Hannah Choi

I think that the most important thing to remember in life is to have a good friend at your side when you need them. I think so because a person without a friend is truly a lonely person.

I remember having a really scary teacher in my first year of elementary school. Her name was Mrs. Mazloom, and she was really serious. The class tried to make her laugh, but we ended up getting in trouble. My fifth grade teacher, Mrs.Locke, was different though. She was really outgoing and very nice. She taught us that homework can be fun if you do it in a cheerful way. She was the most influencing in all of my elementary school teachers. I also met a lot of friends that were all patient and reliable. I could always rely on them to comfort me when I am down. This helped me realize that if you treat the others the way you want to be treated, you will be treated much nicely. I think that everyone in my school knew that rule and followed it. Thanks to that there weren't any bullies in my elementary school.

In my family there are four people in the house including me. First, there are my loving and organized mom and dad. Then there is my funny and humor loving sister, Dina. According to my mom's "word of wisdom", it says to live life to the fullest, and to have fun while you are still a kid. I try to follow them because otherwise you pretty much lived a boring and sad life.

In my perspective, I am a rather shy and bashful person to other people I don't know very well. But once I get use to a person, I get more cheerful around them. I used this experience and learned that if you are more patient and outgoing, you can make more friends. If I could only change my shy personality to a more outgoing one, I think I could make more friends and make my life much easier.

My goal this year this year is to get along with all my classmates and teachers in my classes. I also have plans to get good grades in high school and do my best in any college I get into. I would achieve this by studying hard and not to be lazy. I would also be more prepared for high school and college.