"Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience." ~Paulo Coelho

12/3/2019

DUE: FRIDAY, 12/6 at 11:45am

The King of Salem talks about appearing when people are on the verge of giving up on their personal legends. Think about your own life and write 7-10 sentences reflecting on one or more of the following questions:

1. What is one way that I have changed dramatically from 5 years ago? What about 10 years ago?
2. Think about a time that you wish you could do over again. What happened? How did you handle this situation? Why do you wish you could change it? How would you change it?
3. What are ways that you are kind to yourself when life presents difficulty or struggle? How do you stay focused on being YOU and how do you stay focused on your own goals?
4. Think about your Personal Legend. What are ways that you have made progress toward your personal legend and your life mission already?
5. What is something that happened in your life that made you angry or uncomfortable or fearful at the time, that you now understand more clearly? Maybe it is something that you are now grateful for.
6. Look at the things that make you upset or mad or uncomfortable. Is there a theme to these things? What trait in yourself do you see that you should grow in order to not let these things change your disposition?

99 Comments

Carol King link

12/3/2019 04:07:58 pm

Look at the things that make you upset or mad or uncomfortable. Is there a theme to these things? What trait in yourself do you see that you should grow in order to not let these things change your disposition?

This blog post is a series of tough questions that forces us to look at ourselves internally and do a little analysis of ourselves. It's tough work, but important work that I really wish I did earlier in my life!

I think that something that I've constantly had to work on in my life is my patience.I truly believe that everything and everyone in our lives is a teacher--even the most painful experiences, even the most frustrating people. Anything that takes us away from our happiness is trying to teach us something.

I think that I'm a fairly patient human being. I am, after all, a teacher, and I live with 5 other grown adults (and grew up with MANY more people), and so my classroom and the dynamics of living with lots of people are constantly presenting themselves as teachers for me.

When I was kid, I would get really frustrated when things didn't happen immediately--when I didn't get the Nancy Drew books I wanted during that first trip to the store, or when my team lost at a volleyball game. In college, my patience was constantly tested when I was doing theatre, especially when I was directing. I would want changes made immediately, and I would get really frustrated when things didn't happen fast.

All of these experiences have led me to be a really patient person now, even though during those times, they led me to great frustrations inside. I'm much more understanding of how people have their own life experiences that they're dealing with now, which I think helps me become a more patient teacher and a more understanding roommate (and wife!).

However, on the Monday of break, I had a really frustrating experience that tested my patience in a brand new way! My phone has been really slow. I went to the Apple Store to try to get help. The Apple Store sent me to the AT&T Store, and then the AT&T Store sent me back to the Apple Store. After waiting at the Apple Store for the second time, they told me they would call me at home with the Apple Care Line. I went through this all with a smile on my face, trying to make everyone around me happy. I picked up the call when the Apple Care Line called, and I explained my situation to the person who tried to help me work through it. I followed her instructions for 2 hours, when all of a sudden, a sound clicked in the middle of her explaining something, and a new person said, "Hello? This is Apple Care." The first person I had talked to had disappeared and there was no way to get her back!!! I had to explain my situation entirely over again. By this time, I was 5 hours into trying to solve the problem with my phone and felt massive frustration. This second lady ended up telling me to reboot my phone, which caused me to lose all my photos, contacts, and texts, which led me to be really sad and angry. I had to at the end of this all put myself in check. They were just pictures. They were just texts. I still had all those beautiful people in my life and I could take new pictures and make more memories. But the entire thing really did shake me out of my happiness, and so I still have work to do with growing my patience!

Gavin link

12/5/2019 02:59:39 pm

I just realized everyone forgot to indent

Alina

12/16/2019 05:08:47 pm

Nobody asked

Jesus Sanchez Cruz

12/5/2019 03:16:52 pm

I hate people borrowing my stuff without my permission.
I should ask,¨can you bring it back to me¨.

Nicholas Castro

12/5/2019 11:03:25 pm

I feel your pain. Well... I'm also the type of person to grab something before I've finished asking for it.

Alina

12/16/2019 05:09:50 pm

I totally agree with you how it’s annoying how you be nice and let people use your stuff then they don’t return it. Or sometimes they take it without asking.

walker settle

12/4/2019 05:28:38 pm

I think there are many ways that I have changed over my years at HTH and even before. I used to be so concentrated on what people think about me. Now tat I am so comfortable with this school that I do not care that much anymore of what people think about me. This was a problem when I was younger because I would pick fights because of what the other kids said about me. so my childhood was not as fun as I would like it to be. that was until I got to High Tech it was a fresh start for me and has able me to grow in so many ways.

Jacob SH

12/10/2019 09:22:19 am

I can agree with the fresh start thing. And I can also agree with the idea of not caring what people think now. It has changed me to be more open and I am grateful to the HTH environment that has encouraged this more. When I was in elementary I was sorta just someone who existed and was there, here I can get more environment and enjoy what I'm doing instead of just taking it in.

Gavin I link

12/10/2019 10:34:30 am

I would say walker is much better at ignoring people. But i haft to say walk will still pick fights just not physically but mentality with people he will get really annoying when he does that but other then that walker is mostly mature and a reusable person.

Kyla Stubbs

12/4/2019 06:20:58 pm

Ten years ago I was 4 turning 5 in December. When I was 3 my grandmother died, and I used to spend a lot of time with her when my mom would work. This changed my life completely. At the time my grandmother was really my only friend because growing up I would move a lot so I didn't really have very many friends. My life now is very different than it was ten years ago I have moved 4 times since then and have had many different experiences. When I was younger I didn't really think about traveling but now the idea of traveling sound really cool. The last time I traveled was this past summer I went to Washington to visit my dad. While I was there we went up to Canada for a day just to see what it's like. We drove from Washington to San Francisco within the time frame of a week so we got to look at all the states in between.

Walker settle

12/9/2019 10:03:03 pm

I am also very close with my grandmother but I wish I could spend more time with her. I was just wondering what did you think of the states did you have fun. I can also relate to not having that many friends in elementary school until I got to this school. It was all because of my leg that I had a bad experience with other people but it all good now.

Jake Fragala ha ha

12/4/2019 06:21:19 pm

One time that I wish I could do over again is when I yelled at my brother because he broke my toy, and we got in a huge fight. This has happened many times, but I am choosing this specific one because it wasn’t a super expensive toy, it was just a wood toy called a Kendama. A normal Kendama costs about $15, and is made out of wood. When my brother broke the toy, I was furious, despite the fact that it really wasn’t very hard to buy a new one. He yelled back and we got into a huge fight. This said fight eventually ended with him hitting me, me hitting him back and him falling onto the ground crying. (He’s two years younger than me.) I wish I had more calmly explained to him that my toys were very important to me and that he shouldn’t go around breaking other people’s things.

Colin Dake

12/9/2019 06:42:13 pm

I like how you chose a more specific event rather than just another time when your brother stole something from you. It causes there to be a lot more detail that improves the story/writing. I also like how you gave perspective about this too, it helps the reader have empathy for what is happening in the situation.

I was not fully expecting how you ended this story though, because I thought that you would instead reflect in an opposite way about how the kendama was not worth much as explained in the context that you gave.

Rishi Halker

12/4/2019 07:09:23 pm

A time when I wish I could’ve done something over was when I got into a bike accident with another child. I was in 7th grade and I used to go bike riding pretty regularly. I was using my dad’s bike which had an electric motor attached to it, and whenever I pressed that button, the motor would start spinning and I would be propelled forward! One day, as usual, I went down to the elementary school in front of my house to ride my bike a couple of laps. That’s when I noticed there was another kid riding his bike there as well!

I didn’t think much of it so I continued to ride my bike as I normally would. After a couple of laps, I decided to launch my bike using the electric motor at the far end of the school parking lot. I then turned on the electric motor and then I zoomed off! When I was half-way through the parking lot, the kid cuts in front of me and I hit him! I wasn’t hurt at all but his knee was scraped up! At first,

I was shocked, then I was back to my senses and I was asking if the kid was okay. I wish I could change it because it caused a lot of pain for him and privileges to be taken away for me! Something I could’ve done to avoid his situation was to abstain from using the electric motor because it would’ve been safer for the kid and me!

Katie Sjolund

12/4/2019 07:39:28 pm

Sometimes it is very hard for me to say focused and motivated. An example of this is on a daily basis is studying and doing homework for subjects that don't really excite me. When I feel like this and want to push everything off until the next day, I have to remind myself that what I am doing is going to help me in the future and that my future self is going thank me a lot because she doesn't have to do it now. Granted, this doesn't always work but it works more times than it doesn't. Some people need to be surrounded by other people in order to get work done because that helps them be more accountable for their work. For me that other person is my future self. I apply this thinking on an everyday basis but also in the longer term progress as well.

Dillon M Jones

12/9/2019 05:53:32 pm

I feel the exact same way; I feel less determined to finish assignments in subjects that don't interest me. My way of coping with this is that I find relations between my interests and the ones i'm not interested in. For example, I enjoy math more than I enjoy writing but I place myself in a situation in which i'm writing about a new mathematical formula I have created. This is a form of growth mindset that many people use to cope with these same situations.

Kyla Stubbs

12/9/2019 08:34:06 pm

I feel the same way sometimes it can be hard to stay focused on something when your mind can be thinking about something completely different. I am a procrastinator so sometimes I push everything off until the last minute.

Jessica Espinoza-Flores

12/4/2019 09:19:22 pm

I have become open to new things. 5 years ago I would have never tried any other food that wasn’t in my comfort zone or wouldn’t have wanted to try to do something different.

I haven't really been able to make any progress towards my personal legend. I'm not really sure what I can do to “Be an advocate for those that do not have a voice”. That might be challenging for me now, but not so much in the future.

Something that happened in my life that really changed me was when a new student came last year, me and her didn't get along because we were so alike. We ended up having a rivalry to see who would have the better grades. But now I realize that we are more alike than I thought. I am really grateful for her because if it wasn't for her then I probably wouldn't have realized my potential.

Evonna Esparza

12/9/2019 07:28:50 pm

I really like how you always give a lot of examples in your writing because it really helps giving the reader a visual. A few things I would ask myself to try to make progress toward my Personal legend are: How do you think you will work toward your Personal Legend in the future and why is it so difficult to do that now? What do you think you can do to set your future self up for succeeding in your Personal Legend?

David Lopez

12/10/2019 09:25:09 am

I like how you stepped out of your comfort zone multiple times. I had a similar blog post related to sports. It helped me with trying new things, and mine was with sports.

Jane Fletcher

12/4/2019 11:15:11 pm

I think that I try to have a positive attitude even when things are tough. When i'm going through a tough time I always have to remind myself that its a passing moment and to work through it. I don't know if our lives are predestined, but I feel like before I have something really amazing and positive happen for me I'll have a low point. Like everyone else I have a lot of ups and downs and sometimes I'll have a really low point that will really bring me down, and I still struggle with reminding myself to keep my head up, but I am better about lifting myself up in that regaurd than when I was younger.

Katie Sjolund

12/9/2019 05:35:38 pm

I relate to this in a lot of ways. Whenever I come out of a low point and things feel like they can't get any better, I wonder if I feel that way because that feeling is so much better than it was when I was at that low point or if that felling is really that great. I try not to think about that to much because it isn't really the best way to keep that happy, feel good feeling around for very long.

Dillon Jones

12/5/2019 09:24:55 am

Just in the recent years, I have chosen to care about my education because I realized that I have a VA Scholarship from my father. I am really appreciative that I have this opportunity and I should really take advantage of it. One thing I would change in my past is that I wish I cared about school in the past. Now I feel like I need to make up for it which causes me to work 3 times harder to learn new things.
When I face a struggle, I think of it as an objective. I don't start panicking, I face it calmly and proceed to fix the problem. Many things have helped further my experience for my personal legend such as the makerspace, and the circuit projects. These have helped me by giving me some experience in the same field that my personal legend is in.
One thing that made me uncomfortable or fearful was when I placed the CPU in my first computer. I thought that I might have bent a contact or pin but it works now. I should have just relaxed and not been so tense. I think that I have space to grow in many fields. Some of the biggest i should learn are work habits and ethic, critical thinking and problem solving. These things have resulted in about 80% of all my failures.

Rishi Halker

12/9/2019 06:29:40 pm

When I start building my PC, I think that I also will become a little tensed and think that whatever I do wrong. I think that it's okay to feel this way, but to an extent. If this is how approach every problem with being tense, that doesn't make your situation any better! I think we all somewhat feel this when we encounter an issue or a flaw when we have problems. Instead, we should use growth mindset, to overcome the situation. Actually, in elementary school, we used to have these things every Friday about emotions and our vice principal would come in and talk to us about it. One particular thing that stuck out to me the most was, Stop! Name your feeling, and calm down" This still applies to our day- to day lives because sometimes even I get frustrated and get overwhelmed. When I think of this, it helps a lot and I think that we can all apply this to out lives!

Logan

12/10/2019 09:26:24 am

I was also scared when i first put in my cpu to but i didnt break it so i was happy. The second time i put in a cpu, it was for my friend and it ended up breaking because he knocked over his computer while being built. He had to replace the cpu and graphics card and i just sat there laughing because it was funny. He was laughing to until his mom came in and found out what happended.

Peyton Stringer

12/5/2019 09:25:29 am

Something that made me angry long ago was going to mexico over Christmas. I enjoyed holding a traditional Christmas at home, visiting family, and eating savory food. The idea behind opening my gifts a week after Christmas did not sound great either. However throughout the trip however cold the ocean is I enjoyed myself more. I was adventurous and learned more about the area. I explored and had fun with the people around me. I now understand how much more important it was to have an experience with my family rather than having a traditional Christmas. I have changed dramatically since ten years ago. When I was in preschool I was the most shy person you could know. This was troubling to my parents because I would not say a word during the entire day and hated being there. When my parents were questioned whether or not I should move into kindergarten or spend another year in preschool they chose to keep me in preschool because of how shy I was. Nowadays I think I am pretty talkative with my peers and am able to socialize much better now. I take more risks socially and am willing to do things like improv and speech class.

Jake Fragala

12/10/2019 10:29:57 am

I also believe that it's good to sometimes break tradition and go on a new adventure or something that you've never done before. In fact, one Christmas I also went to Mexico with my family. I'd already been to Mexico before, but never at Christmastime, so it was still a pretty new experience. I'm glad we went there.

Lauren Zirinsky link

12/5/2019 09:28:17 am

In various circumstances in which life presents difficulty or struggle, it definitely can be hard for me to remember that everything will be ok. I know deep down, that if there is something that is challenging me, making me struggle, etc. then it will just make me stronger in the long run. Although, it can be hard to remember this and keep this thought in my head when things get difficult. Though, I just have to remember this thought, because the alternative is to let the situation control me and affect me negatively. In addition to not letting it impact my perspective on things, I stay motivated by remembering how I have goals in life, and it may happen again...or various times in the future, but that is out of my control. I must remember that I can and will fight through it, because it is only going to make me stronger in the long run.

Kira Cook

12/5/2019 03:30:44 pm

I think it is great that you are showing grit and perseverance.It is very had for me personally to persevere through hard times.I think that it is important to learn how to have grit in the future.

Evonna Esparza

12/5/2019 09:28:42 am

"What is one way that I have changed dramatically from 5 years ago? What about 10 years ago?"
I think I have changed a lot since I changed schools to come to High tech. About six years ago I first came to High Tech Elementary school. My parents were so excited when they found out I was accepted into the fourth grade class. However, I hated the idea of leaving my friends at my old school. At my old school I only talked to a few close friends. So, coming to a new school with all new people made me really nervous. After a while, I loved going to school with all my new friend. Now that I've gotten to know everybody really well, I'm so grateful my parents decided to have me come to High Tech.

Jessica Espinoza-Flores

12/9/2019 09:56:59 pm

I like how you explained your mindset before and after you switched schools. We're you excited when you found out that you were accepted? Do you regret switching schools, or are you happy you did?

Abigail Gee

12/5/2019 09:28:51 am

5 years ago, I was very different than I am now. 5 years ago, I was in 4th grade and as I look back, I realize I am glad I changed. 4th grade was amazing for me for the first couple of months until my friends and I broke up our group. During that time, too nice for my own good and did way to much for other people. I'm glad I changed from 4th grade me for many reasons and I do not really want to list them, but I'm happy with how I am.

Gabriel Shelly-Balesteri

12/10/2019 09:28:01 am

I used to be the exact same way, I would do so much for other people that I would forget that I needed things too. I ended up being spread way too thin between everything that it affected the things that really mattered

Abby Chavez

12/5/2019 09:29:06 am

Think about your Personal Legend. What are ways that you have made progress toward your personal legend and your life mission already?

I never knew what my personal legend was in the beginning. Like in the Alchemist, I am not travel across a desert in search of some treasure. What I think my personal legend is to discover secrets that nobody can understand. When I was little I always liked to go on adventures like camping or hiking and stuff like that. I loved to be outside and being in nature. I have always like trying new stuff and being at this school can help me to get closer to my personal legend. I haven't made lots of progress toward my personal legend, but I guess the first step is making the decision.

Gabe S.B

12/5/2019 09:29:55 am

Many things in my life have upset me and I realized the theme among them a long time ago. Trust, or more specifically trusting others words more than my own instinct. The reason behind this blind trust is that I was raised to have honor, to be a man of my word, but more often than not I fail to realize that not everyone is as honest or as straightforward as myself. It's frustrating that people, instead of simply saying what they think, they resort to subtle half truths and deceit. If I am to grow past this frustration and blind trust, I must learn to trust myself above all. But I fear that if I trust myself I will be wrong in my judgement as I have been before. Hopefully, however I can grow past this issue with time.

Jake Ryan link

12/5/2019 10:33:49 am

Five years ago, I was very self conscious and was not confident in any of my abilities. Since then, I have learned to accept who I am, and to not care if anybody doesn't like me. I know now, that not everyone is always going to like me, and I have stopped trying to get the people who don't like me to. One time in sixth grade, I went to SuperCuts. The worst decision of my life. Apparently, their definition of a light trim is a full on buzz cut. I was so scared of what people were going to think of me that I wore a beanie, hat, anything that would cover my head. Then one day the teacher had me take it off, I literally bawled my eyes out. Ends up, none of my friends could care less. The only thing they made fun of me was that I cried over a hair cut. Now, I feel like that situation was so dumb! I am confident in who I am, and I won't care if anyone told me otherwise.

Zubin Rashid

12/10/2019 09:07:02 am

Once I got a horrible haircut so I get what you mean. At this point I don't really care what people think of me. It still affects me but I care more about what I think of myself.

Jane Fletcher

12/10/2019 11:25:17 pm

I know exactly what you mean, coincidentally I had an awful haircut in 6th grade too. Its funny how so many people can share a similar experience, it makes me wonder what kind of experiences other people had and how I can relate to that.

also why do I literaly have that same exact experience??

Joaquin Barraza

12/5/2019 10:34:31 am

One thing I wish I could change in my past life is my work ethic in elementary school. I wish it was better because in middle school I thought I could keep straight A’s and I did, but just barely. This year, I’m struggling getting straight A’s because I don’t put 100% of my effort into every assignment. I just do the bare minimum to get the B, but don’t go above and beyond the expectations for the A. I want the A and not just the B because when I start applying for colleges during senior year, you are more likely to get into the colleges you want if you say that you got all A’s throughout high school and not B’s. I have made progress on my personal legend by going to church almost every weekend and going to fuel which is the youth group on Wednesday nights. Fuel is only 9th and 10th graders that come together and have worship, a sermon, and small life groups for 2 hours.

Alexis Romero

12/5/2019 10:35:43 am

One way I have dramatically changed in the past five years were definitely my personality and the way I act in certain situations I do act more serious. I'm also way more involved into sports and take them more seriously because I enjoy them way more right now then I have ever. I think ive changed a lot in the past 10 years by my physical appearance. One time that I wish I could go back to when I was at San Marcos Middle School and I would've stayed there for middle school to do sports and to be more into sports. I was already in the High tech system and I could not go back but im Glad I came. I wished I would've stayed because of sports and etc.

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Daniel Barbosa

12/5/2019 12:50:43 pm

Something that I got mad at the time but now I am grateful for it now. Is in my soccer career I was on team that was really good. I didn't want to leave the team but when it came to tryouts m dad said that he wanted to switch me to other team but the same club. My dad suggested but I wanted to say no but at the same time I didn't want my dad to get mad and so I said yes. In the beginning of the season we started off really bad but then we started doing good and at the end of the season we accomplish a lot of stuff. Then the following season we play in big tournaments and won 4 tournaments and got 2 place in the top flight of my age.Till this day I am with the same team that I talk about and I am glad that my dad made sme join the team that I am in.

Alanna Archuleta

12/10/2019 09:29:42 am

I think that you realized the past was an actual good choice for you and looking back your dad did the right thing and helped you with your future.

Jack Flanagan

12/5/2019 12:51:30 pm

What infuriates me is when I want to do something and then someone try to wast my time. When by brother comes home from school and I am playing a game he wants to then play. The big problem with that is I can't play my game if he is arguing that I must go off. even if I agree with him and I just need to save he ignores me and complain how I not getting off. Also if I am trying to find something that is not even related to him to try to get me of task with finding it by saying that he know were it is and that he wont tell me. He also try his best to get into stupid arguments be steeling and saying that its his then try to sell it or by being dumb.

Jacob Sherman

12/5/2019 02:49:08 pm

I am different from my 10 year old self. Besides the fact of brain size and it being a 10 year old. I think I was more shy and not as willing to do projects. I would probably was more introverted. So I guess I was shy, introverted, nervous, off on my own, not as thinkative, and not wanting to do much. I have changed a good amount from that version of me. I am kind of the opposite of 10 year old me. With a few exceptions, I do still like being on my own. But I have also found people to enjoy my time with. So I have become more well rounded with everything that I am capable of. I do like who I am now. Not sure if I want to change, but I probably will because time passes and I keep growing up. Life just keeps going and I am fine with that, as long as I have some fun along the way.

(One a side note, I am pretty sure that I spelled my name right this time...)

Zubin Rashid

12/5/2019 02:49:44 pm

If I could I think I would go back to when I switched to this school. Now that I know about more people from school I think I could make different decisions that would make me happier today. One thing that frustrates me really easily is little kids. They're very talkative and energetic, and it sometimes they're like the exact opposite of me. I get really frustrated trying to take care of them. I also get frustrated when something goes wrong because of a decision I made. A lot of times I make small decisions that can ruin a big thing and it can really frustrate me.

Peyton Stringer

12/9/2019 10:24:02 am

Is your dislike for kids linked to anything? Or is it more of a gut thing? For me a lot of things that are frustrating to me are linked to deeper meaning or past experiences. Is it the responsibility of it all that frustrates you? Is it the lack of knowledge they have?

Gavin link

12/5/2019 02:57:51 pm

My personal legend is to make a good life for myself. But the past few years have been mostly good there's always downs ever now and then. But one big thing that has changed a lot is how my parents treat me. They more open around me and let me do my own thing unlike when I was 9-10. For an example I now can order my own food without my parents saying oh could you add or get rid of this in the order. A time I wish I could redo is when i went to los vegas I just didn’t get to see everything i wanted to, like going out more when it was dark.
Something that I didn’t know what it was when my parents got divorce because i was 8 at the time, Now that I am in high school and passed middle school I understand now what a divorce meant. I also understood the gravity now because when I was younger I was more shocked and I didn't understand what it was for the long term.

Kira Cook

12/5/2019 03:24:17 pm

One way I have changed over the past 5 years is that I got taller. I have more patience because of my little siblings.I have grown over all as a person.(at least I think)Something that has made me angry was when my group would help me or they wouldn't contribute to the group and do some of the work, even when I asked them to. Or when they walk off and hang out with their friends .Another thing that makes me mad is when I have to watch over my little siblings and I tell them to give me some time alone and they keep bugging me, but I can't yell at them because then my parents will yell at me. The little things also annoy me like when fast food places get my order wrong, or when someone changes their personality around different people other than me.

kainon

12/5/2019 05:53:40 pm

I like the way you expressed your emotion in this. Also sorry about your phone screen in 6th grade @collin

Alex

12/9/2019 09:36:36 pm

I like how you used a lot of detail and was very specific on the time from the past but I think it needs a little more explanation.

Kainon Kachele link

12/5/2019 05:52:22 pm

5 years ago I was a small child, Still short and annoying just now im somewhat more mature. Not really sure what life was like 10 years ago but I feel that I was in a happy place.

A time in my life that I regret would be taking advantage of life and what it has to offer, If I had a do-over in life I would use my time wiser and I would chose to make wiser choices and different paths in life.

"There is light at the end of the tunnel, you just have to make it to the end". My personal legend is something that represents progress in life and the dedication needed to achieve what you want in life.

Colin Dake

12/5/2019 06:04:00 pm

10 years ago, I caught a fish for the first time at my grandma’s boat dock in South Carolina. After that, I was extremely interested in fishing, and would read any and all books about the topic. This lead me to be very knowledgeable about fishing, even though it was mostly about fishing in the Atlantic ocean, or in Europe. When I was about 8 years old, I started fishing at a small pond with some friends for bluegill and catfish, I finally had continued success with fishing. This brought me to become more passionate about fishing, and after two years, I started to branch out to saltwater fishing. When I first started fishing at the pier five years ago, I had no idea how to fish in saltwater. After a fruitless half an hour of trying to catch a fish, a guy on the pier helped me catch my first few saltwater fish, and I was forever hooked on fishing seriously for long periods of time.

David Lopez Jr

12/5/2019 06:43:26 pm

1. What is one way that I have changed dramatically from 5 years ago? What about 10 years ago?

This wasn’t really a dramatic change but it was a good change for my life and how I think. It started in eighth grade, right after the football season ended. I was bored with the electives that the school offered, so I chose to join a sport. The name of the sport was basketball. I didn’t know it then, but This would become my favorite sport. Before the season, I hadn’t played at all. When the season started, I knew nothing about basketball and was lost. Throughout the season, I learned more and grew to love the sport. After the season, I tried track and field. I also wasn’t very good at this either, but I tried it. Now after my experiences with trying new things I now say to myself, I can't hurt you to try new things.

Cole Beckett

12/10/2019 09:31:52 am

I also had a similar experience with change because I didn't really change a lot when I was in elementary school but I changed a lot in middle school. When I started a sport that I currently do now, I was also lost but it didn't take long to get used to it. Now I am also very similar to you in trying new things because I am more open to new experiences.

Corinne Bains

12/5/2019 06:46:54 pm

Over the course of the last five to ten years, my perception of the world has changed drastically. One thing that my perception has changed on is the value of hard work. While I was raised to appreciate the value of hard work, I admittedly never really took pride in the things I did. This was mainly because the things that I was doing, never really interested me and I felt like it was pointless. I still have to do things like this, but now, I have been able to find things that I enjoy working hard on, and I understand how good it feels to invest a lot of time and energy into something and be proud of it. Another thing that my perception has changed about is my health. When I was younger, I took my health for granted. But I now know that I need to get my act together if I want to avoid the health issues that run in my family, as well as maintaining an overall healthy lifestyle.

Lauren Zirinsky link

12/10/2019 09:29:24 am

I agree that its important to know the value of hard work. I think that throughout high school, we will definitely view and do this a lot.

Jenisis B

12/5/2019 06:50:24 pm

I regret every time in my past that I cared about others negative opinions and let it impact me into not believing in myself. 5 years ago I definitely had a fixed mindset and didn't really put effort into things I thought were too hard to complete, now I persevere through the challenges I face and succeed through my goals, therefore I have a growth mindset that grows stronger through the mistakes I learn from. When It comes to people's negative opinions now.. I don't let it get to me and turn it into something somewhat positive “Do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good” Romans 12:21. That's also a way I tend to be myself and focus on my goals without getting distracted or having doubt.

Alex

12/9/2019 09:38:21 pm

I like how much detail and time you put into you’re post because it is well structured and very specific and I can relate to you on a high personal level.

Brenden

12/5/2019 07:05:08 pm

Think about your Personal Legend. What are ways that you have made progress toward your personal legend and your life mission already?
Alaska, I don't know why but I want to go to Alaska. It might be the wild or the danger but it’s calling to me. The call of the wild. A Jack London book that I admit to not reading though. One of the reason might be the wild life. The wild and the life in the wild just draws me in. It draws me in, to point were I know I go there, it just a matter of when. Anyway I visiting you soon Alaska.

Star

12/5/2019 07:24:51 pm

5 years ago, I feel like I was a totally different person. Not only in my personality but how I dressed and wanted myself to look like. Being 9 years old at the time was very...boring for me.I started to realize I didn’t have to be like all the “regular girls” and follow crowds.I started roller derby and dance, I loved being able to go out and do things instead of staying home and doing nothing. As of right now, I still don’t really like staying home, because I like to have adventures. I much rather go outside and skate just to see how different the clouds are in the sky. As a 9 year old my eyes weren’t open to music like they are now. I didn’t take in the beauty of music and lyrics. Now music is technically my life, I can’t go a day without listening to my favorite playlist. Now as a 14 almost 15 year old I understand things a lot more then I did back then. Not only music but in education, I can understand people and how they are feeling much better then I did before.

Gwyneth

12/10/2019 09:32:08 am

I like how you wrote that you could understand people better than you could 5 years ago. I also like the part where you wrote that you don't like to stay home because there are so many things to experience outside of home.

Ruby

12/5/2019 07:26:41 pm

1. What is one way that I have changed dramatically from 5 years ago? What about 10 years ago?
5 years ago it was 2014 and I just moved to California from Nevada. I was in 4th grade, I was really happy but I cared a lot if people liked me or not so I would try my best to be optimistic and nice to everyone. Even when they were mean to me. I think I’ve changed a lot since then because now I literally couldn't care less about what people think or say about me. I used to get so hurt when people would talk about me and I wouldn’t say anything but now I love when people try to say things about me because then I get to degrade peoples egos and self esteem.

brisa rojas

12/5/2019 07:35:53 pm

A time I wish I could do over again would probably be the time where I ended up breaking my pinky. It was somewhere around october i was deciding whether I should go to my game or not. I went to the game and ended up falling on my pinky. Once I got up i didnt pay much attention to my finger until I felt a sharp pain. I looked down at my finger and it was bent to the side which was hurting a lot. I had to leave the game early to get it checked out. They said it was broken and I couldn't play for a while. I wish I could change it because hated wearing the cast and it made me very uncomfortable. I would change it by not going to the game and sleeping in.

Josefina Espinoza

12/5/2019 08:14:29 pm

1. What is one way that I have changed dramatically from 5 years ago? What about 10 years ago?

5 year ago I was a 10 year old. I changed a lot from when I was a kid I wasn’t very social with kids my age when I was younger. I was a really shy child and I was even shy to my family. I didn't really open up to my family. I really didn't like talking to a lot of people, I wouldn’t like to make new friends because I didn't really want to talk. I stayed to myself and really didn’t like socializing. People don't believe that I was shy because now I am a very social person, and I love to talk to my friends and make new friends as well. Being 10 and now 15, I have learned many different things about myself and what makes me who I am.

Gelsey Perez

12/5/2019 09:28:17 pm

1. What is one way that I have changed dramatically from 5 years ago? What about 10 years ago?

I think that I've changed a lot since 5 years ago. I feel that I've become a stronger and more responsible person with everything I do. Before, I was always so quiet, never wanting to start conversations with people because I was so shy. I remember always being too scared to step up, and take the chances I had, to be happy. I was always worrying about what other people thought of me, which only brought me down even more. Throughout time, I've learned to accept the challenges that were thrown at me, and do better things in my life, and sometimes I wish I could go back in time to do all the things I rejected. As I grew older, I was beginning to learn who I was, and what I wanted to do in life. I learned to love and appreciate my myself, even when I wasn't perfect. Hopefully in the future I keep being who I am now, and maybe even grow to become more confident in myself to do my best.

Eunice Flores

12/9/2019 04:11:22 pm

I agree with 1000%😁. Now I confident in raising my hand to ask a question or speaking to other peers. My mom would tell me that there was a stupid question and after that I started opening to people. During the change I started having more friends and not being alone. Good Gelsey!😎

Aquetzalli Lira-Prado

12/5/2019 09:30:48 pm

Something in my life that has always made me upset is the way my parents always found a way to give me a lot of housework or useless projects at home. In my parents' eyes it's useless to raise a child who can’t do anything for themselves. A child needs to have responsibilities at an early age. They were always stressing that we needed to do stuff for ourselves instead of being a burden on them and society. So tasks such as learning to cook at the age of seven was a must. While other families enjoyed vacations and time away from home, I was forced to cook, clean, and learn to use tools to build stuff around the house. Now looking back at it, I’m am very grateful. Though I didn’t realize it at the time, I feel like it has made me more self-sufficient and helpful.

Something I feel like I need to work on is motivation and patience. I am a perfectionist and need things done a certain way and when things don't go the way I plan, I get upset and mad. I feel like I need to have control over everything in my life. I have a really negative attitude to when things are bad or when I struggle. I can be a bit of a pessimist at times. I need to work on being more tolerant and patient with friends, family, and situations I can't control.

ruby

12/9/2019 10:26:52 am

I can connect to what you want to work with motivation and patience because I do too.

Gwyneth

12/5/2019 09:51:53 pm

2. Think about a time that you wish you could do over again. What happened? How did you handle this situation? Why do you wish you could change it? How would you change it?

One day, my sister, our friend, and I were playing at a park right next to our school. We were playing a little rough and my friend accidentally kicked my hand. I got really upset because I was hurt. The next day, I started to avoid her and sit with other friends at lunch. I was getting a little annoyed with my friend "copying" me, but I think I took it all out on her because of that accident.

Today, we are not that close with each other. I am still friendly to her, and we share some interests. I feel terrible about my reaction to that accident. I wish I could go back in time and be a better friend. If I could do it over again, I would forgive my friend because it was really an accident and I realized that I over-reacted.

Ashley Tavares

12/5/2019 11:38:21 pm

1.What is one way that I have changed dramatically from 5 years ago? What about 10 years ago?
I was pretty strange 5 years ago. I still am now but that is besides the point. 5 years ago I was in 4th grade first year at high tech. I was very much more out-going when I was 5 years younger than I am now. Nowadays I am still out-going but more mature on how I express it. Now how I have changed 10 years ago now that is a whole different story. I was in my second year of preschool and was at the age where I believe anything anyone told me. I remember my sister told me that my mom let people live in our walls. I would always talk to the walls as if there where people inside of them and read them bedtime stories because you know wall people need bedtime stories too. The sads thing was that my whole family was in on this and where beting to see how long I would believe it for and it was until I was 7 my brother won $45 that year and I was left with a disappointed and embarrassed feeling for a while.
2. Think about a time that you wish you could do over again. What happened? How did you handle this situation? Why do you wish you could change it? How would you change it?
6th grade was a terrible time for me. I was so cringy and I thought I was cool but I was not. I would do the whole year all over again and made sure that I never did those really bad skits for performing arts and those really bad shorts movies for digital arts. I would also make sure that I did not wear all of those weird dresses I thought were nice. I did not really handle the situation at the time but I did fix my cringy-ness around 7th grade. I wish it was changed because for me I think it was just so embarrassing. Also I think more people would have hung out with me in 6th grade is I was not so “weird.” I would change it by first not letting my mom choose my school clothes and maybe thought to myself more “Ashley right now do you think Ashley in the future would approve of this” my answer would probably always be no.
3. What are ways that you are kind to yourself when life presents difficulty or struggle? How do you stay focused on being YOU and how do you stay focused on your own goals?
Always thinking on the bright side is what gets me through struggles and difficulties. Let's say my mom’s car breaks down yeah sure I am mad that the car is broken but I look on the bright side and say to myself “well it could be worse, It could be raining while we are out here trying to fix the car.” or “ this could be worse, we could be in the middle of nowhere just me and my mom not knowing what is wrong with the car (because we are very clueless) and not being able to get in contact with anyone at all.” looking on the bright side does make me very happy.
How I stay focused on being me is by not being jealous of others. If I focus on how others might be better than me then right then, and there I lose sight of me and how I am unique in my own way. I always make sure that my goals are goals that I am passionate about so it keeps me on track for them and makes me want to do them.
5. What is something that happened in your life that made you angry or uncomfortable or fearful at the time, that you now understand more clearly? Maybe it is something that you are now grateful for.
My sister there's something in my life make me angry and uncomfortable. When me and my sister were younger cheese to bite me and make fun of me and I was always so confused. why she would do those things I mean aren't you supposed to be nice to each other she was something that came into my life unexpectedly it's something I wasn't too fond . As I got older I started understanding that she was different because she had a disease that made her different. I realized that the action she took she didn't really understand that they might affect people In major ways. Now I am grateful for she has kind of learned better and has kind of understand right from wrong. if she wasn't there or me when I was bored or sad who would have.

Abigail Gee

12/10/2019 09:31:27 am

You have really interesting stories. I'm glad that you realize that your sister is someone important in your life in the end.

Nicholas Cat-toes

12/5/2019 11:38:37 pm

Hmmm... Well, something that makes me uncomfortable.
First of all, I think I have OCD. When something is un-yag(not strait) I cringe and kind of twitch. for example a poster, or something I cant just walkover and fix. which is really disabling because it will leave me distracted. Along with the OCD, I have ADHD which basically makes me pay attention to something else that doesn't look perfect enough. Leaving me to completely forget what was the original thing that made me cringe.
Also I have a bunch of phobias like tropophobia, a phobia of fur that I developed like lets see...Monday?(which is pretty sad because I have 2 dogs).oh and a bunch others. My phobias are mostly things ill have to draw in my future. its mostly designs and things with excessive detail that I've never noticed before. like even cracks in a phone case, or the look your screen gets when some of the pixels die. Even a bunch of circles clumped together, which I think has to do with the tropophobia. which I was dumb enough too look up images while writing this.
Another phobia I developed was a phobia of the patterns on animals that are used to scare away predators. I used to think they were cool, but the none day I got terrified of them somehow. Well recently (this year) that phobia grew. I was looking up pictures of bugs on Pinterest for references for a character designs for a game. and a bunch of scary bugs that literally made me seize showed up. Which is why I don't use Pinterest no more (ahaha, grammar). Basically my recommended shows a bunch of scary bugs that make me question their existence.
It seems like the theme around this is animals and patterns, or art in general. I probably got scared of theses things in the process of trying to "level up: my art skill. How I will over come this? some phobias I can face head on. but others, I'm still in the process of figuring that out.
one things for sure. I know I want to be a well rounded artist but I know I have to get past these phobias to be able to draw certain things.
P.S Also, furriers in general offend everything I stand for. their "art style" is all the same and has no originality oven though that's what they try to be. Also the way they talk and see things makes me wonder if they're...you know what never mind. I can rant on for months.

Nicholas Castro

12/5/2019 11:43:10 pm

Woajjhh, all those capitalization errors are giving me the gargantuan displeasure.

Aquetzalli Lira-Prado

12/6/2019 10:46:47 am

I don't think you have OCD. You seem more like a perfectionist. Obsessive compulsive disorder is something serious and is not defined by wanting things straight or perfect. There are very serious things that are caused by OCD and you should be checked by a professional before self-diagnosing yourself based on mild signs that everyone has.

Hugo Nava

12/10/2019 10:47:04 am

I have a phobia of spider and I am deathly afraid of them, especially when the spiders are smashed and then all the baby's scatter from the smashed spider.I also kind of have a problem with OCD when it comes to really specific things and really small things that usually wouldn't bother other people. This is the first that I've ever heard of tropophobia, what and odd condition.

logan crysler

12/6/2019 08:17:13 am

I changed significantly from 5 years ago as I was always in the suspension room and usually had f's. I would always mess around and talk back to teachers or get into fights(I would usually lose because I'm scrawny). I would also never do my homework and school work as I didnt care. I skipped class a couple of times by sitting in the bathroom with my friend because I hated school and would usually get caught and get in trouble. Around 10 years ago I threw a chair at my teacher in pre school and got kicked out. I editly went to kindergarten that same year and technically supposed to be in 8th grade right now. I also called my teacher a poopy head and got suspended for 2 days which was pretty funny.

Nathan Garcia

12/10/2019 11:26:02 am

I really like how you decided to start taking school seriously. At least thats what it seems like now. Its especially important to take school seriously in high school.

Cole Beckett

12/6/2019 11:21:20 am

I believe that I have changed a lot in 5-10 years. 10 years ago I lived life in the present. I didn't worry about the future or the past because I was just a little kid. 9 years ago I was in kindergarten and I started to learn a little more about how friends work. 8 years ago I was introduced to elementary school where I started to look back on the past because I missed having naps. 7 years ago I learned more and more about how school works and how to interact with other people better. 6 years ago I found out a little more about my passion and my interests. 5 years ago I found out what I thought I wanted to be without any real thought. I had made a lot of friends that I am still friends with today and i am glad I wanted to be friends with a lot of people then. Today I have a changed a lot mainly with maturity. I try new things now and I don't regret any changes I've made to my lifestyle.

collin hoyer

12/6/2019 11:34:45 am

A lot of things have changed in the last five years. Five years ago, I was going to public elementary school and living in Escondido. I had been going to that school since kindergarten, and had lived in Escondido my whole life. When I finally decided to move schools, it was scary but I am very glad that I did. 3 years after that, I found out that I was going to have a baby sister, which was a huge surprise because I had been an only child my whole life. Another big change was high school, which was a big change in mostly good ways from middle school. Finally, I have moved 3 times in the last five years which is a lot of stress and change, but I have gotten used to it.

kevyn

12/6/2019 11:50:46 am

10 years ago i was a little kid and did not know anything and then 5 years ago i was in elementary and i was learning math and history now i am in 9th grade and i am doing things i did not even know i was going to be able to do.one time i wish i did is to be an ambassadors in middle school because i would of what to be more confident . and think that if i did that i could of get more opportunities because when i needed something i did not ask and now i think that this new opportunity will help me a lot and will be able to talk to visitors in the school and i will learn new things .

Jesus Sanchez Cruz

12/6/2019 01:45:39 pm

5 years ago, I was in 4th grade. It was okay. I had less friends. I had a normal life. In 2019, now life is new. I have a new life at High Tech High North County. I am in 9th grade. I have so many friends and new teachers. I know Emily and Nicky. They are from my old school at Alvin Dunn. Now this new life is even better. I can go on amazing field trips. My other field trips were kind of boring, a little. My teachers always used to give us giant text books. Now there are more flat text books. The textbooks are not big text books. I play football, soccer, tennis, basketball. Today, I played volleyball.

Alanna Archuleta

12/6/2019 03:04:18 pm

I remember the day I poured boiling water on my chest. My mom was making hot dogs for my sister, I wanted to help and pour out the water. So I went to grab the pan and I split it on my chest because I wasn't tall enough to grasp the pan correctly. I remember the initial feeling was cold water, because sometimes water is so hot it fells cold, but then it started burning and my mom took me to the tub and took off my shirt. My dad started pouring cold water on my chest while my mom called the ambulance. When the ambulance got there they got me in back and put a IV in me and started to put stuff on my burn (I couldn't remember). Since the hospital was far away and there was a lot of traffic they had to take me in a helicopter. When I got in the helicopter I fell asleep and the last thing I remember seeing the blue sky.

Mariah Flores

12/7/2019 03:39:06 pm

One way physically I have changed in five years is I have grown taller, I had braces for 2 years, and I am more self aware about my appearance. Going through elementary school I did not care about how I looked, only being comfortable because of the activities I would do. Growing up has showed me many different ways you can express yourself and going on throughout the years has helped me learned so much about the world. Other ways I have changed other than physically, are I have gone through more years of school and have been taught things I could’ve never imagined five years ago. For example, making my own wearable circuit or creating art pieces for a museum. I have created goals, realized my hopes and dreams, and have experienced many different life changing things. Ten years ago, there wasn’t a worry in the world for me, very different from now. I have to uphold many responsibilities which shows I have definitely changed drastically in the past decade.

Joaquin Barraza

12/10/2019 10:34:43 am

Why do you care what other people think about your appearance? Or does it not matter to you? I think it shouldn't matter what other people think about you but whatever you want

Nathan Garcia

12/9/2019 09:23:20 am

I have changed drastically compared to myself from five years ago, first of all I am a lot smarter in a lot of aspects. I'm a lot better at writting, reading and researching. I have become a lot more mature than myself from five years ago especially when I look back on it. I'm better with decision making and I'm a lot more responsible than myself five years ago. I have grown a lot since five years ago and some family members don't even recognize me. My height is one of the things that have changed the most. My view on school has changed drastically from five years ago.

Anthony Mercado

12/9/2019 10:36:31 am

I am different. 5 years ago I was in 4th grade and I disliked it. School was super stressful in 4th grade. It was so much more difficult than the first three grades of elementary school. I am more relaxed and laugh more now. I wouldn’t talk much when I was in 4th grade, especially not in class. When the teacher called on my name I would get so scared when I knew I was about to get in trouble. Back at my middle school. I didn’t practice as much during the end of the year. We weren’t getting any new music and the music we got in symphonic band was way too easy. Not in jazz band though. Some of the music was difficult.

Daniel

12/9/2019 03:11:24 pm

My personal legend is to become a Pro soccer player and right now I am still trying to accomplish my personal legend. There has been some up and downs trying to accomplish my personal legend for instance I was gonna quick soccer because of the soccer divisions that I was playing and I thought I wasn't gonna be able to leave that division. I have had so many good things in my soccer career like playing one of the best tournaments in California and getting second place in our bracket in the top division in my age. Mainly all the good things happen this year and all the bad things happen last year and the year before.

Eunice Flores

12/9/2019 04:06:13 pm

I have changed the last 5 years. Wow that’s so cool. But it was a slow change and it was a bit difficult at first. I was in 4th grade when I realized that I was horrible at making friends. I was alone and I would talk to my classmates and they would sometimes invite me to sit with them but I just didn’t fit. 5th grade was the best because I got a seat next to a girl named Haliey and I suppose you could say we clicked and started hanging out. She introduced me to handball and she and I would win like 90% of the time. 6th grade was different and it was better than 5th grade but the change from 5 to 6 was sad, since all my friends were going to Rancho Minerva middle or Vista Magnet. During/after 6 grade I have a lot of friends. Now today I feel better in opening to people and being around people.

Gelsey Perez

12/9/2019 11:09:23 pm

I can totally connect with you because this was me at the beginning of my first year at High Tech High. I felt that when I came to this school it was really hard to make friends because everyone came from different backgrounds. I too wasn't really good at making friends but it felt really nice when I finally had someone to count on and talk to at school.

Corinne Bains

12/10/2019 09:29:17 am

I definitely agree with and connect to what you are saying. I felt the same way when I was younger, I was very shy and it was hard for me to make friends too. It is still hard for me to make new friends, but I am glad that I have found a group of friends that I enjoy hanging out with.

Hugo Nava

12/10/2019 09:23:52 pm

How have I changed from 5 years ago? Well, I’d say that Used to be a little hyper ball of energy that bounced off the walls all the time and I was very reckless and no I’m more of a lax natured person that’s lazy but gets things done when told and when it wants to, but I am still very easily excitable. I used to be a very outdoorsy person, but in the house that I am currently living in, there aren’t really any places that I can explore like I used to. A fear that I used to have in my childhood would be the fear of the dark. I was always terrified of the dark because of my fear of not knowing what was there, but nowadays I like the dark sometimes whenever I need to recuperate and calm myself. I wish that I could go back and redo 6th grade. I’ve thought about this a lot and I have come to this decision because that was my worst year of school and there were so many people that I had bad impressions on and I wish that I could go back and redo that.

-sorry that this is late I didn't click submit

Anila Zepol just kidding its Alina

12/12/2019 10:33:35 am

Something that I was angry about was when my parents divorced. That was about 4 or 5 years ago. I remember thinking it was the end of the world and all I wanted was my parents to love each other again. Over time as I grew older I learned to get over it and now I could care less. A lot has changed since then and my life is a lot different.

bocaj scibetta

12/16/2019 11:02:14 am

I want to become a music producer for games. I have already started this goal. I'm in a number of different projects helping people with music that they need. I have mainly focused with making boss music so I need to slow down a little and learn ambient themes that could just play in the background instead of intense music. When I start a song i always think about a battle and that mindset is good if your making a battle theme. I have experimented with making just regular themes. Its not too challenging i just make them to intense at times. Light instruments work well else the person is a rock lad then rock guitars and loud drums would be needed. If it is a royal character probably trumpets and royal sounding strings. There are a lot of things I would love to be able to create and i have tried and experimented. It doesn't sound too bad its just not all there yet. So yea thats how far I have come to my personal legend. It's fun to make music one of my favorite things to do.

Ashley Castro

12/16/2019 07:35:29 pm

I think that over the past 5 years I definitely have changed. I used to be a very shy and quite kid that never really talked to people. And I wouldn't really be out going or this person thats open. I haven't really let that part of me go. I still really am and can be shy and quite when it comes to to serene things. And now a days I am more willing to do things and not so closed off from people. And I definitely have my friends that I made over the years to thanks for everything. And that's because they weren't really the shy type of people, like I was. And I just kinda learned from them that I don't have to be this shy person. That I could be more confedent in myself.

lilah

12/17/2019 09:53:44 am

5 years ago I was just coming into high tech in 4th grade. I was shyer than ever and I still thought boys had cooties. 10 years ago I was in kindergarden and I only cared about the new monkeybars on the playground. Being shy, there are a lot of things that make me uncomfortable like public speaking, conflict, capybaras, and many more. All the things that make me uncomfortable have something to do with recieving attention. I don’t like anything that draws attention to me.

Natalia

1/6/2020 11:52:56 pm

5 years ago I came to High Tech, when I did I noticed that I changed a lot. I used to be so confident and carefree, now I get worried about everything. I dont think my appearance has changed, I think I look the same just older. Its weird to look back and think about that stuff. Through the years I learned many things about myself and others. I met a lot of cool people and made great friends. Although many people have opinions on the school including myself, im glad I got to experience something new.

Kione

1/7/2020 03:59:20 pm

One way i changed 5 years ago was the way i dress and act. I think i dress better than i did before 5 years ago and i act more mature 5 years ago i was still young but i knew other things people didn't. i changed a lot from 10 years ago. I was 4 and young when i didn't have to worry about school or homework. i changed because I don't play with toys. when i was 4 I didn't know a lot of words now I know what they mean. 10 years ago i was 4.

Carolina Sanchez

1/9/2020 05:36:51 pm

One time that I wish I could change and do over again is the time I cut my and my cousin’s hair. If I knew what was going to happen I would have never cut our hair I think I was around five or four and she was like a year old and at the time we lived in my grandma’s house. We were watching tv upstairs and the parents were downstairs taking and I had this brilliant idea I told her that we were going to play hair salon. So I went to find my safety scissors and then I went back to the room and cut her hair first then mine and my sister came and also cut her hair. Once I finished we went downstair to show our parents and they had this look on their look in their faces. It was the face when you realize that you had just done something so bad but it is so funny. Then my parents got mad and took me to get my hair cut and at the time I was very protective of my hair it felt like I was going to die. So to punish me they cut my hair like a boy so for a few weeks I looked like a boy and then Dora the Explora.

"Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience." ~Paulo Coelho

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