Hey, my name is Arathi, I am 13 years old and I have just moved to a new international community. Moving to a new place was very difficult for me but as time passed, I have begun to adjust to my new surroundings. Overall, I really have started to enjoy spending time with my new friends and in my new area. This project we were asked to do seems very interesting and I am really looking forward to seeing the outcome of it. So here I go and talk about myself.
First of all, I have many interests. I particularly enjoy playing sports. I play soccer, volleyball, badminton and tennis. I have played tennis for about 5 years but I haven’t been practicing for the last 2 years. I played in a tournament but unfortunately I didn’t win. In soccer, I played in my team in my last posting and my team won the event! I also played for a volleyball team but I never played a match because I had to leave. On the whole, sports is one aspect in my life that I find extremely important because without exercise and sports, life would be very unhealthy. Another one of my interests is music. I listen to all sorts of music from rock to R&B to rap. I find music as another source for people to express what they feel about life and the world. Therefore, I am always willing to listen to different types of music before I judge them. Due to the fact that I enjoy listening to music so much, I learnt how to play the piano and have been playing for 6 years.
Although I am interested in various issues there are a few that are more prominent than the others. One main issue would be pollution. Out of the countries I have stayed in, the majority of them have air pollution and water pollution. What really disturbs me is the fact that no one is doing anything to stop this outrageous problem. Air pollution is exceptionally bad because it affects the air we breathe and therefore affects the people who breathe in this awful air. Water pollution is just as terrible because by contaminating the water, it kills the fish life and infects the people who drink it. We have to stop or at least reduce it before it is too late.
Another issue that I am concerned about is a small yet vital dilemma that occurs most often in my life: the treatment towards teenagers. I don’t know about you, but I feel that adults find teenagers annoying, childish and don’t believe that we worry about the most important problems going on in the world right now. They say they will never understand teenagers, forgetting they were once teenagers too. I find this unfair because I know for a fact that my friends and I are neither silly nor immature. On the other hand, we actually do take the vital news into consideration. For example, I am concerned about the pollution occurring in certain places as mentioned above and animal poaching. Therefore, why do ‘they’ judge a book by its cover?
One more thing, one of the students asked this question: What is your favorite part about school there? To answer this question, I would say that my favorite part about school is how students have friends from all over the school regardless of age or grade. For example, when I moved to this new school, all the people I met were really friendly. They treated me nicely and made me feel welcome. What I’m trying to say is that school involves education but it also has another aspect: making friends and meeting new people. Also, this aspect is even better when people from different ages become friends. That, I believe, is the best part about school!
I hope I have written enough about myself. However, if you do have any concerns, please feel free to comment.