Jessica

Being born and raised in New York  as a Chinese American, was one of the biggest experience I have been through so far. One thing that I really want to do is to  visit many other countries and see how the world is like outside of the United States because I have never had the chance to visit another country before. As I was growing up, I have always learned to be independent since I had to learn how to take care of myself when my parents were at work trying to make an earning. When I reached my first year of high school, everything felt so different compared to elementary school to junior high school. High school was one turning point for me, where I learned many things from the mistakes I have made and all of the friends that  I have made along the way.

I have always enjoyed mathematics  back in my days of elementary to high school, even though I still do as of today. Many of my friends will be telling me how I am good at math, but I always tell them how I am not good at math and it is just that I am interested in the materials being taught. When someone encounters some sort of problem in this subject,  I would try to use what I understand to help them understand it themselves.

I do not know if people sees this in me, but I think I am someone who is supportive to the ones around me. Let me put it this way, I am always there for my family and friends when they need the support. I am someone who likes to help others in need, but at the same time I feel that I help others more than myself at times. I think that it is important to provide help for others because there are many people that can use the help where in return you will receive a good feeling for having helped someone.

On the other hand, one thing that I think I need to work on would be my communications skills because when I have to talk in front of a group of audience, I would feel very nervous and have some difficulties carrying on what I was going to present. As a freshman in college, I feel that developing better communication skills will help me throughout my career.

Studying have always been something that I try to do for school, but it was hard since studying  is like a weakness for me. Just sitting there with the books open and trying to concentrate is hard already. This brings me to another weakness of mine, which is procrastination. I am sure that many of you encounters this problem at times, but procrastination have always interfered as I try to study.

Well these are some of the strengths and weaknesses that I can think of that shows who I am.  As I continue with my education and path to my career, I hope I will discover more about myself through my experiences that are coming my way.