The Importance Of My Pessimism

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At a very young age, I’ve always been interested in helping and teaching others the power of knowledge. It mostly stems from the knowledge I was taught by my loved ones. Being the youngest in my family. There was always someone looking out for me and always tending to my needs. Which is part of the reason why I have a pessimism attitude. My lack of confidence in future stems from everyone figuring out what’s best for me and not allow me to make my own decisions.

If you ask any of my family members, I’m the most pessimism person they have ever encounter. I like to think different about myself but my track record of my pessimism behavior keeps adding up. Naturally, I don’t realize that I’m speaking negative until my older brother tells me I’m just being “paranoid” about everything. Although, I try my best to speak positive around others with the exception of my immediate family members. I can’t help but …show more content…

If you were to know me back in middle school then you would know I loved going to school and enjoyed the entire learning process. My love for school at a young age is mainly the reason why I’m studying to be a elementary teacher. During seventh grade, there was a poetry contest that I really wanted to enter. If you won the poetry contest then you would be recognized in the school newspaper. I dreamed of becoming a famous poet when I was little because of the influence Maya Angelou had on me. Her words hold a special place in my heart. The older I become, the more I realize that I am a phenomenal woman. I wish I felt this way back in middle school because my life would be different. I was excited to enter the poetry contest but from the trauma of being bullied in school. I started thinking it wasn’t such a good idea. I thought when I got on stage everyone would laugh at me and from that day I stopped writing poetry. This was just the beginning of my pessimism

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