Who am I you ask? Well, my name is Maya Parchment and I am sixteen years of age. I was born in the island of Jamaica on February 22,1987, and I lived there for about 13 years. A few years ago, my older sister and I moved to the United States to live with our mother. I am currently living in Jamaica, New York, where I am a junior and taking basic subjects. I am a very caring and fun loving person. I like to hang out with my friends and have fun. To be totally honest, I really don't enjoy school that much. I mean,I do well in school but I would rather have fun first. I am just now realizing that having fun and slacking off is not healthy, especially seeing that I am so young an age.
In my second year of high school, I recall goofing around and slacking off with my friends and I failed a few of my classes. I had never failed at anything before, but it hit me when I failed my Math and Science class. I was really upset and dissapointed in myself. I felt as if I was stupid because the friends I hung out with passed all their classes and I failed mine.I'm not saying that I have bad friends, I'm just realizing that though they had fun as well,they did their school work while I didn't. I was informed by my guidance counselor that I had to take Saturday classes for Math and probably night school or summer school for Science.
Around the same time I was involved with my school's dance team. Dancing was something that came natural for me.I felt very happy and confident when I danced. Dancing was the one true thing that I had control of, and I looked forward to doing it.I was,however,compelled by my mother to quit because of my bad grades. I was very upset b but failing my classes made me realize that having fun is great, but having an education is even greater.
By the next semester, I was a junior and I promised myself that I would never go through the dissapointments I had while I was a sophomore.I went through my first term as a junior and I passed all my classes. I took the Math regents and I got a 66 and I took the English regents and I got a 90. I was so proud of myself. I felt very confident, and for the first time in my life,dance wasn't making me happy but school was.
