1.​ A wonderful school experience I had in high school was at Area festival for band. Area
festival is a concert band event in which bands from different school go and present 3
songs and they get judged by a panel of judges. My school was performing a song
called Khan, its a original composition by Julie Giroux. It’s inspiration is in Asian folk
music and is just a beautiful piece. When we were up on stage performing our band
director wasn’t even looking at her score she was just looking on at us she had a very
proud look on her face. At the end of the piece the last note seemed to ring forever and
me and the rest of the band felt on top of the world. This piece is very hard and is often
looked at as a right of passage for groups. Our band knocked it out of the park and we
were able to make it to state. This was a wonderful experience for me because i got a
chance to feel such raw emotion and I’ve never been able to feel a feeling like that from
playing music, its a feeling that i hope i will be able to feel again and that i will be chasing
for the rest of my life. I learned that i am able to learn best through experiences. I was to
able to do a lot of really cool things in high school that ended up teaching me so much
more then I would’ve learned in a class room. Obviously learning in a classroom is
required and everyone will have to do it but in my opinion i think learning through
experiences is such a powerful tool that people often look past.
2.​ An educational obstacle that I overcame in school was being able to get my work done
and turned in. It seems like such an easy concept like just do the work and turn it in, but
for me, it wasn’t that easy. It took me multiple years to get myself to a point where I could
consistently get work done a turned in. I realized that i am able to do whatever i need to
do and that my mind can either be my greatest tool or my biggest weakness and i just
need to remind myself that I am able to do good work and its not impossible
3.​ My biggest Saboteurs is the avoider. One of my biggest weaknesses is procrastination
and i often catch myself in the act but i wont do anything about it Whenever a lot of work
is put onto me thus saboteur often shows up and tells me i have time to get it all done
and I don’t have to start it yet i catch myself almost all the time but i still struggle to let it
go my mind still wants to just leave it for later.