My Responsibility In College Essay

As time goes on throughout history, the world changes, but some things always stay the same. This goes for humans as well, and as people grow and change, there is always an aspect of their life that shapes them and is a constant. In the duration of my life, responsibility has played a role in shaping who I am today. In all the aspects of my personality and life, responsibility can be seen in one way or another. Naturally, over the course of the past thirteen years, many different areas of my life have changed, and with that, my levels of responsibility and what I take responsibility of. In education, friends, family and even in musicals, I’ve taken responsibility for myself and others, which has helped develop the picture of who I am as a person …show more content…
It was preschool, but to me, it still counted. I was excited to learn new things, even at the young age of two and a half. It was the beginning of the next thirteen years of my education, and in this first year of school I already had some of the values that would remain a constant. I had a large amount of respect for my teachers, a desire to follow the rules and to pay attention, and a surprising amount of interest in learning for a little girl. In this first year, and even the ones to follow, I was very independent academically, not truly understanding the value of group work. That first day of school in 2003 was a sudden change in my life, a day that introduced me to the world in which I would later excel. Fast forward to ten years later in sixth grade, the year I would get my first official report card. That year, I received all A’s, and even though it was sixth grade and didn’t really matter, that moment changed how I looked at my education. Over the course of that year, I gradually began to fully understand how much I loved succeeding in school. This change for me gave me a drive for the rest of my academic career, and it was then that I really started taking responsibility for my academic success. In seventh grade, many aspects of my education changed. I decided to take an accelerated course in math, boosting me a year ahead of my peers. This change was rather sudden because one year I was learning math with everyone …show more content…
Before 2004, my family was just three people: my parents and me. I didn’t have a younger sibling or any responsibility of anyone. I didn’t have anyone’s opinion to “bow to” but my own and my parents. In August of 2004, a sudden change occurred in my family. My younger brother made our family of three, four, and made me an older sister. Our family became bigger, and I no longer was the only one my parents had to account for. Having this new member of the family wasn’t upsetting to me, I was excited. I was excited to have a little brother, and a new person to be around. Over time, my brother and I became good friends. This change was gradual, and by the time he entered kindergarten at Larchmont Charter, he was one of my closest friends. When Charlie came to Larchmont Charter for the first time, I was in fourth grade. Suddenly, I had to take responsibility for someone at school, and I was glad to. Because of this sudden change, I was responsible for my little brother until I left for middle school, and when he comes to the high school campus, I’ll be responsible for him then too. So, with the adding of a new member to the family, practically everything changed, but some things stayed the same. I always played a role in my family, just now it was a different role. My family has also remained close knit, in fact, the addition of a fourth member has brought us