Personal Narrative Odyssey

Growing up I moved around a lot for my dad because he was trying to start his own business. I was born in colorado and moved all the way to pennsylvania. It was The first time at the west side of a new school and I was scared. Luckily I Merged right in for the most part. My parents could see that I was a little ahead of them so they tried to have me merge into the gifted program. It was through this that I first learned about one of the coolest, creative, and mentally stimulating activity I would ever dream of. Odyssey of The Mind. Odyssey for short, is an extracurricular activity in which me and a team of classmates design, create, build a set and skit that creatively solves a predetermined problem.
4th Grade was the first year that I participated in Odyssey. In the beginning building creating and designing things was left to us but we got help from the parents. After working all year on our script, set, and costumes we set out for regional competition. Regional competition is where i fell in love. It was like a congregation of weird, crazy, …show more content…
Finally for my junior year i was back on track with my dream of going to states for Odyssey. We made a team and picked out the vehicle problem and after months of hard work, tears, and hot glue, we were ready for regionals. It was just as I remembered. If anything it was better. 100 times better. I was home again. With our amazing vehicle skit we took second place at the competition. The dream had been achieved and we had made it. State finals was one of the best times of my life. So many people that were weird and crazy just like me. We competed against over 20 other teams and got 5th place not enough to go to worlds but we had got the dream we wanted. But with the completion of one dream comes the start of another. The world competition at Iowa State University in 2018 and not just to get there, but to win it