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November 29, 2009

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Starting Kindergarten/Elementry. I spent 7 years with the same people since kindergarten, elementary school was a huge portion of my life and I shared so many moments with the people at my elementary school. So many core memories were made there and it shaped who I am as a person.

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Covid/ lockdown. I, like so many other students got stuck in lockdown during the personality-building years of my life. It hit when I was in the middle of fourth grade and the whole of fifth grade. I feel like without covid I would be such a different person, though I feel like it had a negative impact on my life it did impact my life in so many ways.

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Grandfather dying (January 26th). My grandfather has always been a big part of my life and having never lost a close family member before the death of one of my grandparents had a big impact on my life, both academically and socially.

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The beginning of Middle School. After a bad year in 6th grade, I was nervous to go into middle school but also really excited to meet new people and ended up meeting up with some of my best friends who I love so much and am still in touch with. Middle School ended up being one of the best experiences of my life and I found people who I wanted to be around and a place that I enjoyed going to.

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Finding my music taste. In 7th grade, I started to form an idea on some of my favorite music. Music has always been a big part of my life, both my mother and father love and have bonded over music, and finding music that I love and truly resonates with me has become a huge part of my life.

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Starting to read and enjoy reading. I had always loved reading and enjoyed it but in 7th grade, I took a really deep interest in it. At my school, we had a thing that 24 books picked out by the County, I decided to read all 24 of them and quickly realized that good books are rare and appreciating them is something that so many people take advantage of. In the image above are some of my favorite books that have changed my life or the way I think of things.

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Reading My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk. My Name is Red is my all-time favorite book and though I believe that is bound to change over time and my thoughts and ideologies are changed by the inevitable experiences of life, this book resonated with me the first time I read it and has continued to since then. A part of it that I love and hooks other people when I suggest it to them is that you hear from the POV of the murderer but you don't know who it is, you are given the option of 3 characters in the book who may be the killer but you don't know who it is till the end of the book. I have never had a book mess with my mind as much as this book and it is an amazing experience that changed the way I look at everyday objects, and think about life and literature.

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Getting into Holton Arms. I remember getting into Holton, I was in the middle of the day at the end of English, we had just gotten back from lunch and I was sitting at my desk and decided to look at my phone, and there I saw a text from my mom saying that I got in. I had spent so much time agonizing over the application, worrying about the result and all my work had paid off and I got in. I was so excited and I just felt like I was on cloud 9 the whole rest of the day.

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Stepping into Holton Arms