Text Studie Number One

This picture shows me how lucky I am. If Addie didn’t survive the stroke she had at age three, I may not have had the opportunity to learn the true meaning of patience. Although she’s a big piece of happiness in my life, I struggle sometimes to get along with her. She’s very possessive of her things and doesn’t always cooperate when you’re trying to help her. She’s teaching me one of the values most helpful in life, persistence.

When I am frustrated with Addie, I try to tell myself that she can’t help it. That’s just the way she is, but since she’s my sister it’s hard to think that way. Now I ask myself how I can be patient when she’s not listening to me, or not sharing. I need to find the love I have for her instead of the frustration. I will replace the feeling of irritation with compassion, and maybe my patience will affect the way Addie acts toward me.

I need to change the way I think when I feel aggravated, because acting with aggravation will just make the situation worse. This may change my life in the way I think when I’m impatient with another person or situation. If I keep practicing love instead of anger, the way I feel about myself as a person will change. Instead of being unhappy with the way I treat Addie when she bugs me, I can feel thankful that I even have a sister like her.

What im doing for my senior project

For my senior Project I’m choreographing a contemporary piece with two friends, Hannah and Raven. We’re going to work together by coming up with choreography on our own, and bring our ideas to the studio. We’re also each choreographing our own solos, and putting on a performance of all four pieces at the studio. I'm thinking about performing the solo i choreograph at the showcase, and showing a video of the performance at Dance Fremont.

Credo

The most important values in my life are the things hardest to succeed without. And by succeeding I don’t necessarily mean having a high paying job, I mean succeeding at the things that make you feel jubilant and most alive. Love, self discipline, and finding joy in what I do is my recipe to reaching my goals. By finding these values I’ve learned how to believe in myself. For more than eleven years my life has revolved around one thing, dance. Without the love of my family, without self discipline, and without enjoying what I do, I would never be where I am today.

If there were two pieces of advice I could tell my children I would tell them to find their passions and follow them. I believe there is one goal everyone should have in life, I believe we should all find happiness. Happiness is the key to success. Without happiness there wouldn’t be love in this world and without love there wouldn’t be life. I would rather die than never learn how to love. Love is one of the most natural feelings a human has, but sometimes is lost under the self critic in our heads. Once you can love yourself, you’re able to love others.

If I had a million dollars to give away it would go to PSCS. I’ve really grown to know my values and have been able to practice them because of this school. I enjoy learning when I’m not forced to, and I would rather have the reward of real education than an artificial grade. Self discipline and responsibility are some of the hardest lesson to learn in life. A big part of my PSCS education has been learning responsibility. Getting my homework done and doing it with integrity, making goals and reaching them took me years to learn. I was not practicing self discipline or integrity in public school, and coming to PSCS opened my eyes to what life will be like after high school. You need responsibility to live on your own, you need self discipline to have a career. The best thing will be enjoying my job while I work through life. Because of PSCS I am ready for what’s ahead of me, and can’t wait to enter the world of adulthood .

The last time I was really excited about life was when I was asked by the director of Oregon Ballet Theater’s company to join their school as a pre professional. I felt proud of all those years of hard work. All those years I struggled in public school, but danced till my muscles became fatigued. I’ve practiced self discipline every ballet class I have sweated through. I’ve reached my goal of happiness by enjoying it. Without the love of my family I would have never been to my first dance class and for that I am very grateful. I believe in happiness, once you’re happy you have found success.