Reflection Essay

When I first entered high school, I never had any indication that all my expectations would be shortly dissipated. When I thought of high school it had been the whole 90’s point of view where there were the cool kids and the cliques and the bullying and the jocks and so on. To my surprise however, people were more than their supposed position in the system, they were human, they were all free and all- like me, experiencing a brand new start to their lives.

The first three or months of high school were dedicated to awkward stares and deep deep internal conversations with myself. We worked in groups, we worked in pairs, we worked in unison, no one was alone. I had come from a childhood based around silence and secrecy, where the constant group

It sounds strange, but who I am today was founded on these and many more principles, principles that overall challenged my views of many people. Taking notes I called it. The obvious listen to your teacher and get good grades are all but little in the overall scheme. Taking notes deals with observation, to stare and examine, and then examine some more before experimenting. It was a social science experiment, it was my overall result that mattered because I couldn’t do it over, it was one chance. Silence, deep silence of the mind and body, to not only listen to my internal feelings but those around me, to

When people are damaged by others, I don’t typically know how to show empathy, Its not that I’m a psychopath in the mists, its just, theres no point in showing the person you’re sad for them, what they should see however, is someone whose strong and not only there to comfort them, but there to help them feel stable. Deflection is my best friend, why? Because it helps me learn how to deal with others, no, don’t ask how my day was- How was your day instead? How was that test? How’s your relationship? I enjoyed helping others release tension and in turn helping me fill out my notes on them as an