Creative Essay WRITING
It is 4 p.m. on Tuesday. What will you do next? Write about your extracurricular pursuits. Why and how do you choose the activities you are involved in? How do your activities reflect your values and affect your school, community or the world? (500 words or less)
As a young teen I have many hobbies and interests. Sadly, only a few of them are practiced after school on weekdays. I am involved in many things so most of my day is always busy. After school I head home and change to attend my ballet classes every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday for one hour each. Then I have guitar lessons on the same days in the same buildings. I also am on my Masjids Muslim girl swimming team. Along with this I do henna tattoo at a salon. My various hobbies and interests have influenced my values and my community. At the age of fourteen, I was going through stress and depression due to rumors about me at school. My mom enrolled me in ballet classes and soon ballet became my life. I attended classes religiously and practiced a lot. Ballet lets me challenge myself since my body type isn’t that of ballerinas. Ballet helped me set my values of how a girl should look and act. Ballet instills manners, poise and class into a young lady. My dad was in a band when he was in college so my sister and I inherit that quality from him. I was six years old when my dad got me my first guitar and taught me how to play. Music allows you to express your feelings through a song and with all the emotions being expressed through the guitar. Even though I am aware that music is haraam, I can’t seem to give up on my passion for the guitar. The guitar and I have a bond that runs deeper then blood. The guitar is something that I hope to share with my future soul mate. For many years I had a phobia from water, I have finally overcame that fear through my local masajid. My masajid has a muslim girl swimming team and I was asked to join. I accepted and learned how to swim. Ever since I love it and it si a
As a young teen I have many hobbies and interests. Sadly, only a few of them are practiced after school on weekdays. I am involved in many things so most of my day is always busy. After school I head home and change to attend my ballet classes every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday for one hour each. Then I have guitar lessons on the same days in the same buildings. I also am on my Masjids Muslim girl swimming team. Along with this I do henna tattoo at a salon. My various hobbies and interests have influenced my values and my community. At the age of fourteen, I was going through stress and depression due to rumors about me at school. My mom enrolled me in ballet classes and soon ballet became my life. I attended classes religiously and practiced a lot. Ballet lets me challenge myself since my body type isn’t that of ballerinas. Ballet helped me set my values of how a girl should look and act. Ballet instills manners, poise and class into a young lady. My dad was in a band when he was in college so my sister and I inherit that quality from him. I was six years old when my dad got me my first guitar and taught me how to play. Music allows you to express your feelings through a song and with all the emotions being expressed through the guitar. Even though I am aware that music is haraam, I can’t seem to give up on my passion for the guitar. The guitar and I have a bond that runs deeper then blood. The guitar is something that I hope to share with my future soul mate. For many years I had a phobia from water, I have finally overcame that fear through my local masajid. My masajid has a muslim girl swimming team and I was asked to join. I accepted and learned how to swim. Ever since I love it and it si a