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My Identity! ♥

My parents have always had my back since the day I was born. My identity and the person I am today is hugely impacted by my parents. They have given me so many opportunities and continuously shared their thoughts and wisdom with my younger sister and I. When I was younger, my mom always signed me up for different activities and gave me constant encouragement. Sometimes I needed a little boost because I was not willing to attend practices that my clubs held. At the age of three and four, I had joined the jazz & tap dancing, ice-skating and ballet club. As I grew older, I stuck to ice-skating and ballet, and my parents supported me the whole way. I was able to participate in ice-skating competitions with my team, and my parents were there to drive me all around the state. When I moved to England, I continued with my ballet, and actually went to a ballet school for five years. My parents attended every single one of my performances for extra support. Later on, my dad signed me up for private lessons in golf, and to help with my confidence, he sat through my lessons with me. All this support and the opportunities they've provided me have helped shaped me today. I am now confident in myself and do try to strive for the best. I am not afraid of failure and always try to work with my best effort. My parents have taught me how to be respectful of others, responsible (taking care of my sister), friendly (to make the best of friends) and open-minded to accept different cultures and ideas (because we move around a lot). I am a happy person with great goals and strong values, some shaped by my parents as well. One of my most important goals is to be successful in my academics. I think that when I was younger it was more my parent's goal rather than my own, maybe because I was too young to care. But even then I was able to be successful, and now that goal has become my own as well as theirs. The values that I have chosen have most definitely been influenced by the same values of my parents. They value optimism, friendliness, diversity, respect, excellence and courage. And since I have been brought up with those values, I have been accustomed to them and now I believe in those same values. I think that even as I grow older, I will always stick to those values but maybe add on a few. I am grateful of my parent's love and support and do believe that if they hadn't had my back these past fifteen years, I would lack an identity and my strong values would be missing!

English Throughout My Life! ♥

English has always played a major role in my life. During school hours, I speak English with teachers and students. I learn in English, do my homework in English, think and dream in English (most of the time), and much more. My family and I are Iranian-Americans, so after school when I am at home, I mix English and Farsi together while speaking to them. Farsi is my second language after English, but I am able to speak Farsi fluently as well. The only time when I do not speak English at all, and only speak Farsi, is when we are visiting relatives in Iran. In my opinion, speaking two languages fluently is quite an advantage because there is more privacy and convenience while speaking. For example, if I am with my friends who speak English and my mom who speaks both, I can tell her things I don't want my friends to hear while they are still in our presence by switching to Farsi. I have also been studying Spanish for the past four years and I am currently in Spanish IB level. I want to become fluent in Spanish just like in Farsi and English because I think that it will help me in the future since I will most likely be living in the United States where the population of Spanish speakers is constantly increasing. Since I am living in Japan, you would think that I am learning Japanese, but unfortunately I am not. I go to an international school so all the students and teachers speak in English. I think it is pretty cool how I am in a foreign country but can still use my mother tongue language all the time. I live on Rokko Island where there are many foreigners, and mostly everything is also in English. This is extremely convenient, but at the same time a disadvantage because I am not able to learn Japanese. I am 100% sure that in the future even after I finish high school and college, I will continue speaking in English because it is such a big part of me. My Farsi will also stay with me, but my English will be more important in my life.