Speech : Who I Was?

Being so young I found myself changing in a negative way and acting different. My grades were dropping, I started hanging with

I feel awkward answering this question because I have made many mistakes and there isn’t anything good out of those mistakes. In my opinion, wrong decisions never bring anything positive. Wrong decisions decrease morale and self-esteem. At a young age, mistakes or wrong decisions don’t affect much, but as you get older wrong decisions can have a tremendous negative impact. There aren’t second chances for people who make wrong decisions. I know that deep down below the surface mistakes can bring opportunities to learn and improve ourselves, but in this rapidly changing and moving world, there isn’t time to reflect and learn from those mistakes. If wrong decisions brought opportunities for learning and personal improvement, many

I will give you the short version of my story. In high school I could care less about my grades. I just tried enough to pass to the next grade. I had a very low self-esteem and was an introvert. I did not have many friends and did not do well in sports. I always avoid things that I thought I could not accomplish.

Outline your Personal Narrative What one event has shaped you into who you are today?

As a student entering middle school, there are myriads of changes that can actually happen with the academics. Some students begin to rebel and care less about education when they reach middle school. I was the complete opposite. I had a plan to always get good grades and to participate in clubs and specific organizations, which meant that I had to get good grades. My academics have and will always be the most important to me. When I reached the seventh grade I was given the opportunity to go into eighth grade math and skip seventh grade math. I thought that it was a mix up because I thought that was not possible, how could a course be skipped? The counselor then explained the concept to me, my teacher had recommended me to take a test and

refused to listen to advice, and my school work suffered as a result. In middle school, I was able to skate by on my intelligence,

People tend to realize their mistakes through the things they go through. We seem to have our regrets of certain situations that have occurred in our past lives and learn from them to avoid making the same mistakes over again. Every person in life will eventually go through something they wish they haven't gone through at all. We cannot predict the future so we do things unintentionally. I personally have gone through a few things that i will regret for the rest of my life but soon realize things and learned from those mistakes.

People regret things they should have or could have done because they realize that it would have possibly had a better impact on their current situation. They regret what they have done because it possibly either affected them or someone else badly or it made an impact on their life which they didn’t want. No matter the reason though, it is a feeling that every human experiences, therefore it is human nature. I think we still make the mistake of doing something even though we’ll regret it because we don’t think about the impact it will have on us or our future as much as we should. People sometimes think more about what they want, rather than what they need of how it will affect them.

STRETCH!!!! In this personal narrative I will be talking about what made me well...ME! I will be talking about gymnastics and why I think it made me, me. The three reasons why I think it made me who I am today is because, I am more flexile, I have a better pain tolerance, and I am more patient with myself and others. This why I think gymnastics has made me, me.

As a middle school student, school was necessary not my forte. I didn't consider myself as a bad student but then again i was not the best, I considered my self as a average student, only doing what is asked, nothing more, nothing less. Those were my middle school years. Once i hit high school I decided to change and improve on academics. In less than two years i went from finishing my 8th grade year from having a GPA that was below a 2.0 to having a 3.0 and that following year i finished my junior year with a 3.5

I saw, even though you tried to cover my eyes. I heard, even though you tried to block my ears. I felt, even though you pretended there wasn't a reason to. How could I possibly understand what I was seeing and feeling at such a young age? Who was there for me to talk to about it? No one..I had to comprehend so much. I sat behind the door with my back against it, when the screaming began again I closed my eyes this time. I pictured myself in a meadow with the grass being pure green and the sky being pure blue. The sun shined so brightly on my skin and the feeling of warmth comforted me. I could see a man walking up to me, but he was so bright you couldn't see his face. My throat was in a knot and my heart was heavy, but as

School in 7th grade had begun with me having slightly above average grades. Then, I started instrumental lessons and gifted class. Consequentially, I missed a lot of class and did not have my classwork and homework done. After a while, my decent grades started to drop. At one point, my parents and I saw that my grades were the worst they ever had been. At the time, I was stressed because my grades were low I could tell my parents were unhappy that my grades were low. I began to worry my grades were going to stop me from playing in the band. My parents had to help change my habits of not finishing classwork and homework.

The question “who am I”? Can have a lot of individuals thinking about themselves, including myself because one might not know where to start. It is a very broad question, but having done the Strengths Finder 2.0 assessment, I realized more in depth what kind of person I really am based on my top 5 strengths. Who I am as a learner, who I am in my career and who I am as a person of faith lead me to answering the question above and understanding more of myself within.

Hello I am Akili Faith Quintero, I am 17 and a senior at Payette High School. At this time in my life I am everything. I am a lover and a fighter and a poet and an awkward teenager who is lost with a torn and wet map telling me where to go to be who I am meant to be. I live with my mom and stepdad (Wendy Lopez, Jerry Lopez) we have lived in Payette for as long as I can remember, however since we have lived here we have moved a lot. Right now we live on 40 North Avenue here in Payette. However, I have never lived in the same house for more than five years. I am a three season athlete; I play soccer in the fall, basketball in the winter and softball in the spring. I belong to two clubs, I belong to DECA and the

Who is Kyle Rudzinski? This question is one that is very complex to answer, and in order to answer it, I must delve into my past, as well as look into my future aspirations. My life hasn’t consisted of numerous significant events that have shaped my life, but rather countless choices over the years that I have made to get me to where I am, and who I am today. After reading My Freshman Year, and viewing the film, Neuland, the outlook that I have of myself and on my life has drastically changed. My Freshman Year revealed to me how much my life has changed since I came to college, and all the choices that I have subconsciously made that have greatly impacted my life, even if I don’t often realize it. Neuland has helped me become more appreciative of the life that I’ve had, as well as allow me to grasp some of the traumatic issues that others have to go through, which further, makes me want to find ways to help those people through their issues in the future. These two media have impacted my interpretations of the world and of myself, but at the same time, haven’t completely changed who I am. So, who exactly am I?