English Essay About Myself

communicated in Spanish with my teachers. Although I knew how to communicate with English speakers I was not a fluent speaker. It was highly difficult at first, but I commenced to obtain courage and…

language, causing my influence to choose to improve my American Sign Language. At the beginning of this project, I was only a mere beginner at signing, but wanted to expand my knowledge, vocabulary, and general understanding of the language, pushing myself to increase my fluency. Through this process, I faced more challenges in learning this language than I expected to, but accomplished all of my goals, and feel much more confident in my…

by myself with no one to watch me.It was a dark and hallowed night.Not a lot of kids lived in my apartment for me to ask for directions.The night sky was pitch black as I look through the window in the stairwell. I remember that I was too scared to move in reaction to it being so dark in the apartment. “That was rude for the old man to treat me like that” I mumbled to myself while galloping around. It’s not my fault, that I couldn't quite understand him. I was still trying to learn English at…

Growing up, I was an extremely shy, insecure person. Social interaction had always been an intimidating and anxiety-filled experience for me. Every time I had a conversation with someone, my heart started throbbing and sweat drenched my skin, so I barely talked during young age. It continued through my young teenage year. I never participated in class discussions, even if the teacher called on me, it would just be an awkward silence. At the time, I didn’t notice of all the unpleasant and painful…

I never would have thought I would be in this position; being a person with generalized epilepsy. Walking into my 3rd period English class was the beginning of a tragedy that I wasn't ready for. It was a normal day, second week of school. Walking to my desk feeling so drained, I felt an unexplained twitch in my jaw and clenching in my teeth. It felt like someone was shaking me into a coma. I could still physically move but couldn't physically speak. I was so frightened, my first thought was to…

troublesome sister, or my brother who had trouble learning, or me, the misfit who seemed out of place. My family to me was not unique. I grew up accustomed to having a half-sister who was African American, a brother who has Autism, and I never gawk at myself in the mirror for being Hispanic. These representations of us are just that, representations. Nonetheless, in my community a person’s color, mental condition, or anything that is “out-of-the-norm” is like a beacon to years of prejudice. I…

institutional college. I was born in a refugee camp, in Thailand, and recently migrated to the U.S in 2005. I grew up in Eastside Saint Paul, MN, a place where I transformed myself into who I am today. As the oldest child in my family, I am the role model to eight of my younger siblings. Being the first person in my family to learned English was the ultimate dilemma. I started my education in second grade, barely even know how to pronounce a single word in…

due to being harassed and bullied, but this was the first time where I had to gain the trust of my peers and give my trust to them to do the right thing and get the job done. I believe that this factored from Social Identity Theory as I identified myself amongst my peers which led to this experience. Michael Hoggs wrote an article based on the correlation between Social Identity Theory and leadership. He believes that the social group will identity its leader and provides itself with an…

just letting it all out. When nothing was left but dusty dry wells, I looked around and refused to acknowledge the dreaded task of finishing my research paper and hours of centripetal motion revision. Instead, I pushed aside a collection of rough English drafts and sat on my bed with a dreaded thought wiggling to my attention. Within moments, it was screaming…

help and accept anybody. For example, I often received A’s on my English papers and even won an award for one of them! Also, I have been writing songs since I was 13; I needed help writing the first song, but after that, I was all right on my own. Another example would be that I know how it feels to be the outsider and unwelcome so, I always include anyone new and help them feel part of the group. Academic successes that set myself apart from other applicants would be that I was in the MedSci…