Personal Statement

My belief and mentality are that I believe, that I have no limitations in my potential unless I impose such limitations, being able to understand that if I don't challenge myself to adapt and try new endeavors outside of my comfort zone I would be stuck in a mediocre state of mind I didn't want but to exceed my own expectations. Numerous times I was told by students that partaking in challenging classes: having a job, and balancing it with my other passions would " take too much of my time". They believed that having a rigorous school schedule was redundant, and didn't provide anything of value for the student. I had believed otherwise in that I saw it as an opportunity to build a good work ethic in my journey to attain my goals. Prior aswell, a science teacher had doubted and disregarded that I take a more challenging science class inferring that it wasn’t necessarily the right fit for me. I considered what that teacher said at first, but I rather chose to ignore it to create a new path choosing the harder classes as I saw mediocrity in sticking with the basic core classes. And initially, when I started to experiment with making custom shoes I was confronted with the idea of trying something different. I started to draw on these shoes with sharpie.  Eventually starting to use leather acrylic paint. But at first, I was told that I shouldn't have customized the shoe as it ruins the aesthetic, and the meaning of having a clean white, leather shoe. But instead, I chose to ignore this aswell as I saw shoe painting as an artistic opportunity, viewing this shoe as a blank canvas to try something that I had no prior experience with, a way that opened a door to experimentation. As My beliefs were challenged it had unfortunately angered me to believe how would I know if I didn't try? What understanding do I already have of adventuring into the unknown? Nothing. I had absolutely nothing and I would have nothing to show for it if I never gave it a try.  If I had believed these confrontations to my belief, I wouldn't have the understanding of my potential to what I can do that I haven’t done already. Had I never been confronted with opposing beliefs, to what I had initially wanted in pushing myself. I wouldn't have had the necessary way to develop myself as a person. It matured me to Challenge myself, experiment, and orient myself around the idea that I have no limitation on my potential. But

exceed my expectations and capabilities as a person beyond the boundaries of “limit”.