If you knew me back in middle school, then you would know that I loved going to school and enjoyed the entire learning process. My love for school from a young age is mainly why I am studying to be a primary school teacher. During seventh grade there was a poetry contest that I really wanted to enter. If you won the poetry competition you would be recognized in the school newspaper. I dreamed of becoming a famous poet when I was little because of the influence Maya Angelou had on me. His words hold a special place in my heart. The older I get, the more I realize that I am a phenomenal woman. I wish I felt like this in middle school because my life would be different. I was excited to participate in the poetry competition, but because of the trauma of being bullied at school. I started to think this wasn't a good idea. I thought that when I went on stage everyone would laugh at me and from that day I stopped writing poetry. This was just the beginning of my pessimism