The balloons are out, the flowers are in bloom, I smell summer. I smell a summer like no other. Not because the groundhog came out early this year, or because I was one year older, but because I was a graduate, from Gilkey International middle school (finally). Sophie comes up to me yelling, super excited for the night ahead, graduation. As we rehearse our ceremony, in our high inched heels and dainty fake eyelashes Charlie runs up behind us screaming in our ear jumping us out of our own skin.
My five personal core values are accountability, family, faith, positive attitude and responsibility. I feel that I am a very accountable person. I hold myself accountable not only for my responsibilities but also other people responsibilities. I take ownership for making, keeping and being held accountable for my commitments. Another core value that I posses is family.
4. Explain 5 things you value. Some of the values and beliefs that make the person I am include: Family and friends- I value the idea of keeping family and friends important in my life. For me, family and friends are the ones that will always be there for me when I’m down and will help me when experiencing troubling times.
The Journal For Conquering Middle School The time had come for me to become a 6th grader. It would definitely be a difficult transition for me going to a brand new place with hulking monsters known to everyone as the eighth graders. Going to middle school would mean that I would have to meet new people from other elementary schools and that I could possibly lose my old friends. I really wanted to stay behind in elementary school where everything seemed so predictable and friendly.
The Mora High School cafeteria is a very familiar place to me, with it’s columns in the middle of the room, the off-white paint, and white and blue tiled floor. The cafeteria is usually a place full of a lot of kids and incredible amounts of noise. It’s nearly empty except for the four tables placed in the formation of a square near the little nook where the lunch ladies serve us food, or at least what tries to pass as food. The seats around each table are occupied by the cast of Annie celebrating the completion of their second show. The cast of Annie doesn’t even come close to filling the cafeteria, but the noise level could nearly be the same as when it’s fully filled during lunch.
My Vision For America 's Youth would be to help stop bullying and make a difference in the world . A challenge I want to address would be to help start a chain reaction to stop bullying . A chain reaction is something that happens when one person does something and it influences others and causes them to join in . In October of 2015 I recently experienced a very serious and emotional assembly at my school .
Soon after I crawled out of my hole of self-pity, I thought to myself, “First thing’s first, I need to get a job so I can support us.” And that’s exactly what I did. I now work at Speedway, and even though it’s not exactly my dream job, thinking about Izzy makes every mess I clean up, dish I wash, and every insane ranting customer worth it. I wake up every morning, and put on my uniform with pride, and gratitude that I have a way to provide for her. Having Izzy has forced me to learn pivotal values in life, such as responsibility, self-worth, selflessness, hard work, and keeping a positive attitude.
Just shortly after 2:30pm on a Thursday, Heather and I pulled into the parking lot at the new Middle School and caught up with the rest of our English Comp class. I am dumbfounded by how this new Middle School has turned out. I was thirsting for knowledge about the new building yet the only thing I really wanted to know was the comparison between the new and old school’s way of learning and schedules. The building itself reminded me of college campuses that I have visited where the architecture is very geometric and intricate. The building itself looks as though it has been untouched and unused even though school has been in session for about a month and a half now.
“Four AP classes is a lot,” my parents warned, reading the list of courses I would take in the fall. “Are you sure you can manage that?" I felt fearless. “Of course,” I assured them. “I can handle it!”
I believe that a person's core values and beliefs are what help them successfully achieve their goals and go far in life. Those qualities support their academic success and service to others as well. Some of my core values and beliefs are trust, honesty, hard-work, integrity, and Catholicism, in which I take pride in and they have helped shape me into the person who I am today. First and foremost, I will talk about Catholicism and my belief in God. Before I could even walk, my family and I went to church every Sunday, and continue to do so today.
As my mother announced that our family was migrating to the United States, I entered a state of shock and excitement. I was filled with joy knowing that I was moving to foreign, that is a common slang we would say when anyone from Jamaica is moving to another foreign county. At the time I was about eleven years old, so I had no idea the major culture shock that was awaiting me. As I started to get acquainted with my new surroundings, one of the things I struggled with was school and even to this day, I still continue to struggle.
Core values are developed through experience and development, they impact our personal lives as well, as our professional lives. Three important personal core values that I hold to heart are Family, love and Humor. These are values that I think will make and makes life better and easier for me as a person. Each make me feel secure and prepared for the future.
It is evident that if I believe in something specific then I’d behave or carry out an action in a certain way. This personal value system guides me to determine what is important to me. If you have a personal value system, then it would also shape who and what you are, this system would allow you to act in certain ways as well. Without value one can make hasty and rash decisions without thinking it through (www.essentiallifeskills.net).
When I was born, I had no values, attitudes and beliefs. However, as I grew older and started to have an understanding of what these words mean to me, I started to incorporate them in my life. My values, attitudes and beliefs come from my family. Throughout my life, my parents has always taught me to be respectful to myself and everyone
On more than one occasion, I have had to stand up for my values – often alone, and yet have managed to remain committed and faithful to what I believe in. This quality is essential to me in living a life of integrity in my future. My core values are : courage, compassion, confidence , creativity , decisiveness, determination, discipline , efficiency , neatness, family, friendships, forgiveness, fun, generosity, happiness, kindness, love, optimism , religion and trust.
