learning new things and also being around different kind of people. I learned early on my high school career I wanted to graduate high school a year earlier than my original class. Sophomore year of high school and made the decision of taking on one of the biggest challenges of my life.

Imagine: a 99 lbs, 5’4, skinny, shy, ginger kid. Doesn’t seem like the athletic kind does it? This was me as a freshman, and I was really self conscious about myself, granted I was taller than the shortest people who were once taller than me about 2 years ago, I was still skinny and light. I was a good runner, placing 1st in my very first track race, but I hurt my hip during practice and didn’t say anything to the coaches because I was scared they’d say, “Wow, I knew this kid wouldn’t be able to do it, he’s so weak! Just look at him!” so I continued and placed last every race, but I still tried right?

Freshman year I took a chance outside of my comfort zone, and that risk gave me a future in a career I am extremely passionate about. Since freshman year I have been shadowing my high school athletic trainer. I have learned how to; prevent, asses, treat, tape, and rehab a variety of injuries. However, what has fostered my interest in my major is being able to see an athlete through the entirety of an injury. During my sophomore year I was responsible for treating and rehabbing a key player on the lacrosse team. The bond I built with him was something I could've never imagined possible. I had the responsibility of preparing him physically and mentally to return to play. This meant I had to support him when he felt like he would never play as

I can play so many aspects of myself on stage, whereas I never get to experience that in the real world. I can be evil, or sad, or quiet on stage when in reality I am shy, introverted, and loyal to a fault. It is one of the most magical experiences of my life that I know I will never find again, especially not with the group that over the course of four years has produced some of my best friends, who I will rarely see again. More than that, though, they have become my family, and I will cherish them forever. This is the true reason theatre has become my lifeline, not the love of the stage alone, but for the family I have gained on the

Freshman year was mostly fun for me, but you must watch out for the people who are not really your friend. There are lots of people in this world that act like your friend, but they really aren’t. Those type of people only want to be in your business. I made a lot of new friends, there were a few upperclassman girls that told me high school is scary,and people will not like you if you did these certain things; Stand in the middle of the hallway and talk to your friends, walk slow up the stairs, take forever to open your locker, is not athletic in p.e.. Those are a few of the things I was told as a coming in Freshman. Some of the Juniors would try to start drama with me, but I did not let it affect me. I stayed true to myself and did not let other people bring me down. I stayed laughing and having a good time with my three best friends; Kelsey,Angelica, and Taylin.

“The summer after your Junior year was the best part of highschool. The summer where you feel your transfer into adulthood being unleashed to new experiences and choices.”(Tyler Jordan on High school experience at the end of his senior year ending to my junior year.) This was my goal at the end of my Junior year to have the best summer ever because of my past record of boring summers that this one was going to be thee one.

not be freshman. There was just way too many people there. My graduating class was fifty-four so it was and is still a culture shock going to a school this large. Convocation was interesting to say the least. I read Dr. Khayat’s book, but was not especially entertained. My initial thoughts upon hearing about convocation were not thrilling. I went anyway and forced my roommate into going also. Dr. Khayat did not catch my intention right away. I thought he was just some old man that was going to lecture me about behaving for the next hour. Out of nowhere he started the Hotty Toddy chant. That is when he got my attention. After all, if a man of his age and

It is said that you never forget your first. Well, I certainly will never forget the first play I performed in. The rush of excitement and the heat from the lights upon the stage will never escape my memory. The Three Penny Opera was the first play I performed in and I don’t mean to sound dramatic or cliché but, that experience changed my life forever. I discovered a new part of myself. A part of me that is not afraid to speak, nor is she afraid to try new things. As a result of this experience, my entire identity changed. I grew to understand that I do not have to be afraid to speak up, nor do I have to be afraid of change.

“Umm, yeah, I can mop the floors and... uh clean the floors best, uhhhhh yeah…I am done talking.”

I first got involved in theatre when I was 7 years old. It was never something I thought I would be doing for the rest of my life. I had first done gymnastics as a little girl for a few years. Then, I started playing soccer on a soccer team in my community. I started acting at classes down at my local rec center. Then, I auditioned for the musical my first year in middle school and fell completely attached to putting on a big production. Throughout the rest of middle school, I took choir all three years and was a part of all the productions and participated in Drama Club. At the end of my 8th grade year, I was inducted into the International Thespian Society. I decided to get serious about my training after my sophomore year of high school. I started training programs at the Denver Center of Performing Arts with Allison Watrous and other faculty members. The

You are 14 and never have time for love because of cheer and school. At school your were always thought to be the girl who was always studying for the test the next day or tutoring the jocks. But now you've reached a new chapter of life sophomore year in high school. The next three years you were determined to be the most popular girl at your new school but still be the valedictorian of your class.

When I was student college freshman. I don’t know what expected out my freshman year, last memories and good friends. I know it is my first of the college bring about many experiences both should good positive and negative that would forever change as mine.

Our show was The Music Man, and it was the first full-length show I was ever in. I had gotten into theater through short versions of plays like Peter Pan in drama camp, and truthfully, I thought those were the hardest plays I'd ever do. I didn't think I was good enough to be in anything bigger than that. Even when I had auditioned months before, I had already accepted the fact that I wouldn't get in. When they posted the cast list, I almost screamed. My name was on it! That moment in itself was, in my eyes, the world's way of telling me to believe in myself, and that I could do anything I set my mind to!

It was May, two years ago. I walked into a room filled with girls, each accompanied by their mom or dad. My mom, dressed in a nice sweater and black pants, pulled me up to a table with a woman sitting in front of it. This woman looked in her 30’s and was wearing a light blue dress. She said “Please fill out this form and feel free to take a seat while you wait.” My mother dragging me along, walked to another table and sat down. I proceeded to sit next to her. It was obvious I was nervous. My sister stood next to my chair telling me I was going to do fine. This was the first time I had auditioned for The Fulton Theater.

My Freshman Year was the toughest year of my high school career. It was the year when I gave up on everything. I was placed into classes which I believe that I did not belong in. I was influenced by the people Gender: Female Hispanic/Latino? Yes A-G Subject Requirements A preliminary tally of your validated coursework shows you need the following additional yearlong courses to fulfill the "ag" subject requirements. History/Social Sciences: 0 English: 0 Mathematics: 0 Laboratory Science: 0 Language Other Than English: 0 Visual and Performing Arts: 0 College-Prep Electives: 0 around me. I was surrounded by older people who didn't care and had no life. Especially my older sisters, I would ditched with them because I felt like I had to, because they were my