When I was younger, thinking of college was fun and exciting, because I didn’t actually know about the overall stress that would come from the process of searching for the best fit. In my childhood, I wanted to have many different careers. When I was 5, I began singing, and I realized I wanted to be the next Michael Jackson. At the age of 7, I wanted to be a lawyer and there was nothing on earth that could tell me otherwise. I would go to family gatherings and act out a courtroom, and I would become that lawyer. At the age of 10, I wanted to be a chef, having a five-star restaurant with a line as long as the longest thing that exist. I would ask my mother if I could help her cook in the kitchen, and she would politely say “no, maybe next time”. I knew that she said that just to prevent me
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Then I realized that I was nervous to perform in front of people. When family asked me to sing, I would procrastinate, or find any other reason not to perform. “I’m sick. I don’t think it’ll come out today, maybe next thanksgiving”, I would say to get myself out of the situation. I auditioned for Duke Ellington School of the Arts in february 2012, and I originally thought that I would not get in. I stepped into the audition room, and I began to sing and the teacher in the room just stared in a supportive, “you got it” type of way. I received my acceptance letter maybe a month or two later. At the start of school I was very excited to be there, I tried hard to keep my grades up because I didn’t want anything to compromise my enrollment. As school went on, I grew more confident and I started to get my own groove. Junior year became a very challenging year for me, I lost my principal due to a heart attack and we were really close. I had no idea the affect it had on me, until I realized that I was not focused. I no longer was excited to get to school early, or have that teacher-student bond I had with my
Then I realized that I was nervous to perform in front of people. When family asked me to sing, I would procrastinate, or find any other reason not to perform. “I’m sick. I don’t think it’ll come out today, maybe next thanksgiving”, I would say to get myself out of the situation. I auditioned for Duke Ellington School of the Arts in february 2012, and I originally thought that I would not get in. I stepped into the audition room, and I began to sing and the teacher in the room just stared in a supportive, “you got it” type of way. I received my acceptance letter maybe a month or two later. At the start of school I was very excited to be there, I tried hard to keep my grades up because I didn’t want anything to compromise my enrollment. As school went on, I grew more confident and I started to get my own groove. Junior year became a very challenging year for me, I lost my principal due to a heart attack and we were really close. I had no idea the affect it had on me, until I realized that I was not focused. I no longer was excited to get to school early, or have that teacher-student bond I had with my