Personal Narrative: What I Learned In My Dance Classroom

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This world is filled with many different kinds of people. Of those people, many are, or have been, students. Each of them has their own way of interacting with their peers and the adults around them to achieve the highest level of education they can possibly get. For example, some people learn visually, while others learn through auditorily or tactilly. Personally, I tend to learn through my visual and audial senses. Seeing and hearing something at the same time helps it stick in my head, which, in turn, allows me to retain more of the lesson being taught in my head. Generally, I work hard and am very determined to learn things in every class, even if I don’t think it is interesting. When I really like a class, I spend less time studying it, since I get very absorbed in the lessons being taught and remember almost everything. In classes I don’t like as much, I have to spend more time studying, since I zone out and don’t remember what was taught that day. Since history classes tend to be the classes I am least interested in, they are the hardest for me. English has never been especially easy for me, but it is …show more content…

I dance five days a week, and do ballet, pointe, lyrical, and modern dance. I’ve been dancing since I was two years old, and although it takes up a huge part of my life, I wouldn’t have it any other way. Because of that, I am often very stressed and very tired. I also love to be with my friends and family. I am not able to see most of my family, since they live in Argentina and Israel, but I do try to see my grandparents as much as I can. Over the summer, I work at a summer camp. It is honestly the best experience I could ever have. I love working with kids, and my coworkers are like my second family. Working with children taught me so much more than I thought it would. It has taught me how to be patient, how to be inspirational, and how to be empathetic. It has shaped me into the person I am

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