In my picture I have my guitars. This symbolizes that I want to be a very skilled guitarist when I am a senior and a better musician as a whole. I also have music notes, they symbolize my music and singing because when I am a senior I want to focus on my music. I want to have a strong, confident voice, both when I'm singing and speaking. The background in the picture is blue. This symbolizes the color of Greece because I am Greek. When I am a senior I want to farther embrace my roots. I hope to be more fluent in Greek than I am now. I want to be able to go back to Greece and be able
to live there one day. I hope that I can say that I know everything about my heritage.
          In the picture I am smiling. This symbolizes that when I am a senior I want to be happy with myself, and proud of who I am. I want to be able to look back and love the person I have become throughout high school. I want to be able to look in the mirror and like what I see, not just on the outside, but the inside too. My hair pulled back and my clothes also go along with this. My clothes aren't fancy and my hair isn't done up. This symbolizes that it doesn't matter what's on the outside. What you look like and what you wear don't affect the inside. When I'm a senior I want to be able to wear anything I want and not care what other people think. I want to be able to be happy with who I am inside. There is also a peace sign in the back. To me, this symbolizes inner peace. As I get older and mature I want to be happy with myself. I want to know that it is okay to not be perfect and accept my flaws.

          I will achieve my musical goals by hard work. "This was how I cleaned without seeming to move anything. I measured each thing in relation to the objects around it and the space between them," (Chevalier 34). This shows that Griet worked hard to get the job done. This is what I will do I will work hard to do what I want to do. To get better at my Greek, I will continue to go to Greek school and speak to my dad and grandparents in Greek. I will also study the Greek history and read more about it.

          "'I'm not rich enough to dress my hair and go without a cap,' I snapped. 'Nor am I a-'  I did not finish. I did not need to tell him what other kind of women left her head bare," (Chevalier 122). This quote shows that Griet stayed true to herself and didn't show Pieter her hair, even when it was just the two of them. This is how I will achieve my goals of being happy; I will stay true to myself. I will not let anyone change me or talk me into something I don't want to do. I need to pay no attention to other peoples' opinions of me as much as I do now. I will be happy if I surround myself with my friends and family and things that make me happy. I will only do good things so that when I look back I can be proud of my good decisions. I also have to learn to be more accepting of myself. I need to remember that no one is perfect, and everyone has flaws.