Drake Muller
Mrs. Bernhard
English 12 AP
September 2, 2013
My Identification
Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that they believe their application would be incomplete without it. They believe that just one little part of their life makes out who they are permanently. For me, my experience was not a good one, but end the made me a stronger person today then ever. Around the time I was 10-12 years old I was a very chubby kid and that time changed my life completely.
When I was really little I didn't have a weight problem at all until I was in 6th grade and I started eating a lot more and not doing much activity. I had just started middle school and also I just got cable tv for the first time. These were two very drastic things in my life because during this time all I did was watch tv and play video games because at the age I was at, that is what everyone did. I would go to school, then go right back home, play some video games and watch tv until it was time for me to go to bed. This was the same thing I did everyday, and on the weekend I could sit there for ten plus hours playing. I would also eat junk food while I was just sitting around playing, and because of that I began to gain a lot of weight.
In 6th grade I was five foot three inches and 170 pounds. At the time I really didn't think to much about it, but whenever I made it into middle school I finally realized that something needed to be done. I was physically out of shape and it was really hard for me to deal with it. Whenever I went to school a lot of kids would call me fat and make fun of me and it really got to me for some reason. I hardly ever let things get to me, but whenever it came to my weight I was very self conscious.
During the summer of my eighth grade I finally couldn't take it anymore. I was going to do everything I could to get skinny. I went to the gym everyday, I brought my lunch to school, which consisted of rice cakes, and fruit, and I counted all my calories that I ate a day until I reached two thousand. I also did lots of other little things that helped also like not eating junk food or sweets and not drinking soft drinks. All these things helped so much that by the time the summer was over I had lost seventy pounds.
What all of this has to do with changing my life is when going through this situation I learned how to make people like me for who I was and not for what I look like. It made me realize that a lot of people like me because of who I was and not my appearance. I also learned that my humor was what made it easy for people to get along with me. I used my humor to get peoples minds off what I looked like and made them realize that I am actually fun to be around.
As for today, I finally grew out of all my baby fat and I am proud to be able to walk around without anyone calling me names. People still notice my humor as my best personal trait, but now I don't have to completely hide behind it because of what I look like. Yes, this was a very hard time for me, but it has made me realize that everything isn't all about looks, and if you want someone to really like you just be yourself and your true friends will be the one who accept you for who you are, and not for what you look like.
Mrs. Bernhard
English 12 AP
September 2, 2013
My Identification
Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that they believe their application would be incomplete without it. They believe that just one little part of their life makes out who they are permanently. For me, my experience was not a good one, but end the made me a stronger person today then ever. Around the time I was 10-12 years old I was a very chubby kid and that time changed my life completely.
When I was really little I didn't have a weight problem at all until I was in 6th grade and I started eating a lot more and not doing much activity. I had just started middle school and also I just got cable tv for the first time. These were two very drastic things in my life because during this time all I did was watch tv and play video games because at the age I was at, that is what everyone did. I would go to school, then go right back home, play some video games and watch tv until it was time for me to go to bed. This was the same thing I did everyday, and on the weekend I could sit there for ten plus hours playing. I would also eat junk food while I was just sitting around playing, and because of that I began to gain a lot of weight.
In 6th grade I was five foot three inches and 170 pounds. At the time I really didn't think to much about it, but whenever I made it into middle school I finally realized that something needed to be done. I was physically out of shape and it was really hard for me to deal with it. Whenever I went to school a lot of kids would call me fat and make fun of me and it really got to me for some reason. I hardly ever let things get to me, but whenever it came to my weight I was very self conscious.
During the summer of my eighth grade I finally couldn't take it anymore. I was going to do everything I could to get skinny. I went to the gym everyday, I brought my lunch to school, which consisted of rice cakes, and fruit, and I counted all my calories that I ate a day until I reached two thousand. I also did lots of other little things that helped also like not eating junk food or sweets and not drinking soft drinks. All these things helped so much that by the time the summer was over I had lost seventy pounds.
What all of this has to do with changing my life is when going through this situation I learned how to make people like me for who I was and not for what I look like. It made me realize that a lot of people like me because of who I was and not my appearance. I also learned that my humor was what made it easy for people to get along with me. I used my humor to get peoples minds off what I looked like and made them realize that I am actually fun to be around.
As for today, I finally grew out of all my baby fat and I am proud to be able to walk around without anyone calling me names. People still notice my humor as my best personal trait, but now I don't have to completely hide behind it because of what I look like. Yes, this was a very hard time for me, but it has made me realize that everything isn't all about looks, and if you want someone to really like you just be yourself and your true friends will be the one who accept you for who you are, and not for what you look like.