Reflective Essay: Moving To New Jersey
An exciting experience that changed my life was moving to New Jersey in 2013. Moving to New Jersey led me to compete in National History Day (NHD). Furthermore, I got into a Gifted and Talented school for the first time. This resulted in me making incredible friends and having amazing teachers.
If you do not know, National History Day is a rigorous History competition. The competition divides into five different categories, the category I competed in was the exhibit category. Each year the competition selects a new theme, last year's theme was “Exploration, Encounter, Exchange”. I decided to focus my exhibit on Ernest Shackleton, with this unique and interesting focus I made it to the national competition. In fact, I got the opportunity to travel to Maryland for five days with no payment. The experience was extraordinary, I was able to meet people from all over the world. It might be called National History Day, but it is definitely an International competition. For example, there were people from South Korea and China at the …show more content…
The Paterson Academy for the Gifted and Talented was an experience itself. For example, I got to dissect a cow eyeball. It might have been gruesome but, it was a remarkable experience. I was able to make incredible, friends and had amazing teachers that made learning straightforward for me. In that school year, I had numerous amusing field trips. Such as, a trampoline park, and the aquarium. Plenty of the trips were both educational and fun. The trampoline park probably wasn't educational but it sure was fun. We even had trips that supported the environment. For instance, the 7th grade did a clean up at the Great Falls, and we were taught how to make an eco-friendly cleaning product. There was not one day where I did not learn, laugh, or have fun at least once. My year at The Patterson Academy for the Gifted and talented was truly exceptional and
If you do not know, National History Day is a rigorous History competition. The competition divides into five different categories, the category I competed in was the exhibit category. Each year the competition selects a new theme, last year's theme was “Exploration, Encounter, Exchange”. I decided to focus my exhibit on Ernest Shackleton, with this unique and interesting focus I made it to the national competition. In fact, I got the opportunity to travel to Maryland for five days with no payment. The experience was extraordinary, I was able to meet people from all over the world. It might be called National History Day, but it is definitely an International competition. For example, there were people from South Korea and China at the …show more content…
The Paterson Academy for the Gifted and Talented was an experience itself. For example, I got to dissect a cow eyeball. It might have been gruesome but, it was a remarkable experience. I was able to make incredible, friends and had amazing teachers that made learning straightforward for me. In that school year, I had numerous amusing field trips. Such as, a trampoline park, and the aquarium. Plenty of the trips were both educational and fun. The trampoline park probably wasn't educational but it sure was fun. We even had trips that supported the environment. For instance, the 7th grade did a clean up at the Great Falls, and we were taught how to make an eco-friendly cleaning product. There was not one day where I did not learn, laugh, or have fun at least once. My year at The Patterson Academy for the Gifted and talented was truly exceptional and