Megan Whittaker
Professor Rosen
ENG 1101
11 September 2017

Project 1: Introducing Yourself

My name is Megan Whittaker and I am a Freshman at City College of Technology. Although my school has about 1700 students , I’d like to consider myself extremely unique. My passions and goals are ultimately different from my peers however we are all one large community of great team members. My biggest passions are nails and makeup. Since the age of 7 or 8 I’ve been interested in all different types of nails , every shape , color , and design. I never liked the thought of doing my own nails or doing someone else’s but I like to visit nails salons in different areas and try new different styles. I’ve sat in about 50 plus nails salons and I can truly say the culture and structure of every one is distinctive. Makeup on the other hand is a passion I’ve recently became fond of. I specifically like eyebrows because no two eyebrows are ever the same and it is fun to sit on my down time with all my brushes and work on my technique.
One thing I would consider very unique about myself is the philosophy I live by. Although it may sound simple it has great meaning in my life. It is simply “live life to your own standard”. To me this means more than the surface because today’s generation has set the most ludicrous standards and I refuse to join in. Being a teenager now means you’re supposed to have the most expensive clothing, longest weave, latest sneakers and most updated electronics. I personally buy the things I like regardless of whether it’s expensive or it’s deemed “popular” in the time. By setting my own standards for myself not only do I make myself happy I also can see how I grow as a person. I’ve realized how much I’ve matured and how my interest have changed. It is important to me that I live life to my own standard because I give myself guidelines and goals to follow and I know I will accomplish them‍. My current goal is more like a 10 year plan, I plan to be working as a corrections officer in the next 4 years and I will achieve this by passing the corrections test at the age of 21. After that I plan to go back to school and take courses that will help me get into child protective services. My ultimate goal in life is to expand my education and gain knowledge about various branches of the law and how they work simultaneously to run the country.
The avatar shown in my profile is a picture of my mother and I after my high school graduation. This picture can depict the relationship I share with my mother. She is my best friend and my number one supporter. We purposely decided to sit back to back to show that we will always have each other no matter what the situation is. This picture also represents the two things I mentioned previously that I have a passion for. My nails were done white with one finger a shade of silver sparkles and they were cut in coffin style. I got my nails done in the Bronx around my house and that specific salon is becoming my regular place. I did my nails white because it went very well with the gold dress that I was wearing. The second thing i’m passionate about, makeup, is represented in this photo by my eyebrows. I woke up extra early this day just to practice and make sure they were perfect and graduation ready. This avatar can also depict the beginning of my journey in achieving my long time goals. My diploma shows I graduated from a Law and Justice high school. This marks the first step for me because I was given a gist of law and what skills you would need to ensure success in pursuing a law career.
As well as doing a good job at representing me , my avatar left out some major details. This shows the end of my highschool career but it doesn’t show how hard I worked to make that moment possible. I had to deal with the fatal shooting of my brother and this put a major halt on my life. With losing my older brother I lost a lot of motivation and ambition. It took me a few years to get over his death but I knew I had to find a positive way to cope with my feelings and bettering my education became that outlet for me. One may misinterpret this picture and think this is the end of my journey but this only marks the beginning. Many people graduate from highschool and just stop there. I am proud to say I graduated and am continuing to expand my knowledge. The only thing that might also be misleading in this photo is one can assume that since the background is greenery that I might be fond of it but I absolutely attest that. I’m not very happy about flowers , bushes , trees or anything of that nature. Another miss interpretation someone might have of my avatar is that I graduated to make my mom proud like every other teenager. I morley graduated to show myself how determination could solve any goal.
Hence, you can basically know a lot about me by visiting my my profile. You can discover my likes and ambitions , you can see what relationships I have and so forth. My bio matters because it tells a little bit of my story and I can always look back on this to see my growth as a person. I expect this essay to work as a guide, I will be able to see where I started and see how far I would like to go. In the future I plan for some of this to change however. I would like to make bigger and better goals, develop new interest and gain more experience at city tech.