Since as long as I can remember, I have called Colegio Panamericano
home. After fourteen years on this
campus, the day has finally come when my new life will begin. Being part of
this institution was fundamental in the formation of the man I am today, a
young adult who is full of passions, ambitions, dreams and goals. For the last
14 years in school, I have been a student who has experienced both highs and
lows. With that said, I have always been a friendly classmate who will try my
best in order to help my classmates. Yet I don’t think that the word “classmate”
fits for those who I lived almost all my life; these people are more like my
brothers and sisters.
I have learned about
the importance of planning and having goals for my future, and so I’ve through
the past couple years learned to set goals for myself. During this last year of
school, I have probably experienced the biggest transformation in my
goals. This year we read a book in
English class called Life of Pi. From
this book, one of the many phrases that resonates with me is “It is true that those we
meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same
afterwards, even unto our names.” (Martel 20). This quote affects me
because it made me understand that it is not only our own efforts who create
our identities and path, but also the people that surround us.
During my lifetime there have been people that have
influenced my path, but my mother has always been there to support me. She has
seen me make my mistakes and enforced me to correct them in order to follow a
path that will lead me to success.
My mother has been the
one who teaches me about values and principals. She taught me how to behave,
act, and treat others, the values she had implied on me are: responsibility,
discipline, honesty, respect, gratitude, love, friendship, forgiveness,
happiness, and humility among others. As I age, I realize how important it is
to have values; having values describe what type of person do you are. I even
have to say that my auntie has some credit in forming my values; she has given
a me a book, which teaches me how to behave with others, it is called La Urbanidad De Carreño.
As part of my
journey towards success, I was fortunate enough to be elected high-school
president. When I first received the
position, I though it would be easy but soon enough I realized that was not the
case. I feel sorry for not giving my best into STUCO; I think now that I could
of done a much better job. And I hope that if the next president reads this, he
or she would do a much better job. I also
decided to write this because a quote I read in Brave New World which states “...most
men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of
revolution.” (Huxley). I hope that those in STUCO are the spark which will lead
the school into an amazing uncharted territory.
My teachers for English and Social Studies
gave the assignment of writing a manifesto, and writing this was not easy at
all. I had to spend several hours and drafts perfecting it to the best of my
abilities. I want future seniors at Panamericano to read it and use it as
example to write theirs when time comes, so here it goes:
From now on I will
enjoy, life, laugh, and love and cry more. I will promise myself to be more
thankful with everything that I receive from my God every day. I will achieve
my goals; enter in Med School at U.I.S University, get my diploma at Colegio
Panamericano and make my family proud. I will contribute more in the society I
live in, by been a helping hand for anyone that needs it. I will focus my
career in making people happier and healthier.
As the new days come,
I will pray for war to end, for the destruction of our planet to end, in order for
my future kids ands grandchildren to enjoy the loveliness of our world. I will
believe more in myself and let out the fear that stops me from achieving what I
want. I enforce myself to teach others in order for them to not commit the same
mistakes I did, for our community to grow stronger and more united. I will
encourage others and myself to work together, to have a happier, peaceful and
better world. Today is the day of a change, a change for the best.
This is my manifesto,
my declaration for all of you. I am hoping to achieve all the things I just
said, because as J.K. Rowling once said in her book Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than
our abilities.” I want to show how I truly am to others. I hope that you can
make part of my humble revolution for next Panamericano generations, so that
our school can become a better home for all of us.
