In this assignment I write a short introduction about myself. I went for a funny title to show how easy going and funny I can be. My goal in writing this intro letter was to give you some background information on me. This letter talks about my experiences and how I’ve grown from them.

Bertrand Appia

Eng 210

Feb. 7

Professor Zayas

Introductory Letter Assignment

I am Bertrand Appia, Son of Bernard and Sonji Appia

Hi, my name is Bertrand Appia and I’m writing this letter to tell you a little about myself and what type of person I am. I was born in New York on February 22nd 2001. My parents and older sister were born in Barbados. The only people born in New York within my family were my younger brother and I. I’ve visited family in Barbados two times during summer vacation. I’ve been hoping that we’ll go to Barbados for summer vacation this year since it’s been about four years since we last traveled outside of the country.

I’m currently going to The City College of New York. At the moment I have not selected an area I would like to major in, but I’m interested in Biology or Electrical Engineering. This is my second semester of my freshmen year going to college and I’ve been enjoying my time here so far. At first I was nervous when I started going to classes since I had to travel by train instead of walking like my time in highschool. I was excited about meeting new people but I didn’t want to give up some of the friends I made during highschool. To my surprise I found out about eight of my friends are going to the same college. Looking back a couple of months I can say that college is similar to highschool because I hang out with my highschool friends a lot when I have a break. 

As I’ve experienced many things throughout my life I’ve improved my strengths as an individual. One of my biggest strengths would definitely have to be my persistence. When I set my sights on a goal I’ve set for myself then I’m willing to do whatever it takes to achieve it. I grew up constantly being told that you can achieve any dream or goal only if you’ve put in the time and effort equal to or greater than the outcome you’re looking for. A strength that I think most people should have is being loyal or supportive to your friends and family. Whenever someone needs help I’m always willing to give them a hand or advice for anything they could be struggling with. I believe in always extending a helping hand towards anyone in need simply because it’s the right thing to do. If you do a good deed then you will be rewarded for it at some point of your life. 

There are a few weaknesses that I have that sometimes hold me back in life. One of those weaknesses would have to be my laziness. When I start slacking off then it leads me to a cycle of me not being bothered to do want it need to because I see it as a pain. I’m not proud to admit it, but during my first semester I completed two assignments within three days of its deadline.

Another problem that I have is how I interact with other people. I prefer to keep to myself instead of going out and interacting with others. When it came to group work back in highschool I didn’t enjoy it because I’d rather do it myself than rely on other people. The reason why could be whenever I’m in a group a become a perfectionist and do way more than what’s asked of me. A strength of mine that can also be seen as a weakness is my persistence. I refuse to give up until I reach a result that I’m proud of. Sometimes it takes me too long before I reach a satisfying result. There’s nothing wrong with having weaknesses or flaws. The only thing bad about them is if you know what your problem is and refuse to do anything about it. I’ve always made an effort to work past my weaknesses or fix them. I see them as a challenge to work towards completing to improve yourself.

 The way that my friends and family see me are different because of how much of myself I’m actually willing to put out there. Compared to home and college my personality is night and day. At home I would have to say that everything is more enhanced compared to how I am in public or at college. When it comes to interacting with people I’m a lot more outgoing when I’m with my family than with my friends. It also goes without saying that my laziness is at its all time high when I’m at home around my family. Whenever they’re talking about fun things that we could do I’m the one person in the back watching television. With friends I try to make an effort to find things to do when we hang out. The reason why my family sees me differently from my friends is how much I’m willing to show. It’s normal to act like your true self when you are with family since you’ve been with them your entire life. The only friends that are able to see me the way my family does are my closest friends that I’ve been with for more than four years.

A major moment that defined me was towards the end of my time in middle school. There was a kid in my class that was being picked on by the other kids. Knowing kids they just go with what other people are doing. I decided to start hanging out with this person instead of picking on him. I was able to learn that we had a lot in common and that everything people said about him was wrong. I decided to give up fake friendships for a real one. At this moment in my life I learned that you should get to know someone yourself instead of going with what everyone else is doing. This is something that infuriates me. I hate it when people start treating others poorly without knowing anything about them. Instead of getting to know them they just assume they are something else because of what a group of people decided they were. I don’t like treating someone so poorly, if I don’t like someone then I’d just do my best to stay clear of them. This is who I am, I’m still growing as a person person so there’s a chance that I’ll be different or the same in ten years.