Essay On Extracurricular Experience

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In previous years of school I have had many different experiences through extracurricular activities, having different teachers with different styles of teaching, and being in a school environment which forced me to learn things not only academically but learning about social life, things about myself, and what I need to work on to succeed in the future. In 2012 I started sixth grade at Eisenhower Middle School. I was excited to be out of Elementary school because I wanted a more advanced curriculum and I was excited to start learn the Double Bass in orchestra. I also thought it would be nice to go to seven different classes instead of having to learn everything from one or two people (regular and gifted teacher). In sixth grade I often left …show more content…
I also procrastinated a lot, which would either make me work really hard at the last minute or not finish something on time because it took longer than I thought it was going to. I ended up getting pretty bad grades overall, and the only thing I ended up succeeding in was orchestra, and after about 8 months of playing bass I decided to audition for the Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program, and I ended up getting into the intermediate level of middle school orchestra (AJO) and I became section leader in both school orchestra and AJO the following year. In seventh grade I was slightly more organized, but primarily disorganized, and I often procrastinated. Academically I didn’t feel like there was a huge difference between sixth and seventh grade, but socially I felt a lot had changed. In seventh grade a lot of people started gossiping about others …show more content…
My other goals outside of academics include learning everything in my musical scales book, start learning in depth music theory, getting through my progressive repertoire book and leveling up, being more comfortable with jazz improvisation, and getting into Youth Musica Antigua, which is a high school historical music group. After this year I want to do CNM dual credit so I can get my undergraduate degree out of the way so I can get through school faster and take graduate courses at a music conservatory or

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