Reflective Essay: My Most Defining Moment In History

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My first defining moment in history goes back as far as I was a little girl. This one is when my mom first introduced me to arts and crafts. I 'm more than glad that this happened because not only am I naturally good at art today but it has shaped me into the person I am today. I 've become very creative and since I had speech delay as I was growing up, I spoke through my pencil and paper, which is art and it 's so fascinating to me. I 've learnt to be at my best, and "drew out" my feelings so I could express myself in some way. If it weren 't for my mom to introduce art to me, then I don 't think I would have learnt to communicate any sooner. I wrote about this moment because I lived a long time of my life not knowing how to communicate …show more content…
Before I lived a very different type of lifestyle in elementary school where everything seemed consistent and not having to jump over major obstacles as I have when I started middle school. Everyone told me, "You 'll be great," and "Just do what you always do." That 's the strange part because I didn 't expect to go through so many changes at all once. For the most part, I didn 't enjoy middle school too much, but I did learn one very important trait that I never had; to be strong and to have my voice for things that are wrong to me. I 've faced so many incidents in middle school where I had come to a point where these problems became impossible to handle. However, the moment I actually stood up, and took action for what was making me uncomfortable, things had become better faster than I thought it would. Unfortunately, it couldn 't fix most of the issues, but it did help me become stronger mentally. By having this ability, things that have occurred in my life were so much easier to deal with; since my past had taught me to be the better person than I was yesterday. I chose this specifically because I had a lot of issues for defending myself even if I found it irritably unfair, and if it weren 't for this I probably would 've been an extremely sensitive

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