What I have Learned about Myself

Being the ''New Kid'' in school was something I had experienced only once before in second grade. It was great, joining a game of tag on the first day of school solidified my social circle for the next eight years. While unpacking boxes in my new room, I started thinking about my new school. Not only was the student body nearly six times the size of my previous high school, I was going to be six hours away from everything and everyone I had ever known. The first day of tenth grade was one the most nerve racking days of my life. When I walked into the class I grabbed a seat close to a big window and sat down. We began an Ice Breaker activity which was somewhat unproductive considering a large population of the class had naturally gravitated

One of the hardest and most influential days of my life was when I started middle school. It was my first time switching schools in six years and I wasn’t sure I was ready to. Some of my friends had known me for those six years and some even more. I had all sorts of questions running through my head on the day of the orientation. Like, what if I don’t fit in or what if I get lost on my first day? All of these questions disappeared when I stepped into what would soon be my new school.

I spent the past four years in three different high schools, where I was involved in many activities: athletics, drama, dance, speech & debate and pre-law society. In my school in Miami I was mostly involved in speech & debate and pre-law. Since I was eleven years old, I knew that I wanted to be a lawyer. Therefore, these clubs were the greatest opportunity for me to get inside the world of law. Speech and Debate built in me the confidence to speak in front of the audience. Pre-law was very a important opportunity for me because (precisely) there I get the real picture of how the law works. I took a law class which was taught by the teacher, who used to work in that field and this is what made it very interesting and (meaningful). Every two

believe that I am unique in a very unoriginal way. Like every other person in the world, I make mistakes. Despite this, it is my ability to instinctively learn from my mistakes that has prevented natural selection from removing my genes from the gene pool. THere are, of course, things that take a while for me to fully understand, but I, like all humans, have a tendency to be stubborn. However my persistence has allowed me to become more confident in myself, and in the work I do. I believe that this optimistic attitude has shaped me into who I am now, and who I will be.

Up until I was thirteen, I had been in the same school district and had been in classes with the same kids since preschool. Then between the ages of thirteen and fifteen my family and I moved three different times between two states. In that short amount of time, I had to learn to adapt to teaching methods, school rules and the type of peers I encountered at every new school I attended. I believe I am fortunate for these experiences because I never knew how hard it was for me to adapt to unfamiliar situations until we moved and it became necessary for me to do so. I struggled at the first school a lot and hardly had any friends, due to cultural differences between the rural Wisconsin town that I was from, and the poverty and drug stricken reservation that I had moved to.

While interviewing my parents, I was very surprised by some of the things they told me such as their experience crossing the border. I realized that bringing up the past might have been challenging for them considering it reminded them of the difficult times, but at the same time, they reflected on the positive outcomes that came from their decisions.

The feeling had followed me like a shadow all day long, but by the time that I closed my eyes with the moon’s light all too visible through the thick gaps of my window’s shades, I thought it to be simple paranoia leftover from finally finishing high school. Now that I’m two feet away from Miss Mariam’s back gate, however, I suddenly realize what I was supposed to do.

Since being brought into this world on November 27, 1994, nearly twenty-one years ago, I have had many experiences that have shaped me into the person I am today. I have been through many obstacles that I didn’t think I would make it through, but after it was all said and done, I survived. Not only did I survive, I learned a lot of things about myself that I didn’t know. For one, I learned that I don’t give up, no matter how hard times get I keep pushing on which shows me that I’m strong. I am always there for those who are close to me no matter what, which shows me that I am loyal to those I love even when they may be in the wrong. I don’t like asking others for help even when I know I may need it, I just push harder so I can make it happen on my own which makes me see myself as independent. Through the many experiences that I have had, both good and bad, I have found that I am a strong, loyal, and independent.

One thing I enjoyed learning is cooking. I have had a liking for cooking since I was very young. I remember that every Christmas I will ask my parents to buy me little pots and pans, plastic food and kitchen sets. During the afternoon I use to play restaurant with my nanny and make little menus for her. Cooking has been a thing that came naturally to me, and something that I really enjoyed doing.

Ever since I was a child, my parents told me that I could sell a ketchup popsicle to a woman in white gloves. They would even call me a little devil 's advocate because I was constantly representing my sisters when we were in trouble. I was confident and accurate in my facts and statements and could even debate like an adult when my parents tried to work things out and compromise with my sisters and me. I would state things like, "my client will think about those options and we will reconvene when the time is ready" or, "I can honestly speak for my client when I say we believe this punishment for our food fight is unfair and very unjustified." In high school, I found myself in many organizations, clubs, and classes that would help me further my interest for becoming a lawyer. I was part of the debate team, president and founder actually, as well as, I was a public defender for my mock trials in the Law and Legal studies classes and after school teen court practices. I was even the JAG officer in the Army JROTC program that my school had and would have to represent the "laws" and be the one that the instructors would come to in a decision of if further actions needed to be taken or if i could defend or oppose the sides of an open case for students that had broken the rules.

In my life I have learned a lot about myself; the people in it have been a huge impact on the person I am today. People like friends and family have helped shape me into the person I have become. It can be scary how easily someone can change you, but with the help of true friends they can bring out the best in you. I have learned that some people can have a negative impact on your life and some people just aren’t meant to stay. I’ve learned that one person, if the right person, can change you for the good.

One of the first days of class we were asked what we wanted to get out of this class and I said I want to be more in the moment. When people live in the past or the future they miss out on so much that is going on in their lives. People may have reasons about why they are consumed about something in the past or the future, however, it is important that they don’t let it control their lives. Here a few things that I learned and discovered about myself from this class.

From the moment we start school, we enter a world where social skills are important and friendships begin to form. Initially, we “make friends” with kids that sit near us in class, or ride the same bus. But, as we age the connection to others depends more on common interests than on geography. This is certainly true as we form friendships as teens and young adults, and even more so as we start searching for a life partner. But even when the stars align and it seems as though you have found your “soulmate”, there can be questions. With the divorce rate on the rise, many couples are left wondering if the choice they made so many years ago was correct.

I can't tell you much, because I don't know much. I know I'm called Human 7859801. Shilie, my keeper, calls me that all the time. I know I don't belong here. When I turned three I started attending school with a few of the other humans. Miss Carson was a human that they got to teach us everything we would learn on Earth. The studies they had us learn are super hard like algebra and social studies. I find them quite boring. The only thing I take intrest in is art, and we don't have it in my grade level. Today is the last day of school before Exames. We are tested on how we developed and on what we learn in our classes. If you don't score high on the Exame you are sent to Ridller. A place which all humans who prove to be "slow" or "mentally

There are a few things that I have learned about my self throughout this course. One of the most important thing that I have leaned has to be the goal setting that I can do. Another useful thing that I leaned from this class has to be confident even when you think that there is none point of being confident about a situation will bring the best of it not the worst situation.It’s not just the setting of them but actually executing them and also finishing them.I did my own action plan about trying to make the president list last semester and I tried very hard and I made it. Having all A’s in all of my four classes was hard and I had a few nights where I didn 't get much sleep and had to work hard but it was worth getting. Communication by listening has never been a problem for me. Listening about other people problems and also trying to help solve them has been a big part of my communication skills. People always like taking about there problems to people they know very little about and I leaned that when I worked at a convenient store. Random people after getting to know me for about a week would just come up to you and talk about what ever problem that they had. Another communication skill that I have that is use full is Speaking. I found this out last semester when I would have to do speeches. I would figure what I was going to talk about then I would go up there and start talking about my speech topic. This skill has been very useful in many ways from taking at a friends