Personal Narrative: My Journey To The Science Olympiad

There is a quote by Les Brown that I think is really inspiring. She said, “Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals, and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.” This quote helps me to keep moving towards my goals and not give up once it starts getting difficult. There are so many things that I want to do this year, like getting into Science Olympiad, getting A’s in all of my classes, and getting a good chair in my orchestras outside of school. I hope that I can stay motivated in order to achieve these things.
One of my goals is to get onto the Science Olympiad team. Last year, I was on the middle school team, and on the day of one of the competitions, I missed the bus. This meant that I had to go to the high school and take the bus with them. When I was there, I could tell that everyone was friends with each other, and the teacher was really nice and …show more content…
I’m in two orchestras called Philadelphia Sinfonia Players and Philadelphia Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra, and I want to get a good chair in both of them. The seating arrangements in these orchestras are different than some other orchestras; they put the two best players of the section in the front and evenly spread out the good and not as good players so that the orchestra sounds resonant and full everywhere. I would like to be in the front or at least near the front. In order to do that, I have to practice my solo piece a lot so it’ll sound good during the seating audition. The people in the front also have to lead their section, which means that I will have to practice my orchestra music a lot if I want to be first chair. Last year, I was in Philadelphia Sinfonia Players, and they made me first chair of the second violin section, but I wasn’t very good at leading. The conductor told me many times that I had to play louder, and he gave me advice on how to get better at leading a section, so I hope I get to make use of that advice this