The interaction with another person is inevitable, considering that there is 7 billion people on Earth. Each interaction is either filled with meaning or is meaningless. For each person their meaningful interactions cause a drift in themselves. As for me I have had plenty of drifts but one that speaks out the most to me was when I participated in Science Fair my sophomore year in highschool. This experience allowed me to strengthen my drive for success and to become the independent student I am today.
My Advanceplacemt Chemistry class required every student to participate in my school's annual Science Fair. Every student could either work alone or work with a partner. I hardly talked to anyone in that class but to my surprise the boy who sat …show more content…
I was amazed of the great ideas we came up with together. They were original and I had faith that if things kept going how they were we would surely move on to the district competition. My faith had fallen short when Josh did not help with the making of the actual project. “I am busy” or “You can do it” started to be the center of our conversations. I could have cared less of the outcome of our project at that point. But two weeks before we had to present at the Science Fair something hit me. It was a combination of self-initiative and the want to prove to Josh that I did not need him to be successful. So for those two weeks I devoted myself to our …show more content…
Now that Josh was out of the picture I had to do it by myself. I was not social with the people at my school but that was something that had to be brushed off if I wanted to succeed. So I took my antisocial self to the library one day and discovered that I was not anti social at all. I handled the crowd like a pro and convinced 10 people to do the experiment. Once that was done I moved on to putting the information on the traditional trifold. It took me a while to put everything in place but when I did my sense of accomplishment reached new
My Advanceplacemt Chemistry class required every student to participate in my school's annual Science Fair. Every student could either work alone or work with a partner. I hardly talked to anyone in that class but to my surprise the boy who sat …show more content…
I was amazed of the great ideas we came up with together. They were original and I had faith that if things kept going how they were we would surely move on to the district competition. My faith had fallen short when Josh did not help with the making of the actual project. “I am busy” or “You can do it” started to be the center of our conversations. I could have cared less of the outcome of our project at that point. But two weeks before we had to present at the Science Fair something hit me. It was a combination of self-initiative and the want to prove to Josh that I did not need him to be successful. So for those two weeks I devoted myself to our …show more content…
Now that Josh was out of the picture I had to do it by myself. I was not social with the people at my school but that was something that had to be brushed off if I wanted to succeed. So I took my antisocial self to the library one day and discovered that I was not anti social at all. I handled the crowd like a pro and convinced 10 people to do the experiment. Once that was done I moved on to putting the information on the traditional trifold. It took me a while to put everything in place but when I did my sense of accomplishment reached new