LEAH'S PERSONALITY PAPER
Everyone inherits things from their families – objects, money, and, most commonly, genes. Going through the day, you see people with red hair, blonde hair, brown hair, blue eyes, brown eyes, and many other different features. Imagine what people wonder as they see you day by day. Questions running through their heads like, “Where did she get those pretty green eyes?” or “How did she get so tall?” These things are part of what makes individual people who they are, but each person also is defined by their favorites, looks, talents, and many other things.
Every person’s family is different and unique in their own special ways. When I look at my family, sometimes I wonder if they are actually my family. Usually my mom is normal – when she’s around people, at least. My mom can get a little crazy at times, but having her home all the time is calming to me. Seeing as my mom is a stay at home mom, she’s always there to confide in and talk to. Aside from my mom, my dad is also very unique. Since he works as a dentist, he’s usually not home until around seven at night. My dad gets crazy when he’s around me and my brother, and he makes it very obvious that one of his favorite things to do is tease us. It’s always nice to have someone that will always be there for you but will also have fun with you; that person for me is my brother. He always knows when is the right time to mess around but he is the only person that I can trust with anything. Sixth graders are always really entertaining! To complete our family, we have a lovable fur ball sheltie named Bailey. He’ll always want to play and never runs out of energy. Like many other families, our family has many traditions, but one specific one is making reubens every St. Patrick’s Day. Besides being like my family, I also inherited some of my family’s features.
Sometimes I wonder what I would look like if I didn’t have brown hair or brown eyes. From my dad I inherited pretty brown eyes and a big nose. I don’t like the big nose so much but I like the color of my eyes. Somehow I got brown hair, but I honestly don’t know where I got it from, seeing as my mom has blonde hair and my dad has black hair. Both of my parents are about average height, but my dad is a bit taller than my mom so I think that I got my height of 5’3” from my mom. The last picture on my slide shows Arnold Schwarzenegger showing his muscles and an “x” over it. This represents that I am not very strong since I don’t work out and I don’t really have muscle in my arms. Even though I don’t have muscle in my arms, though, I have a lot of muscle in my legs since I dance and my mom has the same build in her legs. To accent how I look, the clothes I wear and the products I use add to my appearance.
Do you ever think about what type of shampoo your friends wear or where they buy their clothes? When I wake up in the morning, I anticipate smelling the apple scent of my Garnier Fructis shampoo and conditioner in my hair. Looking through my closet, I find a lot of Miley Cyrus Max Azria clothes and even more Aeropostale shirts and sweatshirts. Whenever I go shopping, I’d either want to shop at Walmart or Aeropostale so I could buy my favorite clothes. Besides these clothes, I also like other types of clothes but those are the clothes that I most commonly buy. Like the phrase “diamonds are a girl’s best friend”, I would say that necklaces are my favorite obsession. Not wearing a necklace every day, specifically my gorgeous cross necklace, would feel weird to me. Aside from wearing these clothes and this jewelry, the traits that I’ve inherited from my parents also make me different from everybody else.
Even though sometimes I wish that I don’t have some of the traits that I have, I am proud of the family that I come from. One of the biggest things that I always wish that I didn’t have was bad vision. Wearing glasses or contacts every day can be a huge hassle, seeing as you can lose them or break them. Gladly, though, I didn’t get allergies even though my mom and my brother both have them. Another thing that I am proud of inheriting, from my dad, is tan skin. People always think that I tan or go on vacation, but it’s the natural color of my skin. Unlike my brother and my mom, my dominant hand is my right hand. Personally, I think that I am lucky to be dominant with that hand because sometimes being left-handed is harder than being right-handed. Although I have many inherited traits and looks, they don’t seem to reflect my social behavior at all.
Many people are seen every day walking around with phones in hand or sitting at home playing video games. Like many other teenagers, one of the things that I do a lot is text my friends before and after school. My brother is really nice and fun, but one of the things that annoys me the most about him is that he plays video games so much. The only game that I’ll play with him – that I actually like – is called Mortal Kombat. After school on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I go to Pirate Dancers, which is very much like poms. Since I’ve been in dance for almost nine years, I love going to dance. Even though I do like Pirate Dance, I like going to my dance studio a little bit better. Finally, the last picture on my social behavior slide is Nick Jonas. I put him on this slide because he is one of my role models. Living every day with diabetes, Nick shows that you should just carry on with life even though it may be hard sometimes. When I think of all of the things that he’s achieved, I truly see him as one of the people that I most look up to. Just like he has many different talents, I happen to have some talents of my own.
Looking around my room, I see my dance shoes on the floor, my camera on my window seat, and pictures on my walls. These things greatly reflect some of the things that I love to do. One of my absolute favorite things to do – that I’m actually good at – is dance. Being in dance for nearly nine years got me hooked on it. My favorite styles are tap and contemporary, but I am only doing hip hop and ballet right now. Another thing that I love to do is take pictures on my phone and my camera. If someone were to look at the pictures on my phone and camera, they would find nearly 1,500 on my phone and almost 200 on my camera. Thirdly, I love to babysit. Whenever I see little kids, I fall in love with them. They are all the most adorable things! Speaking of babies, they play a big part in my future plans.
Not only do I want kids in the future, but they are also a huge part of the job that I want. When I finish at least twelve years of college, I want to be a neonatologist. Whenever I say this I get the response, “A neona-what?” A neonatologist is a baby doctor that works with extremely sick babies in danger of dying. Even though this may sound said, I know that they could lose their lives, but I am also able to save them. Besides my job, I am definitely going to get married and I hope to have twin babies. Seeing as my mom is a twin and it runs in every other generation, I have a high chance of having twins. If I had twins, I think I would be the happiest person in the world; at least, until I actually have them. Aside from what I want to do in the future, I also have very interesting eating habits.
When people ask you what your favorite restaurant is, do a thousand places run through your mind all at once? If I’m asked this question, the two things that pop into my mind are Taco Bell and Noodles and Company. Though these places are easy and quick, some of the selections there are delicious. Even though I hate hamburger meat, I can get different things without meat at Taco Bell! Taco Bell and Noodles and Company are my favorite easily accessible restaurants, but the one place that I would love to have closer is Inn at Kristofer’s, an elegant restaurant in Door County. At Inn at Kristofer’s, I can get my favorite food in the whole world – steak. If I could eat steak for dinner every night, I would. Seeing that I love steak, there are also things that I don’t like in the world.
There is not one person in the world who fears nothing. I, personally, fear many things, but I there are two things that I fear the most - clowns and spiders. When I see one of these things, I get so scared. Some people don’t understand why I am so afraid of clowns, but knowing that there are so many scary clowns in stories and movies just moves into real life for me. Also, spiders are just scary and gross. One other thing that I fear – most likely along with many other people – is my report card. Though I know that I am a pretty good student, I can sometimes get paranoid about getting bad grades in some subjects. Along with things that I’m scared of, there’s also things that annoy me. The two things that annoy me the most are people telling secrets right in front of other people and cliques. When I see cliques at school, it annoys me because these girls are so involved with each other and won’t be involved with anyone else. Also, when people whisper in front of me, it annoys me because it feels like it’s about me. If you want to tell someone something, shouldn’t you just tell them when other people aren’t around? Even though I don’t like these things, I do have a lot of favorites.
Like many other people, I have a favorite for everything. For example, favorite color, band, store, etc. My absolute favorite band is the Jonas Brothers. If I could choose one band to listen to for the rest of my life, it would be the Jonas Brothers. Another thing that I love is the season fall. In fall, I have my birthday, Halloween, and the colors of the leaves are gorgeous. When I’m in my room at home, I can look around to see two of my favorite colors – purple and green. Also, my favorite number is 27 because my birthday is on October 27th. When I go to school, one of the classes that I anticipate the most is drama. Performing skits in front of people helps me gain confidence and it’s really fun. Sitting at home with nothing to do, the first thing that I would put on on TV would be So You Think You Can Dance. If that show isn’t on, I’ll put in the movie “17 Again” since it’s my favorite movie. All of these things are relaxing on a bad day, and some things will make me happy or sad.
Some of the things that make me happy or sad would be the same things that make some people feel that way, too. Firstly, two of the things that make me sad or angry, are gossip and fighting. Seeing people fight, or being in a fight, is upsetting. Also, gossip hurts a lot of feelings and spreads so much faster than it was started. If people could just stop gossiping, the world would be a much better place. Aside from things that make me upset, one of the things that makes me the happiest is friends and family. Being with my friends and family is the most reassuring thing in the world because you know that there’s always someone there for you to confide in. Having friends and family in your life and ridding of fighting and gossip is something in life that you can’t miss out on.
Life experiences will occur throughout the course of your life, and some of them may surprise you. Luckily, I’ve had many experiences that I’ll never forget. One of the most memorable experiences I’ve had was going to the Nick Jonas and the Administration concert with my mom, my friend, Clare, and Clare’s mom. Even though there was a lot of pushing and shoving and the quality of the music wasn’t so good, I still had an awesome time. Another concert that I’ve been to was So You Think You Can Dance on tour with Clare and her brother, Mike. Seeing some of my dance idols perform right in front of me was really cool. A third concert that I’ve been to was the Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus World Tour with Clare and Mike. When I went to see that concert, I didn’t like Miley Cyrus too much, but it was still a fun time. Over winter break on year, my family and I went to the Bahamas and stayed at the Atlantis hotel. Being in the warm weather and seeing all of the cool underwater animals was an amazing experience. Lastly, one of the experiences that changed my life the most was moving from New Berlin to Pewaukee. Little did I know that moving only fifteen minutes away would be so different. If I hadn’t moved, though, I would be such a different person.
Without going through the things that I’ve gone through throughout my life, I definitely wouldn’t be the same person. In doing this project, I realized that there are a lot of things that make me the person that I am. I liked that we got to do this project on the computers so that we could find the pictures that we needed on the internet and use our own pictures to explain our personalities. I would recommend that you do this project again next year because it was fun to be creative and be able to express yourself through pictures and words. I really liked this project and I would do it again if I could.
