Personal Narrative: Level 8 RCM Piano

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“You are confined only by the walls you build yourself.” Three areas in my life where I have broken these walls and mature as a person is when passing my level 8 piano exam, learning how to code, and completing my first service trip. Specifically speaking, I learned practice makes perfect during my piano exam preparation. Coding taught me the importance of patience, as it took countless hours of trial and error in order for me to acquire the perfect code. As for my service trip, it was learning how to step out of my comfort zone so I could develop a mindset filled with compassion instead of pity. Despite the differences in all three experiences, I truly learned what it meant to preserve to the end. First of all, passing my Level 8 RCM Piano …show more content…

When I tried to learn programming, I realized it was a lot harder than I thought and decided to tackle this by taking ICS 2O1. It started off fairly simple, such as learning predefined commands. Then the bomb dropped. We had to take everything we learned and combined it for our culminating assignment. My program, when finished, was over 350 lines long, and over two weeks worth of time was used to perfect my code. During the two weeks, I hit multiple obstacles where the program would not function when shortened. Each time this occurred, I rewrote my program to test different situations until it would function normally. By the end of the two weeks and numerous attempts of trial and error, I managed to shorten my program to 229 lines long. After completing the course with a mark of 95, my sister congratulated me and told me, “Now you can finally maybe join me in Waterloo.” This filled me with a sense of pride because to study Software Engineering at Waterloo had became a dominant goal in my life. This made me realize the potential I can have as a programmer since I do not easily admit defeat. Programming may seem small, but it had taught me to be patient, and the solution will come with …show more content…

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” There's no better quote than this to describe my experience. Prior to the trip, team members learned how to step outside of their comfort zone in order to serve out of compassion. As for myself, I was uncomfortable about many of the tasks given to us. Yet through countless situations where I was required to go beyond my comfort zone, like approaching and talking to a homeless person, I learned that comfort zones are mental barriers that disconnects you from others. My Pastor said to me, “Hey Wendi, it was an awesome chance to work alongside you and see you grow in the past four days.” It was a change in me that not just myself had witnessed. During my post trip meeting, I felt the change. I was not moved by words said to me by families or friends, but moved by the most generous words I heard from those who were homeless. I thought I was undeserving of everything I had, I can spend countless dollars on something I will not necessarily ever use while others are scrambling for a dollar to eat. As a result of this trip, I felt that everyone needs to reflect on their own world and take a look for themselves instead of believing everything they hear. The world needs to learn the importance of equity, and that can first start with

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