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On April 3rd of 2002 at 6 am this little redhead girl came into the world.
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When I was three my mom put me in my first dance class. Little did she know this would change the direction of my entire life.
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I had a falling out with my friend group end of 8th grade because one girl was relentlessly awful to me. I left and spent half of 8th grade and freshman year alone but they eventually came back to me, mean girl being gone. I got less ugly and my confidence slowly grew. Family stuff absolutely sucked this year & my grades were low (mostly B's which is low to me).
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Nine years ago I performed in my first Nutcracker Ballet with Legacy School of the Arts. I was a mouse (in the smallest costume possible).
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I was picked to perform in a professional ballet as a Munchkin. This sparked my confidence in dance.
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Oof. What a time. I made my friend group that to this day is still pretty solid. We lost a few along the way, thankfully. I was super ugly and got bullied a good amount like everyone. Family trauma was a thing that happened too. Overall some rough years but I learned a lot about myself and it brought me to who I am today.
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Changed me as a dancer
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My dance studio had a split. My favorite teacher left and it was very hard, but I followed her which led me to Crescendo Conservatory, my current dance studio, and happy place.
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Ouch. Not much to say here honestly. Mental health was extremely bad. Grades were higher than ever because I pushed myself over the edge for them. I found someone amazing though and they make me happy and feel loved to this day. I also bought a hamster absolutely no regrets, this year taught me a lot.
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My timeline tells me that dance has had a huge impact on my life and will continue to until the day I die. It shows that I experienced true growth and progression in my life with athletics, academics and my self-acceptance.
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If my first dance class had never happened I have no idea who I would be today. Big dreams and hard goals kept me motivated. I knew that in order to get what I wanted I needed to work hard. this instilled a good work ethic in me which I put towards everything I do.
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What 17 year old has ever been right about what their future is going to be? None. This is the rough outline I have because I am a planner, I hate the unknown. While I know what I want right now, who knows what that will be 4 years from now? I think I have a good amount of flexibility as long as I focus on doing what is meant to happen not sticking to a line by line year by year plan.
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OU School of dance has a 7% acceptance rate, they let in 10 modern majors and 10 ballet majors. On this day I cried lots of happy tears. (My university acceptance and scholarships came the same day).
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The much anticipated day where I say bye bye to BVSW, this is one of my senior photos.
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I want to hold a dance career and then likely go back to school and complete a higher degree in psych. I'm not sure what field of psychology I will go into.
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