We had to write this in my eleventh grade Honors English class. I like mine,
and I want to share it with you. (I left it the way I wrote it, so some of it isn't the
same now. ie. age, career obj., where I want to live.)


"Don't judge a book by its cover." This is a phrase often heard, and it is true. If you
were to look at someone else, an idea about that person would pop into
your head, but that image would probably be wrong. To know someone, one
must look on the inside, so here is a glimpse of me.

I am seventeen years old, and I don't like speaking in front of a large group of
people-unless I know what I am talking about. I hate waking up early, I believe
politicians are insane, I am against abortion, and I don't like people who put up
a front. I like tacos, chicken and rice; ice cream is my comfort food. I could
definitely live without Sonic hamburgers, cokes, coffee, tea, and deer meat.

I like watching fireworks on the Fourth of July, playing with my cat-Cocoa, surfing
Kiwibox.com, spending time with my five-year-old cousin, and watching football.
I am a soap opera fanatic. I tape Passions and Days of Our Lives everyday,
and watch them when I get time.

I believe that a person makes his or her own destiny, and I like watching lightning during
a thunderstorm. When I am not at school, I am usually working on the yearbook
or talking on the phone or instant messenger. I love to draw and paint, and
I like to relax by watching a Julia Roberts movie with a cup of hot cocoa in hand
(loaded with marshmallows).

I love winter; therefore, after I graduate from college, I hope to be a journalist or
a medical laboratory technician living in a state in the New England area, probably
Massachusetts, because I like its name.

When I am old, gray, and wrinkled, I want to know that I have helped
many people. If anyone ever asks, "What kind of person was she?" I want the
person that answers to say that I was hardworking, responsible, caring,
creative, and sometimes quite stubborn.