what i am good at essay

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What Are You Good At?

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A teenager in Connecticut has come to be in high demand as an interior decorator and is regarded as something of a “rising star,” according to a profile in the Times’s Home and Garden section. What are your talents and skills? What products or services might you be able to provide, either free of charge, or for a fee?

The article “Sam Allen, Teenage Decorator” by Steven Kurutz looks at the 19-year-old’s career and how he got his start:

Mr. Allen landed his first real client two years ago, when his father, Lloyd, who runs a farmstand in Westport, overheard a customer saying she wanted to turn a nanny suite into a playroom for her daughters. “I go over, meet the woman, she tells me her wants and needs, and I tell her my vision,” Mr. Allen recalled. “I was hired on the spot.” He turned the nanny’s drab kitchenette into a candy station with a hot-pink mini-fridge, he said, and added bunk beds and a zebra-stripe rug. By charging less than other designers (his initial rate was $20 an hour, though he now charges $100) and posting photos of his work on Facebook, Mr. Allen secured more jobs. In the beginning, most of them involved decorating children’s rooms.

Students: Tell us what you are good at. How and when did you first realize you had this aptitude or knack? How do you use your skills and talents? How have your peers and adults reacted to your abilities? Are you passionate about the things you are good at? Can you put your skills in service of others, either on a volunteer basis or to build a business, as Mr. Allen has?

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I am good at graphic design and motion design. I am very passionate about this and noticed I was good at it when I was 12. I want to be an animator some day.

I am good at the computer. I first realized this when I was in third grade. I use my talents to make PowerPoint’s for school stuff and help the teachers out when I can. I think that my friends respect my ability because they always ask me to help them.

I think I would have to say I am good at is basketball. I have played sience I was 6 and it has been my passion ever sience. Basketball has always took a place in my heart and never left. When ever I am on the court, I feel like I’m in my own world and it’s just amazing. The reson I’m good at is tho, is because when I play, I always strive the extra mile, and good for me, is never good enough.

I really don’t know in what I’m good at yet, I like to do a lot of things and one of them can be sewing. I am really passionate about what I do and i know I’m really good at it too.

Im good at drawing and socializing I first relized it when I started drawing when I was almost 8 I think and I realized that im good at socializing when people tell me I talk alot. I used my drawing skill for my enjoyment and socializing skills help me meet new people and make new friends. My peers have told me im good at both of them and that I do them very often. Im passionate about them because I enjoy them alot and it helps me think. If I put them to use I could draw portraits of people or I can help talk and debate with my socializing skills.

In my opinion, I am good at playing the guitar. I think this because when i started playing, it came natural to me. I learned how to play my first song within a week of playing. I am passionate about the guitar because I think that it is one of the most fun instruments to play and not many people can play it. I think that it is a great skill to have and is a fun one at that!

I am good at a few different things but, I would like to overall talk about how I’m good at sports. I first realized that I was good at sports when my friends and coaches told me I was good. I am very passionate about the sports i play and I’m very competitive and when I’m playing sports I don’t think about anything else.

I think one of the things I’m good at is being very organized and clean. I realized this when I used to share a room with my sister I couldn’t sleep until my room was spotless and clean. I use my skills I guess you would say, to keep my room clean. My mom is happy because she doesn’t have to worry about my room or the house being messy most of the time because I’m home most of the time. I like being organized because it makes me and my house not look like a mess. Well, if I really wanted to, I could make a cleaning business.

I am a extremely good game rand I realized this when i got my first xbox and started to play several diffrent types of games.sometimes I just use these talents to play some tournaments or to just simply have fun.I wouldnt say im really passionate about my skills but I do like how im good at alot of games.My friends did not really react to it nor did my parents.

I’m good at a lot of things (with the “a lot” italicized). I play 4 instruments very well. I am the best golfer in my school and have excelled in math. I also started swimming recently and am very good at it too. I realized these talents around the time between 6th and 7th grade. I am very passionate of my talents and my peers encourages me to do what I want and use my talents everyday.

I am an avid musician. I started taking piano, violin lessons since I was five years old or so but I learned to play guitar by myself as I found the lesson by experts useless. I am exuberant most when I play Taylor Swift’s songs both on piano and guitar in my leisure time.

Moreover, I am an ardent artist as well. When I joined drama club, I realized that I was truly passionate about performing whether it is in front of the class or on the stage. I love every aspects relating to performing from writing the play to participating in the musicals although it means more responsibility, dedication and less hanging out, less TV.

To put my skills in service of others, my friends and I are making a plan to organize Christmas party for the orphans and disadvantaged children. We will be playing music, performing a short play relating to Christmas and organizing some activities and games for the children.

I have become really good at math. I use to have trouble with math, I could never understand what to do, now though I can do really complicated problems with extreme ease.

I think I’m good at procrastinating. I found out I was good at this because of school. I use them to forget about homework and do it at the last minute or not at all. They have been angry. I am very passionate about it. No, I cannot use this skill to help others.

i good at mma

I am good with cars because they are my passion. I can name any car that drives by me on the road. I can also build cars from the ground up, I know all about engines, paint, and body work.

the one thing im good at is makeing friends i am very socale person.i first relized this in first grade whe i became friends with eveyone in my class.

I feel that I am great at soccer. I have played the sport ever since I was five years old and have played it every year of my life. I am 18 years old right now and continue to play. I played in the senior all-star game this year and even ended making first team. I am hoping to play club soccer at college next year. I think what makes me really good at the sport though is that I played it and excelled in it within a football-dominated community. It’s not an easy thing to do. The town I come from is football crazy. Just about everyone here has played or is playing football. Every single one of my friends that plays a fall sport plays football. I am the one of the very few kids who hasn’t played a single year of football and instead has played soccer every single year of his life. The community I live in and the surrounding communities offer very little for soccer players. I don’t get a lot of recognition for what I do and it really bothers me because a great athlete who plays football will receive tons of recognition and respect while I don’t receive nearly the same amount of recognition and respect even though I am just as good of an athlete as they are. I think that I am great at soccer because I have played it for as long as I have and have gotten extremely good at it with little support. It’s one of those things that not many people can do.

I try to find something im really good at but i think im just to young to find my true calling.

What I am good at. I was fighting Mixed Martial Arts for 3 years but i recently had to stop due to my knees.

I am good at many things. One thing that I am good at is organizing events. Last year I was in a club that wanted to do fund raising. I knew exactly what we were going to do. When we had the event It was terrific and we made alot of money.

I am good at softball. I realize that i was good at this sport is when i was playing tee ball. How i realized that was when my coach told me that i could hurt someone really bad with my throw. Which made me sad but then he said i have a strong throw and i could throw to first base from the outfield. I use this skill when i am playing with my friends or when the season begins each spring, winter and winter clinics.

I am good at football, basketball, baseball, video games, and making friends.

I am good at playing video games reading books and runing out side with my friends.

Im good at a few weird thing. i like to be unique so i do not try the things other people do. Im good at balancing on my head. im good at burping really loud. I dont know what else to say. so yeah.

im good at boxing

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