Finding Your True Self Through Experience

Essay on Finding Yourself
How can one truly know who they are? It takes years of experience to understand yourself; your likes, your dislikes, your abilities, and your passions.
Sometimes society will agree with these things, and sometimes it won't. Self–identity is the result of trial and error in terms of resistance to the cultural
norms of one's society, and the lessons learned through such resistance, as demonstrated in Munro's An Ounce of Cure and Boyle's Greasy Lake.
An Ounce of Cure tells the story of a teenage girl, whom remains unnamed throughout the entire story, who was brought up in a small town where
drinking was frowned upon, thinking that she was never good enough for her family. She had her heart broken by a boy at school and became depressed
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Alice Munro demonstrates the learning of oneself through the resistance to society via the girl in An Ounce of Cure. Although she knew it wasn't a
good idea, and that her parents and community wouldn't approve of her drinking if they found out, she resisted that cultural norm and did it anyway. By
drinking too much and getting drunk to the point of being physically sick, she learns that it was not the best idea. By the social consequences of the
rumours spread across her town afterwards, she suffers loneliness and learns that the boy who started her depression in the first place was not worth
the embarrassment, nor the experience itself. Munro depicts a teenage girl growing up; learning about herself and coming to terms with who she is.
The girl learns that alcohol (and pills) are not the solution to a broken heart, and that her time was wasted being miserable over a boy who dumped her.
Greasy Lake depicts the story of a young man, also without a name, who tried to build a reputation for himself as a "dangerous character" (p. 33),
much like many other young men of the era. He did many things he considered 'bad', such as wearing torn–up leather jackets and sniffing glue. It was
popular for the people of his crowd to take their parents cars to Greasy Lake, a local hangout for young adults which was in all reality just a dumpy
murky pond. One night, the boy and his two friends
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Essay on Me Myself and Personality Traits
Me Myself and Personality Traits When asked to describe myself I never know what to say, but I should know myself the best, right? I like to look
at myself as a genuine, thoughtful young lady. I'm a hard worker; I believe nothing is ever handed to you so you have to go get it. I worked hard
to get to this point of my life and working even harder to get to the successful and graduate part of my life. I care more for some others than I do
myself but I have a huge nonchalant attitude. I don't really show anger or sadness much I always smile because I'm optimistic about life. I look at
life as if something bad comes along, no need to dwell on it you can't take it back so just move–on and improve what you did wrong if it's possible.
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I was taught to be caring and thoughtful; I wasn't taught anything else from anyone other than not to trust people. I'm the odd ball of my family
because I am nothing like anyone. I can say I was also taught to believe in myself and never down myself because I can accomplish anything. That is
shown through my determination and hard work because if I didn't believe in myself I wouldn't try as hard. Last but not all, Humanistic approach sums
up my personality a little more than psychodynamic does because it involves nature vs. nurture and that kind of sums it up just saying that.
Environment and Heredity is kind of the main reasons of my attitudes and actions. In the article, Time–Limited Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Briggs
conducts different forms of psychotherapy techniques to prove whether things in an adolescent's life effect different adolescents differently. His study
was a success and proved that many adolescents have different interpretations on the same issue. He read them off different problems and wanted to
see how they would interpret them. He used children in the age groups of 12–17 and it worked out. I think that the different approaches can be brought
together in some circumstances but in my case it doesn't. My personality makes more sense coming from the humanistic approach. Briggs, Stephen
(2010). Time–Limited Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Adolescents and Young Adults. Journal of Social Work

Essay About Myself as a Writer
I don't consider myself a very good writer. I write when I am made to or when I have something that I need to say that I can't just tell someone. I
keep a diary. Usually my diary is just a record of what I have done that day. It's not so much about my feelings. I don't really like talking about my
feelings, usually because most of the time I am confused about what exactly I am feeling. I tend to keep the feelings that I do have to myself, to protect
myself from getting hurt.
I didn't have that many close friends in high school. I always was just kind of there. I was no one important. Everyone seems to have his or her place
in this world of high school and it seemed that my place was on the outside that I...show more content...
When I started my high school, I found my current best friend, Marie. We are still friends to this day; she just left for college at George Mason. So once
again I'm not with my best friend.
I'm not trying to make my life all depressing because it hasn't been all bad. And I realize that people have had things a lot worse happen to them, in
their lives, and I should be thankful for what I have. But no matter what I have I just never seem truly happy. I always have this front up, and it
seems like everything is going great, but deep inside, I'm falling apart. This comes out in my writing, and I think that writing is a good release from
all of this. I always try to do my best when it comes to my class work and my writing, but I know that my writing isn't the best by any means. I
always find it important to the best job that I can do, on school work and also in life.
I think that a lot of what got me through writing papers in middle and high school was my mom. She was so great about reading over and correcting
my papers. She stayed up many nights doing that for me. Not because she had to, but because she wanted to help me. There were so many other
things she could have been doing, but instead she was helping me, and that means a lot to me. I'm kind of nervous about doing this all on my own. I'm
excited thought o see what I can do on my own. I am so excited about starting new here, with a clean slate. I think that

Essay On What You Know About Yourself
What You Know About Yourself
Some students have an identity, an interest, or talent that defines them in an essential way. If you are one of these students, then tell us about yourself.
Growing up I was a kid that loved to try out all kinds of things ( and still do ), that I knew nothing about, though some people thought I was wired
because of it. Such as wanting to play field sports, art, skating, ice skating, hockey at one point, music, and the list goes on because the more I learn
about these activities I never knew about, the more I wanted to try and see if I have a talent for it or not. Though my siblings would make fun of me
saying that my only talent was reading, sleeping, and being weird, but I eventually provide them wrong when I...show more content...
So basically I found one thing that I could have done as one of my many talents and two that I found that I have little talent in, even though I still love
soccer very much. Then I went on to Gaston Middle School, it was the place where did I track, volleyball, softball,and almost basketball, though I was
never fond of it to begin with. Yet, with the other sports I was actually pretty good at them, but not that good with softball, I got so nervous one
game because of the preacher I fealty all around me, making me freeze in place, causing the whole team to lose the game and me not playing in
anymore games because of that one time misshapen. But what was most important to me was the fact that I got to be in Orchestra the type of music
I wanted do since elementary school has finally came to me,and on that day I became the happiest girl there in that classroom full of beautiful string
instruments. The teacher who teaches for that class was named miss Powers and she was a awesome music teacher, I still miss her till this day every
time a play missing instrument, I also did art too, but I was not in it as long as I

Narrative Essay Kindergarten
All I wanted when I was little was to have beautiful long hair. All of my dolls had hair down to their waist , and I longed to have hair like them.
Unfortunately for me, my hair did not grow very fast... at all. I was practically bald until I was three; and my hair was only about to my chin when
I was ready to start kindergarten. So there I was, on my first day at Foreign Language Academy. I was in SeГ±ora Vargas's Kindergarten class
holding on to my mom, dreading the moment she would have to leave. I had been really excited about starting school and getting to wear my navy
blue dress and my hellokitty backpack. Actually being in the classroom, however, incredibly nerve racking. Most of the parents were mingling and
asking questions to the teacher, while the kids tried to find their place. Some kids had already began to play games with one another. Others, like me,
were more shy, still clinging to their parent. In all the commotion, I noticed a girl who had the longest hair in the entire class of kindergartners. She
looked a lot like me except she had freckles, a pink cast on her arm, and the hair I had ever seen. Her hair was the same color as mine, but about
triple the length, and with more curl in it. Jealousy immediately swept over me. It seemed like this girl had everything I had ever wished for in my
entire life. I also thought casts were really cool at that time because I did not really understand that broken bones hurt, or that you couldn't really move

Importance Of Writing About Myself
Why is it important to write about me It was an enlightening journey for me that perhaps you might find interesting so When writing about yourself
it is about everything you usually want to say but can't Verbalize. So to tell my story I have to tell a story through my personal experience and I have
to bring life to my writing. What adjectives would you use to describe yourself? Some Adjectives I would use to describe myself are athletic,
determined, spirited and I am open–minded and kind–hearted, loyal and committed, Trustworthy, reliable and modest. Why do you want people to
know about you? – I want people to know about me because just because what you've heard or gossiped about that particular person does not mean
you know their whole story and the kind of person they actually are but Anyone body story change someone life . What would writing about
yourself do for you? Writing about myself will show allow me to express self more and be confidant where I came from. There is nothing wrong
being adopted and honestly it's makes me who I am. I love the fact that I can tell people my version of how my Journey began and maybe one day it
will influence people who are afraid of telling other people that they were adopted. example – Writing about myself shows people who I really am.
Most of the time, people only get to see glimpses of a person. Writing an autobiography allows people to see the version of you that you want the world
to see. The place I grew up and

Characteristics Of Myself Essay
I was born fourteen years ago and I have acquired many qualities in those fourteen years. One is I like to see myself as a very relatable person who
many people can talk to. Many of my friends tell me that I am very relatable and a very honest person who says their honest opinion, which I can
only agree with. Another word I hear a lot from my friends is that I am a chill, also known as relaxed or easy going. Listening to my friends is
another good quality I believe I have. I can always sense when something isn't right. I believe I am also fairly good at judging people's character, so
I think in some way that saves me from hanging out with bad people and also knowing which ones are the good ones. Adapting is another thing I
am good at because of the many times I have moved. That also helps me get good at making friends all kinds of places, even in different countries.
I get told a lot that I have a lot of friends and honestly I'm not totally sure how I have become friends with so many people. But I am not
complaining. Most of my friends also say I am trustworthy and cool. Another thing I get told a lot is that I am hilarious. I mean I can just say the
simplest things and my friends will laugh. All of these qualities are qualities that I like about myself but I also feel that many of my friends have the
same traits. I like to hangout around people who remind me of myself. Most of my friends are funny and kind. They are all trustworthy and of course
very cool. My friends are

Reflection About Myself
After some time of reflecting over myself and characterizing my own self, I have came up with a few characteristics of myself. These
characteristics are words I feel can be used to describe myself. The characteristics I have chosen are trustworthy, optimistic, and independent. I find
myself to be a pretty trustworthy person. I have been a person that people have been able to come to me with a problem and ask for advice. I can
also keep secrets pretty well. An example of something that can contradict me being a trustful person is when I have to lie to someone to keep
someone's secret. An example of this is when I had to lie to my dad that my mom was out of town. My parents are divorced and my dad lives about
an hour away from Smithville. My mom had to go out of town for a work trip. Since it was during the week, my mom did not want us to have to go
to my dads because it would be tough to get back and forth to school. We also knew that my dad would be stubborn and persistent about having us
stay at his house. So in conclusion, my Grandma came and watched us while my mom was out of town and I told my dad that she would be home.
This trait did not really start to form until the beginning of my Freshman year. A lot of my traits started last year because up until then, well, I as well
as my other classmates have not really been in an environment where the level of maturity is much higher than what we are accustomed to. I find
optimistic a word to describe me well because I am

Reflective Essay About Myself
Tell me a little bit about yourself. (Inspiration: Consider what brings you to the program, the roles you identify with in your life, education &
work experience, hobbies and interests, etc). I like to think I'm very outgoing and ambitious. My mom always tells people about how when I was
much younger, and when she took me out grocery shopping I'd always smile and say hello to anyone who walked by, I think that says a lot about
my personality. My high school highly recommended that everyone took a cooperative program before they graduated. This was the opportunity I
had been waiting for! Finally, I would be able to have the chance to gather some actual career experience in something I've wanted to do for as long
as I could remember, it was my dream job! It was being a kindergarten teacher. From my very first day at my placement, I managed to fall in love
with every single aspect. After my placement I set out on my path to further my education. I applied to all my top universities. I was very fortunate
enough to be accepted into all of them. However, when I delved further into researching the certain programs that I had applied to, my options
slowly dwindled. It was either too expensive and completely unrealistic, or the program wouldn't lead me down the path of working in a preschool.
However, there was still my last option: at a University all the way in Windsor, a few minute drive away from Detriot– yeah it was far. Although, the
program was great. Concurrent

Descriptive Essay About Myself
I find it extremely tough to talk about myself and my personal traits. In order for me to dIscuss who I am in an accurate manner then I must provide
some basic background information on myself and talk about the Environment I grew up in. This way people can get a better understanding of why
I am the way I am. My Background is so essential In making me myself because If I had been born under any different circumstances or grew up any
differently I would be a different person than I am today. I was born inAberdeen Scotland but raised in Fort Bend County Texas. Aberdeen and Fort
Bend both have great opportunities but differ in many ways. One way in which they differ is that Fort Bend is very culturally diverse while in
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Her family communicates to one another using spanish or sometimes english. I have always grown up in a family that speaks only english so I find it
interesting to go over to other people's houses and hear them communicating in another language. On top of all of this meeting different people has
also opened my mind to new ideas. For example, in school when we work in group projects we collaborate and communicate with people who think
differently than us then work together to figure out whose ideas will work the best and how to improve them.
Another factor that plays a part in why I am shaped how I am is my family's economic circumstances. I have always had access to anything I
needed and for that I have extreme gratitude because I know some people have a lot of difficulty in life. Since I was born into a family with such
good economic circumstances I have been lucky to have lots of opportunities. One Opportunity I had as a child was participating in taekwondo. I
did taekwondo until I reached a blackbelt which took years of hardwork and dedication. I had to memorize forms, Spar with other competitors and
break boards in order to continue to move up to the next level. Taekwondo also helped keep me in good shape and fit when I was younger. Another
Opportunity I am grateful for is the skill of playing the piano. At first I was not all that enthusiastic about playing it but my parents has signed me up
and insisted I

Essay About Myself
There are three very important aspects that play a major rule in my life. They can be categorized as intellectual, social, and spiritual. My intellectual
self is interesting because I am mainly right–brained which means that I tend to use my creativity more than my mathematical skills, also making me
a visual learner. My social self consists of friends, family, and my surroundings. I spend most of my time at home with my family. Whenever I am
with my friends, I observe their behaviors and listen to their opinions. I am more of an independent type of person. Being with different people has
influenced me into appreciating different cultures and beliefs. I have learned things that have now been incorporated into my own set of beliefs and
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I find that I can only recall long–term memories if they are important to me, or if they are dramatic experiences. A few examples of my childhood
memories are my mother reading to me, my grandfather playing his guitar, and my dad relentlessly teaching me how to ice skate, no matter how
many times I fell. The people who affect my social life the most are my family and friends. I have an extremely close family that has played a
major role in my life. They are whom I spend most of my spare time with. My family usually gathers every weekend for dinner. I am also very open
to different religions, cultures, and practices because I know many people with different backgrounds and beliefs. Since I've been influenced by
various people, I've learned at a very young age to never judge people by how they look, dress, feel, or act. I am very fortunate to have learned
these lessons, because many people still do not understand the importance of accepting differences. In a group, I prefer to listen to what others have
to say, and then contribute to the discussion. I try to listen so I am able to compare them to my own thoughts. I enjoy working in a group, because it
gives everyone an opportunity to incorporate their own ideas. My social self is most greatly influenced by my family and friends. I believe that my
spiritual self is the most important out of the three. Although I have a certain religion that I belong to and practice, I believe in a bit of

What I Learned About Myself Essay
This class has taught me a lot about myself in such a brief period of time. I never thought I could dig as deep as I did, and have a better
understanding of who I am as a person just by writing a single essay. I was not expecting the amount of self–awareness that I gained through this class.
I really enjoyed the hermit crab essays, because they really guided me to find my true feelings. It was hard for me to get started writing at first and then
once I got started, it was almost impossible to stop. I love the feeling that I am in control of what I am writing and there are no restrictions and that
I can be vulnerable in my writing. This class really helped me show the vulnerable side of who I am. I was sometimes moved to tears while I was
writing because, I realized things about myself that I never thought to be true before. I would get so excited that I would read it to my boyfriend,
family and friends. This class was in no way easy, but it was definitely worth it for many reasons. I learned how to become a better writer, I learned
about myself as a person, and I constructed pieces of writing that I didn't know I was capable of. Some assignments became easier as time went on
because I became a stronger writer. However, I think the hardest one for me was having to write about the room I was in. It didn't interest me because
it didn't help me dig deeper into my feelings or anything of that matter. I also didn't enjoy having to respond to different pieces of writing, because it

What I Learned In My Writing Style
I have learned a lot about myself in the last twelve weeks. I discovered so much about my writing. I learned who I really am once I came out from
behind the "Official Style" that I've clung to since junior high. I have to tell you, it was very difficult for me to let go. I felt lost and uncertain. But in the
process I found myself, my style, and my voice. I learned to let myself come through in my writing. I have to admit, writing became a lot more fun and
interesting.
When I looked back and read my first paper for this class, I laughed. I couldn't believe how trapped in the O.S. I was. I remember thinking as I wrote
it that I was getting away from theme writing, but the only reasons I thought this were because I used the first person,...show more content...
It was only at the end of this quarter that I began to feel at ease writing in these other styles. I finally felt comfortable enough to challenge what had
been taught to me as "the law" of writing. I wanted to do something different, to explore other styles and voices. I wanted to show Ms. Molitor that she
doesn't know everything, that I don't have to write in the Official Style to be effective. Sometimes things are better when they're written differently.
Another thing I know I did when I wrote this first paper was to write to please the teacher. I tried to sound like I really knew what I was talking
about. I also made college out to be one big learning experience. Well, it is a learning experience, but not in the way I made it seem. I made it
sound like every class I took taught me something new about myself. Well, that holds true if what I learned was how well I could do on a test if I
didn't read the text or studied while watching Days of Our Lives (by the way, I'm really getting sick of that Lady in White, aren't you?). But I was
sucking up, I know that. I wasn't going to say that some classes are a waste of time and money, and that the only reason I'm taking them is because I
have to. That wouldn't have sounded very good because that's the reason I took this class. Truthfully, though, this is one class I actually got something
out of (for real, I'm not sucking up here).
I'm still learning things about my writing, and I'm having a

Importance Of Writing About Myself
One would most likely assume that writing about yourself is a whole lot easier than writing about a particular topic or prompt. However, I haven't
found that to be true so far in English 1101. Up to this point, we have written three essays: the first being the Common App essay, the second being
the Educational History Narrative, and the third being the Ad Analysis. By far, the Ad Analysis was the easiest paper for me to write because I was
given specific guidelines for what needed to be included into my essay and I didn't have to write a creative story about myself. It is a challenge for me
to write about myself because in past school years, I have hardly ever had to do so. I have noticed that in school, the majority of my teachers have
never stressed the importance of self knowingness and reflection; all they have done is prepared me and my peers for state testing. I could write a
whole other essay based on this realization, but I won't for this assignment. Along with the Ad Analysis being the easiest essay for me to write, I also
think that it was my best work. I felt that the assignment was engineered more for my age group and so I was engaged with it a lot more than I was
with the other essays. I also felt a lot more confident while writing it and as a result I had no problem with meeting the essay's criteria and page
requirement. My peer editor also found very few mistakes within the paper which reassured me that it is the best work that I have done for the

Personal Essay : My Personal Qualities
My Personal Qualities
Over the course, I have learned that all people are unique and have their own personal traits and qualities. One person does not just simply fall into
one category, but various categories. What is beautiful about all of us is that we all have diverse personalities, traits and qualities. I have learned that
we should be proud of and embrace these unique qualities of ours.
As a perfectionist, I like to present my things beautifully and creatively, and it is clearly seen on my collage. I appreciate beautiful things and this is
why I got beauty/aesthetics as one of my highest totals on the values survey. On my collage, I put a picture of a microscope, with the circular flask and
test tubes. I also...show more content...
I know and I have been told that I am a kind and sympathetic person, because I love to help people and put a smile on their faces. Even when someone
is being rude, I try to "kill them with kindness" in return. I used the quote: "Beauty isn't about having a pretty face. It is about having a pretty mind, a
pretty heart, and most importantly, a beautiful soul". I chose to use this quote because I adore it and I go by it. What matters most is in the inside, not
on the outside. I think people sometimes, even me, get too caught up and try too hard to look beautiful, but they don't focus on personality.
A) I expected to get artistic, creative and investigative as my results on surveys that I took, because I already knew I had these traits as a part of my
personality. However, the results from mylearning styles survey were a little surprising to me. I got visual as my highest total score, while kinesthetic
and auditory were almost balanced out scores. The reason why I was a little surprised was that last year, I took a survey to figure out my learning
style, and I got both auditory and visual learner. The results have their little differences, but that shows people do change over time. Learning styles can
be learned and strengthened.
I learned plenty of things from my results. My values–which I didn't see clearly–are now clear, and I found out the little unique things that make up my
personality. From my personality survey, I am mostly artistic,

What I Discovered About Myself Research Paper
Write an essay to explain what you have discovered about yourself. What are your strengths? How has your Pathway Academic Start experience
enriched or challenged you? What goals will you work toward accomplishing as you move forward? There are many things that come to mind when
I think about what I discovered about myself during one year in Pathway Program, I want to share what happened with me: During the first
gathering, I felt the Holy Ghost so strong that something into my heart telling me this is your pathway to learn how to follow the guidance of the
spirit and the English skill will come by a gift of the Holy Gosh, that reflection bring me to my mind something Elder Bernard said: "I believe it will be
essential for all of us to increase...show more content...
Why this? Because I need to use my agency or in other word to act by myself. I like to add the following comment by Elder Bednar: "Are you and I
agents who act and seek learning by faith, or are we waiting to be taught and acted upon? Are the children, youth, and adults we serve acting and
seeking to learn by faith, or are they waiting to be taught and acted upon? Are you and I encouraging and helping those we serve to seek learning
by faith? We are all to be anxiously engaged in asking, seeking, and knocking (see 3 Nephi 14:7)." That's why I like this program at every step
invites me to use my agency and to act as agent. Finally, I can summarize that this program is inspired by the Holy Ghost and every lesson, every
assignment, every exercise is developed to help me to stay very close by the spirit, but step by step every day my heart had been changed and really,
I love this program. I am going to continue my study to get first an associate in a computer program and then to get a bachelor degree. I bear my
testimony

Characteristics Of Myself Essay
We, as human beings, have many characteristics and traits that we view of our self positively; however, some traits do change due to our insecurity of
other individual judgments which may lead to the outcome of others viewing us differently. This report will briefly explain the way I see myself
portray to the society and how other majority individuals see the individual I truly am.
The qualities I consider that I do not have for my personality is I am not creative, confident, compulsive, curious, humorous and selfish. This shows
that I am an individual who is selfless or inquisitive. Although, I am not confident nor am I compulsive or humorous this demonstrates I am
introverted from the society and would like to be hidden in the dark when it comes to presentations or meeting new strangers. I am not proud of this
since I realized I care way too much about what others have their opinions on me. If I were confident and cared less about what others thought about
me, I would have the traits as compulsive, confident, humorous and much more. In addition, this is one of the reasons why others think I am shy at
times due to my lack of confidence. Therefore, I do have to work on putting myself out there to the society which will slowly happen.
I believe that I am friendly, kind, reliable, hardworking, punctual, and ambitious. Ever since I was a child, my parents brought good manners and
positive moral teachings into me. One of the lessons they taught and I must obey is that I

Essay About Myself
School, to me and among many peers of my age, is not a distant term. I have spent one–third of my life time sitting in classrooms, every week since I
was seven years old. After spending this much time in school, many things and experiences that happened there have left their mark in my memory.
Some are small incidences while some have had a great impact on me. However, regardless the degree of significance, things that happened all
contributed to shape the person that I am now. I was accused of cheating for the first time when I was seven years old. It was during the term final
where the performance of the test indicates all the progress the student had made throughout the semester, so its importance was never over
emphasized. Though...show more content...
Everything started anew, I was all by myself. While I was busy getting used to the school and making new friends, I also discovered a new passion,
soccer. Through soccer I was able to meet some of my most loyal friends. We would often get together and play soccer against other classes. The
school required a test for admission, so the competition was getting fierce. The teachers focused a lot on our academics and tried to squeeze as much
time as they can from us to study. As the result, we were not allowed to play soccer during our free time because it hinders us from studying. Maybe it
is human tendency to break laws, but the gang of us didnГўв‚¬в„ўt want to conform to that rule so sneaking a soccer ball to school and keep it away
from the teachers became an everyday challenge. It was amazing the kind of ideas we came up with for this task. Soccer added spices into my
otherwise boring school life, and it served as a channel between me and my fellow classmates. Through soccer we found a common ground, that we
were able to know each other more and support each other no matter what happens. It gave us a sense of unity, and it was very important to me. Even
now I cherish the pact I had with them back then – the support that helped me to stay on the right track during my rebel teenage years. My homeroom
teacher at the time had the most impact on me than any other mentors I had. People say

What I Learned About Myself As A Writer
Over this quarter of English, I have learned many things out of the three to four essays that we have written. I have learned how to write college
papers in the appropriate page requirements. Our teacher noticed after the first two essays we wrote that we suffered from sentence fragments,
sentence run ons, and comma splices. I have learned how to fix those errors in my papers that I write. A thing I have learned about myself as a
writer is that I write very well when a paper is about my personal life because it is easier to write about yourself than about a topic that you are just
researching for the first time. If the paper is about my life experiences, I would get a good grade on it. The challenges I have faced is having the effort
to keep going when I run out of ideas when writing a paper. When I get to three and a half pages out of four pages for a paper, I always run out of
ideas and fuel to keep going. Once I get to the third page, I always feel like I am just repeating the same things I already stated in the previous pages
because I have little motivation left. I am working hard to change that about my papers but it's still a work in progress. As I stated I struggle with
keeping my papers interesting even in the end, that is something that I am trying to improve on and get better with. I would also like to improve on
sounding more intelligent in my papers and getting better writing skills. Based on these things that I'm trying to get better at, there is this one

Reflective Essay About Myself
Walking into my fifth grade classroom for the millionth time, I searched around the room to see if there was anyone like me. A girl with
chocolate skin. For as long as I can remember, I was the only one in my grade, ever since I started school. But this did not mean I did not have
friends. Caterina and I were best friends that year. She was from Venezuela, had white olive skin with long blonde hair, and light eyes. One school
day, when we were walking to P.E., she said to me "I like your hair because it stays in place." A little taken back, I was not sure if this a compliment
or not, but I said thank you anyway. Her comment had stayed with me for the rest of the day. I began to wonder why my hair grew the way it did
and if I could change it. This was, thus the beginning of my insecurities. Going to school every few months with a different hairstyle would raise a
few questions for my classmates. Different styles,such as, box braids and marley twists, would change my attitude because I no longer looked the
way I felt most of the time, ugly. But because I knew my look was only temporary, I did my best not to draw attention to myself. As I advanced
grades, I always hoped there would be someone like me. Not necessarily student. After fifth grade, I figured I might as well conquer eighth grade
alone. It would at least be nice to have a teacher to talk to about when I get angry about each day instead of keeping everything bottled up. A person "...
to vent [my] frustrations,

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