Endings

Upward Bound: Due to the government cutting the refunding of many upward bound across the world, FVCUB has been cut too. Saturday, May 19, 2012. The LAST SATURDAY meeting that this organization will have. I am glad to say that we had one more week together before it is all over, but it is not enough. Even though I am going away after this year anyway, I still want it to continue for other students. There are so much things that has happened to me since I joined upward bound.

Ever since I grew up, my own family has been going out and exploring places on our own. UB added to the family excursions. UB not only fed me with knowledge about the outside world, and my education, it gave me another family, to love and care about. For the four years that I have spent with the program, it has given me a brighter view of the world. I remember entering the program with a quiet voice and shy personality. Little did I know that I was going to change.

This change that has occurred in me came steadily. I can seriously say that I was naïve and young as a freshman. Many of the beliefs that I held were shallow, and most if it were close minded opinions. While I was growing in society and going through my mind development, I knew that my thoughts would change naturally. But I never knew that it would change in this way.

My mind and thoughts have opened a lot more since joining upward bound. My knowledge of things have been altered and I believe in a better way too. I want to thank UB for making that happen. I believe that I have become a smarter, stronger, and better person that I was four years ago. I am sad to leave UB, and devastated to leave the program as it is also ending. There are many words that I can use to describe the program, but one stands out more than any other:

HAPPINESS,

SUPPORT, FAMILY, RESOURCES, EDUCATION, CAREER.

Recital: My LAST RECITAL of this school year. I do not know if I will continue doing recitals in college, so I will count this as my last recital. My teacher MRS. SUTTER has been wonderful to me these past three years. I appreciate her generosity, care, and teaching me with the viola. This will definitely not be the last time that I will play the viola though. The joy of playing an instrument will always be in my life. <3 the Viola.