“So you want to visit the north now, don’t you?” was my
mother’s joking remark when I told her I wanted to attend one of Abbey Road’s College
Prep sessions in Boston. Although my family loves to travel a lot, I was always
a southern girl, feeling more comfortable and welcome in states like Texas and Louisiana.
What made me change my mind is that I wanted to break my boundaries. I wanted a
new experience that would help me not only with my social skills, but also with
my education and my near future in college. In the past, I had been on a school
trip to Turkey on account of my taking Turkish as a foreign language. Since I
don’t plan on taking Turkish in college, that trip mainly helped me improve my
interaction with people that were new to me. This trip is different. I won’t be
surrounded by my friends and people that I’ve known for quite a while. I will
be exposed to a completely different environment than the one I grew up in and
will be forced to meet new people and get out of my comfort zone. When I return
home from Abbey Road’s College Prep Session, I expect to be more confident in
myself and my people skills as well as having a clearer image of what I want to
do in the future.
I love people. Even though I am a bit shy and can be
slightly awkward, I try my best to make great first impressions. Getting to
know people is the single most interesting thing I have done, besides
discovering new music. Granted, meeting new people may also lead to discovering
new music, making the entire experience a perfect package for a person like me.
Looking at colleges is definitely something that I think will be exciting. I am
always up for going to someplace new, unless it is a restaurant, which is
mainly because of a handful of bad experiences related to trying out new
restaurants. I am hoping that I will be introduced to new methods of studying.
I have always thought that finding out how people study is very interesting. I
am hoping that one day I will find the best way of studying for myself, and won’t
have to worry about it anymore. I will also enjoy taking photographs for a
purpose. I take pictures during every vacation I go on, but usually the
pictures are taken just to show to my family later. Since it is a requirement
to take pictures and post them on our blog, I will be trying my best to capture
moments in this trip that mean a lot to me and that other people will enjoy
looking at.
I am
very grateful to have been accepted as a student ambassador for Abbey Road. I
know I will have an amazing time during my trip to Boston and I know memories will be made that I will never forget.
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