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I think that my determination
and will to improve is a characteristic about me that affects not only myself
but the environment around me. I like to help others and sometimes even ask for
help myself if the situation deems necessary.
I believe that this kind of habit
not only benefits people around me but even the whole classroom as a whole. I
grew up in an environment in which the best would exceed and the rest either
become the best or are left behind. Back where I was born (Myanmar/Burma) the
education was not as based on the person and wasn’t very open minded. School
was a place where teachers and textbooks held prime and students came second.
We lived in an environment where memorization was the key to succeeding; tests
were often word to word answers to questions previously provided to us by the
teachers. Having the teacher as a tutor would lead to the direct questions
being revealed and giving kids that attend those sessions an unfair advantage. Underperforming
students would often be beat and scolded and were most often not encouraged to
keep trying their best. My first experience in school here deeply surprised me,
from teachers collecting student’s opinions to letting students right there own
thoughts in the form of an essay. I was impressed by how much the teachers and
staff cared about their students and their well-being. This shows that teachers
chose their profession to help out the incoming generation and to be a stepping
stone onto their way into adulthood and not for selfish reasons. I with all my
heart believe that I am blessed to have the privilege to participate in the
education of this country. This opportunity changed my future tremendously and
I have gratitude like none other to the people that made it possible for me to
study aboard.
I would like my math teacher, Ms.A to
know that I was born on September 19th 2000, raised in the country of
Burma/Myanmar and speak my mother language. I was raised by my parents who
owned an independent business which sold all kinds of goods. My dad is the
youngest of 7 in his family and was not treated very kindly by his elder
siblings who in age were a lot older than him. My mom, however, was born in a
family of 6 with 1 older sister and two older brothers. My uncle passed away at
a time when I couldn’t even get to spend time with him. I was born and raised
in Taunggyi, capital of Shan State, Myanmar. I spent about 2-3 years in school
there and later transferred to Yangoon (Rangoon), former capital of Myanmar,
for a year. I was told then that I had an opportunity that could change my life
forever and so my family and I immigrated to the U.S. through the help of my
aunt and some others. Since I was the youngest in the family at that time, I
had quite the expectations laid down in front of me. Unfortunately, my (only)
older sister did not feel the same way as I did in immigrating here. Since I
was very young, I was still able to make lots of friends while she struggled
her way through these past years. Moving on I was again told I had a chance to
skip a grade, this happened because back in Myanmar, kindergarten was addressed
as 1st grade in English and so I went on to 5th grade
after finishing 3rd grade. I started to fit in and made a lot of
friends and survived all the way through until yet again I was told I had
another chance to skip a grade in math and go from Pre-Algebra to Algebra and
through some luck I made it in. That same year since I participated in
leadership I decided to run a campaign for president of the ASB
leadership. I won against my fellow
friend and proceeded on through the year constantly helping the school by
offering my services like running the sound for concerts and etc. My middle
school experience was very overwhelming compared to the average person going
through middle school. I became very well-known and performed a speech in
promotion day and received an award for Leader of the Pack. Now I’m at the
start of a brand new world unraveling before my eyes and I am ready to face it
head on with a confident and bright mindset.
Sincerely,
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