Prof. Otsuji
English A
27 November 2017
I grew up in a small family, with my parents and my younger sister whom I'm now very close with. I look like my mom and my sister, Amy, looks like my dad. I grew up having an obsession with Blue's Clues, (which is now a Disney obsession) in all my baby pictures it was on in the background or I had her on my shirt. I loved her. As I got older, I started becoming the nerdy kid and I grew a huge love for Star Wars. I was about 7 when I watched the first movie and my mom's side of the family was so happy to hear that I liked it because it was our family's thing so to say. My sister wasn't a big fan of Star Wars or Harry Potter, that's why I like to say that I'm the cooler one out of the two of us. I've been interested in art since I was about 16, I'm self taught. Art is very important to me because it has been there for me in very dark parts of my life. I hope to one day draw out my own tattoo and have the courage to get it done.
One thing I have learned from the 10 skills book is how to manage your time. Ever since I have started college, I always tried to manage my time properly. In high school, I grew to be very lazy and my classes were pretty easy to wear I didn't have to worry about them unless it was something involving stage tech. I was the set designer and that's something that you have to plan out because it was basically like my school job. Once I have started college, I knew I had to prioritize and make sure I had enough time to for the amount of homework in each class, so far it's been rocky since this is my first time being a full time student.
Another thing I learned from the 10 skills book is taking good notes, although some people might not find this chapter helpful like I do, I felt a connection. I always took notes and in college I have learned to take better notes thanks to my health teacher from last semester and to my psych teacher this semester. Both of them would write what we should take note on on the whiteboard. And from there, that information would be on the test. Nothing that we did not know or take notes on wouldn’t be on the test. Since then I have known what I should take note on and what I shouldn’t. What’s important and what’s not. I believe that making notes as well as taking notes is also a good thing a person can do. Since my senior year of high school I’ve always made notes and reminders of assignments due or projects coming up. I’d stick them on my closet mirror because I knew I would look at it if it was on there. My planner I would forget about since it was in my backpack. I believe that this is a helpful strategy.
The picture below is my first self portrait I have ever drawn. I drew it my senior year, it had to be abstract. I consider this a kindness to myself because I never had the courage to draw a self portrait, I had so much doubt, but I knew I owed it to myself to at last try and I was very happy with the result.
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