Initiation in the life of Zack

The Initiation, the moment the individual comes maturity, and must except their responsibilities. These are words that should not be thrown around, but I feel as though they they are thrown at me far too often. Teachers and other mentors are always trying to tell us how we are becoming more mature and must have more responsibility. Going into the middle school was supposed to be when be becames "middle-schoolers" and would therefore would go through the initiation to become these bettered individuals. There was, though, no moment, no time where we could say, "Yes I am now a mature person". There was only a brief ceremony at the end of school for the teachers and parents to pat themselves on the back.
The Initiation occurs spontaneously in the everyday moments that quickly become extrodinary and will stay with us for our entire lives. It is when your are six and lose your parents in the store. It is when you flunk a test after not studying. It was when I sat on a rock with numb fingers and the everything infront of me inscutible through the falling snow and warmth was five miles away and I had to accept the pain as my world and know that fighting the pain would only turn it from annoying to dangerous. It was when four boys stood shivering in a lake with me with mix expressions of both awe and apprehension hoping that I could show them how to hold their sagging bodies in the water and swim. The Initiation is when the responsibility is thrust upon you nomatter how you fight it and the only way to master it is to master yourself.

Initiation in My Life- Hannah

There haven't been too many examples of initiation in my life, but one thing I did come up with was my transition from lower school to middle school. In lower school I was really comfortable because we were the rulers of lower school, but when I came into middle school I was honestly terrified. But once I got into the groove of things it really wasn't that bad and I actually started becoming friends with last year's class and doing well in my academics. I think they opened their arms to us because they were in the same position as us and I think I was succeeding in my academics because I was determined. Even though initiation hasn't impacted my life significantly , there have been some times where I realized that people really care and that I am special.

Eleanor's Initiation

Even though I have only lived for thirteen years, I feel like I have been initiated a lot. One time I felt initiated was when I moved to the US at age eleven. I felt like that was a new chapter in my book of life, and after going to school there for a while, I feel like I have matured. By meeting new people and learning and being with different types of characters. Another time I was initiated was at the time of the assessment project. After helping out with the little kids every week, writing a ten-paragraph essay in two days as well as making a thought-out presentation I felt like I had realized that there is a lot out there in the world. That it’s not just about me. This leads me to the third initiation. However this is not of me but of the people I helped in assessment. While working as a teacher surrounded by kindergarteners, I felt that every time I went to seem them, at the end they had grown and matured because of the help and effort I put in. This makes me feel good about myself. If after only thirteen years this much has happened I can’t wait for the rest of my life.

Initiation in My Own Life

I have experienced a lot over the past four years of my life and in just starting the fifth, I’ve begun to recognize and appreciate a lot of things about myself. I realize and I appreciate that I’m passionate, caring and loyal. These are all good qualities that I would like to share with other people that have these same qualities. I can’t choose between the three qualities that I listed, because they are all equally admirable traits and I appreciate having all of them. I appreciate every time I feel an emotion toward something. I love it when I let go a big booming laugh and everyone looks at me with an expression that says, “Like what is so funny?” It is exhilarating to feel the vibrations in your chest and to know that you are alive and are experiencing the moment. The two other emotions that I identify are confusion and sadness. Although they might not be the most satisfying emotions in the world, it is still good to feel them, because they are heartfelt. I’ve evolved and matured from the years that I once thought I had to wear make-up and be someone I’m not. I am now a freshman in high school and over that summer I realized that I’m pretty the way I am and that my personality is fine. If people can’t accept me as I am, too bad, they’ve missed out. I realize now that if people don’t like me because of what I wear, say, do or look, then those people don’t matter. I appreciate who I am, with or without make up and definitely appreciate myself more when being myself and not the person others want me to be.