Describe The Nine Ways Of Resilience

Being resilient can be very challenging in many ways. You might have to learn something more difficult because you're in a difficult class, and you still want to earn positive grades in it. Or perhaps something more simple as in becoming more independent by learning how to do your own laundry. In the nine ways of resilience, I’m sure we have or at least will face a problem where these key ways are going to benefit us with knowledge. In the meantime, let me tell you about one of my first challenges where I needed to become more resilient in certain ways. It began in middle school when one of the biggest changes in my life happened. Letter grades! Even though that might not seem crazy, to me it was a big deal. A new way to set goals to reach for the top. In elementary I would get 4’s, 5’s, and even some 3’s. However I matured and starting to think more about my future. I saw middle school a way to practice for high school. In middle school, I knew that for me I could reach higher than what I have ever thought I could. I wanted to get all A’s (for at least my 4 report cards each year). So then, my journey began.
Six classes a day, with homework to learn, studying to be done, and violin to be practiced. As a matter of fact, the beginning wasn’t so rough. However, it did get much more difficult going on. My first resilient skill I needed to learn and practice, were relationships. At Las Juntas, I knew everybody. All the teachers, staff, and students that I have become friends with. It was much harder at MJHS because all these new teachers and students from other schools were so unfamiliar. I quickly realized that I had branch out, and bond with others to make middle school an exciting and memorable