Humor, Fairness, Courage, And Courage

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My greatest strengths are my appreciation for Beauty & Excellence, Humor, Fairness, Humility, and Teamwork. My top three strengths are my appreciation for beauty and excellence, humor, and courage, I personally think that these three are the basic building blocks to being myself. First off my appreciation for beauty and excellence/curiosity has always been there, other cultures have amazed me, I’ve learned what I like and what I don’t like and I’ve learned that other people could have different beliefs than mine. Traveling the world is something I want to do, and with the help of the technology of this generation I know what wonders I want to see and whom I want to share those moments with. And all the places I have seen I would go back …show more content…
As far as grade went I was not an above average student. Marine biology was my absolute favorite subject and nothing was really offered for it here in New Mexico, I mainly learned about ocean life in first grade. My teacher named Ms. Gentry did not really focus on anything besides that, and half way through the school year she was fired for obvious reasons, it was my favorite part of school throughout my entire school life. I really appreciate the fact that I can laugh about things, life is all about learning from your mistakes and if you cannot laugh at yourself if you get embarrassed or do something wrong, I don’t think that you will move forward in a healthy manner; at least for me anyway. So being able to joke around when times get hard or when things belittle you is a great coping mechanism. Courage is something I think everybody has, people are always striving forward. It’s a wonderful way to live, kind of on the edge. I really like pushing myself to see how far I can get, even though it is a terrifying process at times. Literally what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, because you’ve already gone through so much, and maybe even done the same thing before, it just makes life easier when you have to do the easy …show more content…
Seeing beauty is kind of an everyday thing, I’m pretty sure I was a hippie in a previous life, and this life is just a less intense version of it. But I guess when I started really appreciating nature was my first vacation, my best friend’s family took me with them to san Antonio. I thought it was such a pretty place, they took me to sea-world, which at the time there wasn’t any protest against them keeping the orcas. So it was really amazing, I got to see the city, go on the road, and be around marine life. My best friend’s dad was also from Iran, so he cooked tons of Mediterranean meals and they were delicious. My favorite kind of food to this

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