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Personal Statement
Ms. Kopaitich
Growing up, I never really had special awards that meant something to me. I was just a
kid who did what he had to do, in order to get by. I never went beyond that, and up to this date I
don't know why. However, my point of view did not change if I did get an award. Until one day in
high school on recognition day I earned an award. This event really changed the way I looked at
school and how special it actually is to earn an award with such value. This accomplishment
enabled a time of personal growth from which I now understand the importance of earning
awards. This award enabled growth and realization, now I understand the purpose of awards,
the purpose of doing well in school, and ultimately use this award as motivation to do better.
Before I was able to earn this high school award, I had never received an award during
my middle school years. I would just do the work because it was required and a part of school.
When it came to getting awards or recognitions I didn’t really care much about it. Earning
awards was never my interest or any importance to me at the time. This overall led me to never
consider doing more than the norm. In the end it didn't matter if earned an award or not, which
then limited me from going beyond my limit. Overall, I learned that in middle school, I was very
ignorant and effortless when it came down to working hard for awards. I also learned that
academically, middle school wasn’t my best years to earn awards. Following this reasoning, I
was hardly able to grow and understand the importance of taking the extra mile to earn an
Throughout ninth grade, I started high school off on the wrong foot because I didn't take my
academics seriously and did not really care about my grades as long as they were passing
grades. This then led me to put less effort in receiving high awards. I soon thought that since I
just started high school it would matter. As you would expect with this kind of mindset I ended
up failing a class. I wasn’t responsible enough to care and try to make it up when I had the time
throughout my school year. With this situation in mind, I learned that I made a huge mistake by
not taking ninth grade seriously. I then learned the amount of effort I put into something is what I
will get out of it. According to my ninth grade experience, I wasn’t able to grow much either and I
was in the same place as I was in middle school. However, when I failed my class I began to
understand how important it actually is to pass my classes. This can show what type of person I
was, but ultimately, that person is not the person want to be anymore.
Starting tenth grade, I knew, in a way, what I had to do and what I had to focus on.
Throughout the year, I did what I had to do, but this time, I did more because now, I wanted
more. Towards the end of the year, I was selected to join the awards assembly and so i did. It
turned out that I did so well my tenth grade year that i ended up earning the Principal's Honor
Roll award. When I got this award, I had this promising feeling of accomplishment. This feeling
satisfied me to the point where I then realized I had reached a new level of achievement. In
addition, the recognition of Principal’s Honor Roll proved many people wrong, like this who
doubt me or believed I wasn’t capable of achieving this accomplishment. After the assembly, I
took the time to go over my accomplishment. I began to realize how important it is to work hard
and get recognized for it. Having this recognition defined my academic success in school and
shows what kind of person I am. I learn that my growth consists of realizations and
understandings on the achievement of Principal's Honor Roll. I also learned that getting these
types of awards really do motivate me and makes me realize how much I can accomplish by
caring and going beyond the norm. Having the recognition of this award shows how much I
grew as a person since middle school to high school. I now understand the importance of caring
and putting in the hard work because in the end it will pay off. Since the day of my first true
accomplishment, I have changed the way I see things and turned into a person who wants to do
the purpose of doing well in school, the purpose of getting recognized with awards, and more
school to tenth grade were not the best, but I did acquire growth from these experiences. In the
end of all this, I learn from the mistakes that I commited. I also grew as a person and i achieved
great awards like the Principal's Honor Roll. This award really means a lot to me and because of