Learning More About Myself
When I started 6th grade I started to feel different. I started to feel like I cared what other people thought about the way I dressed and how my hair looked. I remember feeling so much more self-conscious then I did before. I learned in my youth bible study lessons that pride is deceitful and beauty is vain but a woman who fears the Lord she shall be praised.
I did not want to be prideful; I just wanted to fit in. I never felt like I did. I felt overweight and poorly dressed. I felt average in intelligence and way below average in athletic ability. I had two best friends this year though, my best friend from 5th grade and a new friend. The three of us had so much fun together. We would take turns playing games at recess, and we would walk to the stores and go shopping together. It was great hanging out. They liked boys but did not have boyfriends already like some of the other girls, so I felt like we were not so different.
I still did not like going to school. There was a lot more pressure than 5th grade. The curriculum was much harder. I did do exceptionally well on the statewide standardized test. I scored 9th grade level in reading, I was so happy finally I excelled in something.
I was in my last year with the kids, in church also, next year I would be moving to the youth group. I was very nervous about this but excited. I remember one of the last things they had us do before we graduated to the next level was a youth spiritual gifts test. It helped me to see that I really liked to help people and that I would be well suited for teaching. I have always kept this in mind throughout my life.
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