I think I am more outgoing this year than I was in middle school. I used to
be really shy and I did not like to do nothing. I used to totally dislike going
around a lot of people that I did not know. I was so shy that I did not try out
for the volleyball team and I really wanted to play. I was worried about what
people would think about me while I was trying out. I cared more about their
thoughts than my happiness. Volleyball looked fun. Later down the line, I ended
up coming out of my shell and stopped being so shy. In high school, I got onto
the volleyball team and ended up really liking it like I thought I would.
When I came to Parkway I thought I would be getting picked on just like in
middle school, so I wasn't too fond of it. I got here and things are
different.... way different than what I thought they would be. I guess because
I changed and grew out of this shell I had. The people who talk to me know my
personality but those who don't, know nothing of who I really am.
I started talking more to people so my time at my high school would not be
so boring like at my middle school. In 8th grade, that is when people got to
know who I was and I became known as the weirdo to people who were not in my
class. They got to know me, the real me. When I got to Hamilton in the 6th
grade, I was quiet but I did know people there so they were the only people I
talked to. As the year progressed, I did what I usually did. I began to talk to
more people in my class. It was never a big thing for me to know people who
were not in my class... 7th grade I remained the same. Then 8th came and I was
a totally different person. Over the summer, I did the coolest thing.... I got
a tattoo. The tattoo didn't change me; I just thought I was overall a boring
person. So, I gave others a chance to know me and slowly but surely crawled out
of my shy shell.
