Why I Want To Attend Punahou Essay

When asked to write about and describe myself I often have to stop and ask myself how would someone who knows me, describe me to someone who doesn’t know me at all. I feel unique would probably be the most fitting adjective for describing Robert Yamane.
I enjoy being challenged and never walk away from a problem that I know I can solve. Puzzles are great examples, but more importantly I want to be challenged in the classroom. Which is a huge reason why I want to attend Punahou. I personally think Punahou offers great one-on-one teaching so teachers can get to know me better, and more importantly I can learn at my own pace. I am a very fast learner and as soon as I understand something, all I have to do is commit the new information to memory and I will master it. I believe in a past life I may have kissed the blarney stone and I am learning the gift of gab can be both a blessing and a curse. I have gotten in trouble for being too social during class because I was tired of having to go over the same thing over and over again. I am confident that will not happen …show more content…
Every time I hear somebody tell me something like that, it only makes me want to work harder at achieving my goals and making my dreams a reality. One of my biggest goals has been to be accepted into Punahou for my high school career. In order to make that happen I’ve known I needed to work on my writing skills in particular. As you may have expected I have worked on them at every opportunity I got. For the first time in forever, one of my essays I wrote for English impressed my English teacher so much that she decided to use it as an example for future classes. This was and still is a huge accomplishment to me and a huge flashing neon sign telling me I am getting better at this weakness of mine. But I am never satisfied, and I hope to get more help with my writing skills at