Joseph Del Mundo

I have discovered the one thing I can count on in life is my family and the support they give me every day.

The first memory I can remember about school is the day my class and I all went to the park for the last day of school in Kindergarten. Everyone all got their own lunch and we played all day until we went home. In elementary, the teachers who had the most influence on me were the teachers who didn't just give me work, but the teachers who pushed me to do my very best and made me try harder. The most vivid memory I have about this was my fifth grade teacher, Mr. Nguyen, who constantly encouraged my class and I to work harder and make our work just a little bit nicer. My two best friends in elementary school were Avinash Rajamani and Gaurav Datta, although I still talk with them. The thing I remember most about being with them was playing a game where we pretended whatever we wanted to be. In school, I was fortunate enough to not be bullied and not be a bully myself. I was generally nice to people if they were nice to me. The members of my family are my sister, who loves to shop for clothes and also likes hanging out with her friends, my mom, who sometimes is too protective and likes to cook a lot, and my dad, who is a smart engineer that likes to use computers. My parent's words of wisdom are treat others like you would like to be treated. These are some important rules because they help you treat others nicely and others will treat you nicely. I am a quiet guy who doesnt like to attract too much attention. I also think a lot about what others say and do. If I could change anything about myself, I would make myself a hard worker because I always don't do anything until the last minute. Something I learned about ife this year is that you have to own up to your mistakes and say sorry when you have to. My goals for the rest of middle school are passing and making new friends along the way. My plans for high school and beyond are to go to college and to get a stable job so I can live on my own and care for myself. I plan to acclompish these goals by getting good grades in school and working very hard.