Personal Statement

Hello, My name is Ebonie, I go to El Capitan High School, I am currently a senior and I

will graduate in June 2024. I come from a small town called Merced . This is centrally located
right in the middle of california. In my town we have a little bit of diversity and people in their
differences with their own opinions on other people's race, and also people’s sexualility. We also
are an Ag community and most of our foods and vegetables are shipped throughout the world,
we have approximately grown since the UC was created and are now up to a population of
90,000 residents.

A problem I had that was very hard was when covid-19 hit and we we’re all on the
computer. As a person, I am a very hands-on kind of person. When I had to go on the computer
I was very confused and there were new apps I have never been on. I would try to email my
teachers all the time and ask for help in zoom to the point they would get frustrated at me and
one of my teachers actually told me that there's other students that need help and they can’t
keep helping me. After that year I was able to go to summer school and get my grades back on
track, since then I been doing great every since I been back in school and being able to get the
help I need, not just from my teacher but from other teachers that I have built bonds with and
can help me with whatever I need. Another problem I had that was and is still very hard because
I still deal with it today is my ADHD problem. It’s always hard for me to keep my attention on one
thing for a long time. I have to sit by someone that really does their work because they can
distract me with conversations very easily. I always get my work done most of the time it just
happens in moments. The last problem i'm going to bring to bring up is back at home last year
was a lot of things happening at once to where school was just a lot of me at a time we had a
lose in the family that cost a lot of other things to transpire that put a lot of stress on me and my
mornings at a time would always start off bad and I would start coming to school not in the best
moods and it would take me for being focus in class and I would have a lot of breakdowns to
where my teachers would tell me I could talk to them or come to them if I even needed anything,
I’ve always been the kind that would deal with my problems in silence so they would never really
know why i’m falling behind but when everything started feeling right again i eventually went to
my teachers asking if there was anything I could do for extra credit and getting my grades up or
any missing assignments I had.

Since then I have been able to learn the new apps by asking my teachers in person and
they have been very helpful. The benefits that I got from this is being able to make great bonds
with a lot of different other teachers I have never even had before. In my future my benefits are
that I won't be shy or scared to talk to any other teachers that aren’t mine and be able to start
bonds with new teachers as well moving forward. If a problem were to arise I would know how to
handle the issue without being unprofessional and going to someone bigger in that matter. My
benefits for having ADHD, I have something to fidget with as I'm working to help with my adhd.
What I have learned about myself is that when I'm having a bad morning I take a little time to
myself until I feel at least ok again before I go talking to people or I can talk to someone before
any of my classes start so I can get everything off my chest before class. Most of the time I go
and talk to my coach but my coach somehow always sees 2 sides of the story and it kinda make
me feels some type of way but at least she tells me the truth