English - Week 3

Story Of My Life
Shellyn Fortuna ( 08211740000062 )

Urban and Regional Planning 2017
Was born in the beginning of July, 17 years ago, an addition of dreamer was clarified to
rock the world. The sun was there, rising together with the crying she had for the first time. The
daughter her mom wished to be born as a boy, grow up as a tomboy. Lived in a neighbourhood full
of wonderful people with different culture, language, and habits, makes her understand well about
diversity, and makes adapting an easy thing.
That girl is me. I spent my elementary in a small catholic school in a suburban in Riau. As a
kid, im growing to love art and Mathematics. Weird? I know right. But i dont understand as well
why i love Mathematics. I think i love the way it works, blowing my mind everytime it is solved.
Pascal, Pythagoras, and all of the rules they made, is beautiful. Actually, the main reason why i love
mathematics is because i thought it is the only subject on earth that matters after our study.
After 11 years living in Riau, it was finally the time i had to move to a bigger city for a
better education. With the support from my family, and because i loved to study, i moved to Medan.
I was registered to a prestigious National Plus Junior High School in Medan that requires me to
speak english, but what i didnt know was that my life was about to change. A major change.
At the beginning, as a curious little kid, i was trying to make friends with the old kids.
Social Media was booming and i was trying to be friendly with everyone. It is when i jumped into
the world of bullying. Disclaimer : I was the victim. Long story short, because my lack of
knowledge of english, kids in my grades started mocking me. It got worst because the person who
started the bully was famous and had seniors standing behind her to support her. I was turning shy,
timid, and introvert. I was afraid to speak up, and everything even the simplest thing would easily
burn me up. Im becoming so sensitive, and i was depressed for a long months. It marks the
beginning of my Junior High, and it sure was the worst thing happened in my life.
It happened continuously during my junior high year. People would stand on the corridor
when i walk and will look down on me as if im someone who does a tremendous mistake.
Sometimes they would pull out their feet to tackle me. Now, it is not about me not being able to
speak english anymore. It is about everything i did, it is all wrong. Even a small mistake was
counted, and i was deeply anxious, even for breathing. But it didnt stop me to shine. Luckily, i had
my best friend to support me. They were my pillars of strength during my Junior High. Eventually,
Junior High was ended beautifully. I was awarded the 2nd Best of the Best Students 2014 for JH3.
I moved to another school for my Senior High. It is one of the most favourite school in
Medan. I felt confident about going to Senior High. Because i was bullied, and i survived, and what
doesnt kill you makes you stronger, does it? So, i was stuck for 3 years in that school. But, i found
joy more than i expected. It helped me relieve my trauma of bullying, although the trauma cant be
healed fully. For distraction, I was chosen as the head of the school magazine on January 2015. It
kept me busy to stop thinking about the past. It was my very first time running a magazine and i
enjoyed my work. Maybe it was all easy because im used to write in blog. The magazine run a
success, even though still many people hated it, threw it to the dustbin, or leave it neglected under
the teachers desk.
My Teacher found a potential in me. She offered me to join Philosophy Essay Competition
held by UGM in 2016. I had no professional background in writing, and it made me once again
underestimated my self. But i tried because i wanted to win it. Then, a couple of months after that,
the news was up, i was top 5 and my writing was published as a book. Senior High proved me that i
can achieve anything i want, if i work hard to earn it. That is the highlight of the story of my life.

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