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AEP Reflection 6 “21 with us:)”

 Welcome back readers to another reeeeflection~! Its a new week, new lesson. However, same guy! 

In our last meeting, we talked about how to go deeper with writing our personal statements. Miss gave us an exercise where we had to write 21 different facts about ourselves. These facts were supposed to be broad and cover various aspects of our lives. 


Honestly, the title has no relation with the reflection, but Ms please just take it as it is (hahaha)


So , Miss had us list 21 facts about ourselves, which I thought would be easy, but it turned out to be harder than expected. However, I enjoyed the process. Interestingly, I like personal writing, and I think it all started because of my uncle’s cat. When I was younger, I’d write funny stories about the cat’s adventures espeilly in our house. It was my way of capturing the little moments I enjoyed, which helped me find joy in personal storytelling.


For my 21 facts, I wanted to include fun things like how I enjoy sketching people I see in cafes and how I’m always trying out new art “stuff” . But the nature of the work didnt allow it actually. On the contrary, It made me think more about my personality if anything. Which was really interesting to be because I have always gave somehow robotic answers when answering what I like the most. Oh yeah, I definitely like art, or music, or something like that. But in the end I ended up choosing words which I was shocked at myself for choosing. I mean, I have always gave importance to leadership.. but never would I have imagined that I actually take it so seriously. I know it sounds ironic, but this was insanely eye opening (for many reasons).. 


Looking back, I can see how these small details form a more interesting story than I realized. Miss reminded us that just saying, “I’ve always wanted to be an artist,” isn’t enough. It’s important to show the journey and experiences behind that desire. This activity gave me a lot of insight into how I should approach my personal statement, and now I’m excited to see how mine will turn out. Even though I don’t have fancy awards, I feel like my experiences will still make for a unique essay.


I’ll try my best with my personal statement, even if that will be after a good year.. good luck to us, seniors! 

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