After much deliberation, I have reflected on both my personal and

academic accomplishments.

Personal Achievement
I still have some dissatisfaction about my personal achievement, because this gold medal came to me
after many years of studying Latin dance. I always did not practice seriously before, and although I liked it,
sometimes I felt pain and fear in class. Maybe it was because I was young and didn't know what to do and
didn't have self-confidence, and only when I grew up did I start to regret it. In fact, I love it, but I care too
much about the eyes of others, and a little flaw makes me lose the urge to continue dancing.
But my mom didn't give up on me after she saw my timidity, instead she stayed with me. She kept an
eye on my practice after class and always reminded me to adjust my physique. Although she was fierce,
her words were full of concern and expectation for me. I gradually became more and more confident. So I
decided that for the sake of my own achievement and not to let my mom down, I got up the courage to
sign up for the competition and practiced harder. Although my mom was very busy, she was still with me
to encourage me.
When I got on the field, I felt a little confused in the large stadium, but my self-awareness allowed
me to adjust quickly. I kept my head up, my chest out, managed my expressions well, and tried to let my
confidence exude.
In the two years since then, I still haven't stopped learning to develop my self-confidence. Because
only when you get used to having self-confidence, you can better express yourself in any situation. This
confidence will also help me in my future work very well. I can fully present myself in front of the leaders
and be promoted to a higher position more easily.

Academic Achievement
My grades had been bad since elementary school, and when I started junior high school, they
remained the same, but my Chinese grades became even worse. Facing my mother's accusations, I was
getting more and more stressed. As a rule, it was my native language and I should become better and
better, but maybe it was my comprehension ability, I sometimes had a hard time understanding the
meaning of the text and always couldn't answer the key words of the answer. So I started reading books,
making summaries after reading and then looking up information online to check if what I understood the
novel was going to say was correct. After a long time, the bookcases in my house were full of books and I
became a very smart student in the eyes of my teachers.
So the night before a very important exam, in order to get a good grade to test that all my hard work
had paid off. I saved up all the motivation and reviewed all the texts that might be tested. The knowledge
I gained made me feel more confident. On the second day of the two-hour test, I wrote quickly because it
was very easy for me. I didn't hesitate to fill in the answers I thought of the first time when I was doing
the comprehension of ancient texts and reading comprehension outside the classroom.
The next day, the papers were handed out and everyone was discussing the scores. I found that I did
surprisingly well, although confidently, and unexpectedly finished in second place. The language teacher
said that this score could rank in the top 50 in the whole school grade. I was even happier, and from then
on I got interested in the language, and my language grades got better and better.
Through this incident I realized that I am a person who needs pressure. Only when you encounter
pressure can you push yourself and get an explosion. I think for my future, I have to both maintain and
make changes. I have to keep the will and pressure that I can explode, but change the intensity of the
pressure appropriately and not start pushing myself at the end. It's always best to be prepared for
everything early.