Myself

My life starts out living at home with my grandmother, my mother, and two older siblings. My childhood was as typical as a regular childhood get. I played in the streets with my friends, I got into trouble sometimes, and just tried to make the best out of life that I could. I was an introverted student while attending my first school (Alton Elementary). Even if at times I was very shy and found it hard to make friends, I always got my work done and earned the prizes and rewards that came with them. At times I felt inferior because one of my older siblings who were only a year older than I made better grades than I and it seemed as if they gave more praise to her. Now, when I graduated from elementary and went on to middle school, I found that I would have to break out of my shell and become a little more extroverted because in middle school it required a little more communication not only between students but teachers; however, that does not mean that I just became really outgoing because I still kind of kept to myself at times and made the grades that I knew I could. High School was a different story. I thought I was going to go up, but I actually went down. I had made so many fake friends that I actually kind of went back to being introverted. When I look back, I could say that was a good thing because I learned to never let anyone hold me back and I ended up graduating in the top 10% of my class which I can say is an accomplishment, because if I wasn’t I probably would not be at The University of Memphis right about now.