a quiet change by Tristan

a quiet change by Tristan - May 2026 Scholarship Essay

Around my 6th grade year i would decide to become quiet as i was always talking alot and would also be called annoying and throughout 6th-12th grade i would be a quiet but also shy person.I never saw any problem with this change until around 10th grade year i was about to present infront of my class i was called to present and i got to the front of the class and i froze i couldn't move i was scared i didn't know what to do i just stood there frozen until my teacher told me to go sit down and i was comforted by my friend and someone would tell me about a class that would help me with me freezing up and i thanked him but i ignored his advise.Later that same year i was told how to present i think it was for business but i did present a customizable board game i made it was so fun to present it wasn't perfect but i didn't freeze up so it was a start but not completely as i would still remain a quiet person still shy.at home i was a completely different person always exciting always talking i felt my home was my safe place where i could be free and not worry about anything but around my friend i was somewhat talkative about some things but i wasn't my usual self like i was at home keeping quiet never talking about all my interest but still most of it. around 12th grade year my english teacher would ask us to make a college essay about something that happened in are lifes that caused us to change and i made a detailed essay describing my quiet change like i am here and i never felt more alive talking about something that i hadn't truly thought about and after reading it myself i slowly began changing i wasn't as shy still nervous but just kept pushing forward just trying my best to present i wasn't perfect still but i was no longer scared i spoke little bit more about my interest around my friends and i realized i liked i was becoming more social then i orginally was but also liked a couple of things of quiet life ya i froze up but it also wasn't as bad as you think and so i accepted both i guess still staying quiet but still speaking with my friends becoming a little about my usual self at home and my home self like my school staying quiet talking with friends about my interest that excited me and becoming a more sociable person like i orginally was back then.