Personal Narrative: The Events That Shaped My Identity

Identity is defined as the unique qualities, beliefs, events, etc. that distinguish a person from everyone else around them (Collins English Dictionary). One’s identity is shaped all throughout their life depending on the certain events that they go through. An example of an event that shaped my identity was when I was in middle school at Fernwood Montessori and I did not do well academically because I had little motivation. However, this event formed me to want to do better academically the very second I got into high school at Ronald Reagan. When I was in middle school at Fernwood Montessori, I had minimal motivation. In fact, it was laborious to even drag myself out of bed to go to school. My impoverished attitude made everyday feel excessively …show more content…
Now instead of sitting next to my friends and losing myself within all my surroundings including the taping of a pencil or the sound of the wind outside the window. I can successfully zone out on the sound of my squeaky pencil scribbling words, which was never a familiar sound to me until I got into high school. And whenever I hear a teacher going on about Pre-Calculus instead of Basic Algebra, I can fully grasp the concept even if I am not fully paying attention while scribbling notes. In addition, instead of my english teacher going on about the book we are reading and not being able to remember what the book’s name was. I can recall the name and as well as fully analyze the book without struggling and leaning over to my friend asking them what the book was about. And currently, when the teacher calls me up to the desk, it is never about me not turning in my homework. Instead it is them asking if they can use an essay as an example, which always makes me look back and thank myself for wanting to do better. And finally, now when I get home from what seems to be a rather brief day of school my parents ask me “How was school?” or “What did you do today?” I actually have an answer. Instead of staring blankly at them, I can fully explain to them, and even show them, with pride …show more content…
Almost failing made me ashamed of who I was not only academically, but also as a human. In addition, it made me not able to tell any of my friends nor my parents how school was going or what my grades were. However, because I was ashamed, I promised myself that once I got into high school that I would improve just so I could brag to my friends about my grades. My extreme amount of motivation is just one of my unique quality or belief that makes me differ from everyone else and has made me who I am