A letter from Feb 05, 2024

My Feelings Towards These Categories The first category: career. The importance of a career to me is a profession that I’m passionate about and that I take pride in. Currently, I plan to become a family physician when I am older because I want to be able to help others with their issues and I want to be able to help my family without an expensive medical bill. This plan is very dear to me because it not only ensures that I help other people and my family, but it also encompasses all of my strengths of being able to clearly communicate with other people, solving problems when the answer is unclear, working with equations and sciences, being able to move throughout the day, working with other people often, and not being rotting away at an office job, five days a week, seven hours a day. This career also has some flexibility to it so that I can make time for my family, friends, and myself. Holding a career that I am passionate about, take pride in, enjoy, and am able to separate from my personal life is one of the most important things I can see myself doing in my adult life. The second category: family. My family is so important to me, it’s hard to put into words. Since the start of my life, my family has been by my side whether my grandparents were spoiling me, my cousins were playing with me, my parents were teaching me, or my aunts and uncles were laughing with me. Being who I am, support can be hard to find at times, but my family has loved me unconditionally throughout that, and I will be entirely grateful for it. My six cousins, two uncles, two aunts, four grandparents, one fantastic Bubie Edie, and three wonderful participants in my nuclear family are the world to me and I never want to lose them before they turn 100 years old or I do. The third category: friends. Despite my young age, friendship has always been a hard thing to find and retain because I’ve always had big feelings, yet I’ve had to learn the tools to control them the hard way. I’ve gotten better at communicating with others and activities like theater and marching band have really helped with that, but bullying still follows me, if I even remember what happened these past few months when I’m a senior. I’ve grown closer with the friends that trusted and believed me, and I’ve drifted from those who are insistent on hurting me. I’m keeping my head high, though. I’m being as civil as possible and am enjoying the time I spend with my real friends. The fourth category: hobbies, leisure time, activities, and sports. The sport I actively participate in is marching band, and I love it a lot. It’s improved my playing, sight reading, and marching(obviously) abilities. It’s made me a better player and person and I’m grateful for the experiences I’ve made and will continue to make. My leisure time is mostly dedicated to theatre nowadays. I love theater so much because it’s such a tightknit community, and I’m really enjoying my time there, despite not hanging out with most kids. I love theatre, the people there, the process(however strenuous), and I love putting on a show. My hobbies have dwindled lately because of how much time theatre is taking, but I still enjoy writing, reading, and dot-to-dots when I have time to waste. I love that no matter how old I am, I still enjoy doing dot-to-dots. It’s such a mind numbing hobby that I’ll never tire of. The fifth category: spiritual well-being. I’ve been struggling, not going to lie. With all the drama, rumors, and threats being passed around, I find myself in a less than cheerful mood when I’m not around people, but I do think that I’m getting better and am becoming more happy the less I pay attention to those who are hurting me. I do believe that I’ve been better, but I’m doing increasingly better, and I hope by senior year, I’m happier than I’ve ever been. I’ve also declared myself Jewish, and it’s nice to be closer to my ancestors. I’m also learning Yiddish to speak to Bubie Edie when she turns 100 this year! I can’t wait to see the look on their faces when I give them their message. The sixth category: my goals. I have a goal to get into the IB diploma program, which I’m sure that you’re in already, and the shadowing Ib classes starts this upcoming week. I’m really excited to get a taste of IB even though I know I’m going to be in the IB diploma program regardless. I also plan to go to Oakland and Michigan State for college, in the order, to major in Spanish and then go to medical school if I so choose, which I am so far. I also am planning to take choir for the next two years and become a lead in the musical because all the leads have choir experience, and I think that once I take choir, I’ll definitely become a lead. My closing statement: if you achieve all that I’ve said or none of it, I trust that I will do what is right for me and that I am happier than I’ve ever been because I took risks that will do nothing but benefit me, no matter how long into the future.