Starting this scholarship to Paris my
ultimate goal was to grow in a few qualities before going to college. The three
things I wanted to grow in was socially, intellectually, and to become more
passionate. One thing I can say was that I've grown socially learning to talk
to people and have an actual conversation without knowing them. As it was a
competition, it felt nothing like one if anything I felt comfortable with all
the others that were competing. I also expanded greatly my knowledge on the
culture of Parisians. I have became more into interested in the art of
architecture and paintings. learning to see the artist personality through
their art seeing that they all had something distinct about them all which
helped me come to appreciate them more. This helped me with becoming more
passionate. I learned once you learn more about something the more interesting
it becomes. I even learned things about myself competing in this scholarship. I
feel as if this opportunity given helped me become more street smart. learning
what popos are and knowing why the buildings in San Francisco are small or tall
as they are. Then, with writing these blogs was nice because it helped us find
a lot of information out on our own on something that we found interesting at
the Paris seminars. It has even helped me with my writing skills, before this
process I would be afraid to ever try to write a paper in two days. It has
become increasingly easier to writ which is one thing I am most proud of being
that in college I will have many writing assignments to do. That is where I
feel I have enhanced intellectually. This competition for the scholarship to go
to Paris was a great learning experience for me. I am proud of myself for going
all the way through with it, it feels great that I actually did this
scholarship and did not let my negative thinking or anyone else talk me out of
it. I'm grateful to have slightly expanded in the qualities of becoming more
passionate, intellectual, and social.
-Dazhawna Miller
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