Cathie Lin

I think the most important thing to remember in life is to make your own decisions and live life to its fullest.

In school, I think my sixth grade teachers had a lot of positive influence on me. In sixth grade, my teachers taught me to get out of my comfort zone and not be afraid to make a fool out of myself. I had lots of amazing friends, we had good memories joking around, laughing, making fools of ourselves, being immature. I also remember the first official day of summer before 7th grade, (almost) all of us went to the mall to watch a movie and hang out. But one of the things I will never forget was my birthday in 6th grade. I had never had a birthday party before then, but my friends did the amazing. They threw a surprise birthday party for me during lunch, it was one of the most amaing things anyone has done for me. In both elementary school and middle school, I was luckily, never bullied by anybody.

I have an older sister who is now in college, and a younger brother who is in elementary. My parents always like to say if you don't do it now, its only going to be a burden in the future. Which is true because you're going to have to do eventually, and later, its just going to be harder to do it.

I am a friendly, curious, nice, sarcastic girl. I would call myself a tomboy, because as a girl in 2nd and 3rd grade, I didn't really enjoy playing with Barbies and I only felt awkward while playing 'Family' with my friends. In the summer of 4th grade, I started playing with the boys back home, and I felt that fit in more. I still play with them to this day! One thing I would change about my personality would be to be less sarcastic, and talk slower. Lessons about life I have learned this year are that, you never know who will turn out to be your new best friend! Important qualities of a friend should be that they are always there for you, and will never judge you for being you.

My goals for the rest of the time I am in middle school is to be able to fix my study habits. In high school, I would want to try my very best to get good grades. In college, I plan to work hard, study, but also have fun with friends. Throughout this time, I would also want to make new friends, and keep my old ones. I plan to obtain these goals by working hard, not procrasting, talking more to people I don't know, and be able to have fun in or outside of school, and to know life isn't all about studying and grades.