My New School Year Essay

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Every new school year is an opportunity to meet new people, grow myself as a person, and learn new things. Every new school year I discover more about myself and the big world. I appreciate the new teachers and the people that I meet. When we go to a new school, we often find out there are people who are different from us and that have opposite viewpoints. They are all unique in their own ways and so am I.
When I was younger I found out that I am somewhat ambidextrous. I began playing baseball when I was 4 years old and I discovered that I can bat lefty or righty. This gift lead me to future success in other endeavors. When I was 7 years old, my mom asked me if I wanted to play drums and I said “yes.” I began taking lessons and quickly learned
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Some of my life goals include starting a successful business and becoming financially free. I want to start a business instead of getting a job because I will have total control of my time and money. If I am the boss, I can decide when I want to take vacation and how much money I make. Starting a business does mean taking a risk which most people don’t want to do. I am willing to take that risk because it could potentially give me financial freedom before the social security retirement age. In addition, I can generate a significant amount of income that can support my lifestyle, I will be able to retire at a young age. This means I can do anything at any time I want to do and enjoy my life. All of the mindset that I have, I obtained from my dad who has owned a business for 17 years and all the business books I read. Even though these are long term goals that I am not able to reach for the time being, I still have some short term goals that I am working towards such as getting better in reading and math.
Throughout my middle school years, I have developed many skills. To name a few, I have developed the ability to work with other people, being a team player. I feel that being able to work with other people can improve my social skills. I have become an effective leader by helping my team members to develop a plan of execution when doing group projects in class. Talking about group projects at school, I often do more and beyond what my teacher expected of me in order to set good examples for my classmates. I want to show my classmates that in order to be successful, one should not settle being

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