3rd Grade Research Paper

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In my life, I have had a myriad of experiences, met a handful of influential characters, and overcame countless obstacles. Choosing one experience, character, or obstacle is a difficult task. However, one experience stands out above the rest: skipping a grade. In first grade, our school’s first real academic year, I began to stand out against the other students because my comprehension of the subjects was more advanced than everyone else’s. I had an advantage over the other students, I was-and still am-able to teach myself whatever I wanted to learn. By second grade, I was taking classes with the advanced third grade students. Not only was I taking classes with the third grade students, I was doing as good as the best students in the class. Towards the end of the first semester of second grade, the school decided that it would be better for me to skip a grade. After much conversation about the advantages and disadvantages of skipping a grade, my parents and I decided that I would skip a grade. I was …show more content…

In second grade we were just starting to learn subtraction of numbers with multiple digits. I had to teach myself multiplication in order to catch up to the other students. It helped that I had already started teaching myself multiplication through any resource that I could obtain. I excelled at all subjects. In fact, not only did I catch up to them, I soon surpassed their abilities in multiplication. Mathematics wasn’t the only subject that I was advanced in. The first subject that I was classified as gifted in was reading. This is when I learned that I had a powerful ability to learn on my own. Not only could I learn on my own, but I could learn very rapidly and almost effortlessly. Though I could learn on my own easily, it was still challenging catching up to the level that the third graders were at. I enjoyed the challenge though. I still enjoy any challenge I can accept

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