Personal Narrative: Defining Myself

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There are many terms I can use to describe myself but the one term that I believe defined me the most is; persistent. I`m very persistent because whenever I set my mind on something I accomplish it. In the beginning, I was not persistent but as time passed I learned to be. Throughout my years of schooling, I endured many occasions of adversity. The first occasion was when I was about six I got held back and I had to repeat kindergarten. Repeating kindergarten was tough because I felt unintelligent. To make matters worse, when I was enrolled in second grade I was put into an IEP class. As a child I did not think much of this class, I just knew I needed more help than most kids. However, as an adolescent, I felt that my IEP hindered me and did …show more content…

I did not know that I was very persistent until this assignment was given to me. I had never actually thought about a term that fit my education experience. I`ve been asked plenty of times but I never really took the question into consideration. Therefore I am glad I took this question seriously because I learned that I have always been persistent but I did not realize it. After reading this question, I thought hard about my past experiences with education. While doing this I remembered my English teacher, who believed that everyone deserved a second chance. At the end of the quarter, she would let students redo assignments they did poorly on. Each quarter I made sure I redid any work I did poorly on even if I received a B.In doing this I found out that I never give up. For instance, my first year in high school. My math teacher would allow her students to retake quiz they failed. Since I`m not excellent with math, I was always retaking quizzes. There was one quiz I took about three times but it was worth it because I received a 100 and it got me prepared for the test that I aced. However, it was not easy retaking these quizzes and test because I would get depressed and feel unintelligent. Although I felt depressed I never gave up I would study day and night. In addition, I show persistence with my grades, I have always strived for straight A`s. This has been accomplished many

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