https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g Grit 1 en-us 2023-01-23 04:06:15 UTC 2023-01-23 04:49:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f601.png cibaptiste https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452740954 In 2012 I chipped my front tooth right off, and as a young girl it damaged my confidence. It forever effects my life because I always ask myself are they looking at me or just staring at the discoloration on my front tooth]]> 2023-01-23 04:08:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452740954 cibaptiste https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452744559 I moved to Hawaii I think this shaped my character and my ability to blend in and coexist with all types of people]]> 2023-01-23 04:15:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452744559 cibaptiste https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452745361 I moved to El paso Texas and I had to relearn all the "norms" for people my age at the time ]]> 2023-01-23 04:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452745361 cibaptiste https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452749038 I moved to Houston and went through sort of a culture shock since I've never been around that much black people before ]]> 2023-01-23 04:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452749038 cibaptiste https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452751017 Covid happened and I had an identity crisis, for 5 years I had wanted to be a nurse but once health care workers started to die I wanted I suddenly didn't want to do it anymore and I and no idea what to go to college for since I was graduating the following year]]> 2023-01-23 04:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452751017 cibaptiste https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452751991 I graduated!! I also decided to take a gap year to figure things out, whilst starting my job at a daycare]]> 2023-01-23 04:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452751991 cibaptiste https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452752266 I decided to go into school for accounting and failed miserably ]]> 2023-01-23 04:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452752266 cibaptiste https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452752627 I went back to Trinidad my home country for Christmas after not seeing them for so long]]> 2023-01-23 04:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452752627 cibaptiste https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452752983 I'm still doing accounting giving it another try in school]]> 2023-01-23 04:32:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452752983 cibaptiste https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452757806 The most common thread had to do with me moving and being in a completely new environment.  What keeps reappearing in my personality is that I was always reinventing myself to fit whatever was "cool" in my new environments.]]> 2023-01-23 04:41:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452757806 cibaptiste https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452759121 I think it improved my resilience and my ability to adapt. It was very odd constantly being around Asians at 10 years old. But it helped shape me and give me character having learned so much from there culture ]]> 2023-01-23 04:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452759121 cibaptiste https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452760584 Me continuing to try and work towards being an accountant. I think constantly being around Asians and then Hispanics for much of my formative years helped shape me into a whole new person. Much of the traits and cultural norms I picked up from them I still take with me everyday.]]> 2023-01-23 04:46:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452760584 cibaptiste https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452762287 I got my first "boyfriend" that ended terribly but I believed it helped me for my future relationships]]> 2023-01-23 04:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cibaptiste/jc9078lrpii0l46g/wish/2452762287