Niya G.
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Living My Life Day By Day
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Reflections (SELF)
My biggest successes are the accomplishments I have made in ROTC and the work I do to keep up on grade. I have achieved a couple of things I wanted to do my senior year. I made big and small accomplishments, like going to my first homecoming game. I feel confident that I have done everything needed to do and I am prepared to go on my career journey. If I could give advice to my 9th grade self, I would tell her to study hard and don't procrastinate.
I would tell her not to waste any time when assignments are given and do them at that moment. Tell her to do her best in every class and to don't give up if things don't look good. To leave my mark, I will continue to make good grades and do my best in everything. I will train and leave a good image for the ninth graders that looks up to me in staff. I will leave my mark in ROTC as the best cadet Master Chief of 2019-2020.
Career Reflection
I wanted to be a contractor because of how my dad. He built and designed beautiful homes for his customers. I'm thinking to myself about how I would want to design my house. How I would make other people houses look amazing. I learned about the different paths I can take to become a contractor. I learn a lot about what they do and how they work behind the scenes.
This career could make a big impact in our communities. By taking over shelters and building them to be safer, bigger, and better. Making sure whoever in need would feel comfortable and safe. I have already enlisted into the Marines Corps and plan on taking construction classes as soon as possible. I have started physical training and learning more knowledge to have a better chance of getting through boot camp.
Community Service Reflection
I help plant beautiful flowers all around the Covenant House in Atlanta, GA. I also helped paint the inside of the shelter. I volunteer to help the shelter look beautiful and more comfortable. I volunteer on May 15, and it location is 1559 Johnson Road NW, Atlanta GA. This service help the community by making the shelter more comfortable for the people there.
By doing this community service, it shows that people care for the people in the shelter. To show that we don't turn away at the sight of them. This experience shown me how other kids live in the shelters because of either who they love or what they did. It make me want to volunteer more and show them that someone cares for them. This is important because of someone need to show them that we care for then and that we are not going to turn our heads.
Impact
I want to impact the world by staying true to myself. By not becoming a follower or someone who judge people so quickly. I want to be remember as someone who gave it it her all in everything she do. I want to show that if someone getting hurt that I won't stand for it. My impact on the world will show that I never back down from a bully.
The impression I want to have is that I was a true leader. That I didn't change because of peer pressure or haters. This is important to me because I never want to change myself. I love myself and I wouldn't want change myself for the myself for the world. I want the world to know that and follow my example and love themselves.
Education
I started ROTC in my junior year but I wish I started in my freshman year. ROTC is challenging but worth it. I was given so many opportunities to do things I have never done before. Like community service, talking to a big crowd, leading people older/younger than me and etc. At first I was scared because I have never done these things before and I haven’t had opportunities to use my leadership skills. The first community service event I have done was a drill meet.
A drill meet is an event where 12 to 16 schools come to compete for trophies and placement in a bigger competition. The schools will compete in multiple competitions that will merge into one big score for whoever won. There is uniform inspection, drill performance, physical competition, and knowledge competition. I was responsible for setting up the drill deck (where the students will do their drill) and helping out with inspection. As we were waiting, a couple of cadets and I were speaking with the drill instructor that was judging the schools uniforms. I was very nervous because they were currently in the military and had the air of don't mess with me atmosphere.
The first school to arrive got in formation and we got ready to inspect them. I was with a Lieutenant and we were inspecting each cadet indivivility. This competition took up the whole day and I was tired. At first I didn’t understand why they spent the schools spent a whole day competing continuously. After they were inspected, they were silently cheering, pumping their fists and chanting. Encouraging their fellow cadets who got a bad inspection grade. Then I got it they weren’t focus on the pain or the mistakes, they were having fun and competing for their school. I wanted to be like them, encouraging others and making an effort to be apart of something big.
At the end of the day, I was dead tired and happy that I volunteer for this drill meet. ROTC gave me opportunities to do so many things that I have never done before and I was thankful. Before I got into ROTC, all I ever done was go to school and try to pass all of my classes. I’m now a leader and very creative individual from all of my experiences.
Life Skills
Community Service Reflection
I volunteer to remodel the outside part the shelter. This was an event that Comcast hosted, my mom hosted the event. I planted flowers along to the building. Cleaning the sidewalks and picking up trash along the way. I help add grass fillings to the dried part of the grass.
It felt good to help out and making sure the people in the shelter feel comfortable. When we were working, some people that lived in the shelter came out and look at our work. They look shocked but happy about the improvements. I like the fact that it made them happy. I wanted them to know people care and can do more than send money.
The shelter we were at was a big red brick building, so we planted purple and blue flowers along the side. We also went to the garden, they had and pick out weeds and trash. While doing this we encounter many garden snakes, making this event into a scream fest. It was fun and hard-working but when it was done, it came with the feeling of accomplishment.
I felt glad that we were able to make this shelter more welcome and comfortable. Doing community service like this make me happy. I love helping out and showing people that need it that I care. That they matter, their not just some people that we look down on. This is important to me because of the way some people always treat homeless people. I want to show them that not everybody is a jerk.
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