I Am Today: A Personal Statement Analysis

I could fill this statement with fluffy, extravagant language and discuss how challenging life is and have some overall theme like what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. But, that hasn’t been my life. A personal statement should be true to your character and I would be lying if I wrote about how depressed I was about life and discouraged by the difficulties I faced. That’s just not my style. Since the beginning of my life, church has been my life. Now, I am not saying this in a bad way, in fact, I can proudly say that I am who I am today because of church. Ever since I was in my mother’s womb, I attended the same church in Peoria, Arizona. Because of this, I grew up with a strong set of morals and beliefs. But, what I am really trying to say here, is that I grew up looking at life differently. When others thought about how terrible it was that our teachers were getting fired because the school couldn’t afford to pay them, I thought …show more content…
Little girl grows up, does a successful job in school, gets straight A’s and joins clubs. Everyone around her repetitively tells her how much potential she has. Growing up in an environment like planted a seed in my head, a seedling that has grown over the years to become what it is today. I spent weekends studying and summers doing programs, I loved school and learning and thinking about how that little seed could one day become a flower. When I was younger I wanted to be something big when I grew up. In my head, I thought that doctors and business men all were successful and made a lot of money. I thought, how great it must be to go to the store, buy a pair of shoes because you liked the way you looked and not once having to worry about the price. Or, how wonderful must it be to go to a workplace that you loved being at and knew you had a stable position there. This along with other ideas of happiness related to careers is why I knew I wanted to be something big and important when I grew