From kindergarten to the present, I have always wondered about the world around me and always tried to put others needs before myself. My father also thought of me as a caring philosopher because I asked questions like “What is death?”at a young age. My elementary school, Foothill Oak, has shaped some prejudices and arrogance that I did my best to hide and fix through my middle school through high school.
In Foothill Oak, I wasn’t challenged much. Math was easy but my reading and writing was lagging behind. I showed signs of dyslexia like my father, but my parents didn’t really know what was the problem till later in my life. I was enrolled in extra reading and writing class in a summer vacation but it seemed to be not very effective. Later, …show more content…
I tried to join the school basketball league again, but didn’t make it so I did the city league that I was too arrogant to sign up before. I learned a few things but was still nervous on the basketball court. In school, I liked to help my friends with problems in any way I could, then I found out about the Peer Mentoring program. It was a new program that teaches selected students how to help fellow peers with their problems. So I sent in an application and was accepted. During the following summer the soon to be Peer Mentors has a trip to go up to Julian, CA so I went. To my surprise, I was one of the few guys there so it was an awkward experience. During the trip we did bonding activities to get to know everyone and become one big family. We also learned different strategies to help fellow peers and learned to also deal with my awkwardness significantly. When I came back to school, I had the chance to help a person with deeper problems. When basketball season came again, I tried joining again with the knowledge I might get rejected again but this time I made it. I had to practice every day to which I’m not used to which it surprised me a little. It was also the year with my first experience with an AP class to my schedule was quite filling. This brought my usual 4.0 or higher GPA to a 3.9. I had to learn how to deal with a tiring sport with the stresses of
In Foothill Oak, I wasn’t challenged much. Math was easy but my reading and writing was lagging behind. I showed signs of dyslexia like my father, but my parents didn’t really know what was the problem till later in my life. I was enrolled in extra reading and writing class in a summer vacation but it seemed to be not very effective. Later, …show more content…
I tried to join the school basketball league again, but didn’t make it so I did the city league that I was too arrogant to sign up before. I learned a few things but was still nervous on the basketball court. In school, I liked to help my friends with problems in any way I could, then I found out about the Peer Mentoring program. It was a new program that teaches selected students how to help fellow peers with their problems. So I sent in an application and was accepted. During the following summer the soon to be Peer Mentors has a trip to go up to Julian, CA so I went. To my surprise, I was one of the few guys there so it was an awkward experience. During the trip we did bonding activities to get to know everyone and become one big family. We also learned different strategies to help fellow peers and learned to also deal with my awkwardness significantly. When I came back to school, I had the chance to help a person with deeper problems. When basketball season came again, I tried joining again with the knowledge I might get rejected again but this time I made it. I had to practice every day to which I’m not used to which it surprised me a little. It was also the year with my first experience with an AP class to my schedule was quite filling. This brought my usual 4.0 or higher GPA to a 3.9. I had to learn how to deal with a tiring sport with the stresses of