Intro Blog

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 Hi!!! It’s Mai’Lyia and I’m back! This time I am here for A-Level Media. I’m am now 16 years old and is currently in my junior year. I’m the same from last year, still in marching band and taking AP classes instead of AICE now. The classes are definitely challenging, but less hectic than whatever sophomore year was. I’m super excited to do a 5-minute short film. Coming up with a little mini movie seems so fun to me. I definitely feel more confident now that I’ve went through AS. I still think of my self as an introvert, but this year I’ve been feeling more extroverted at times, and made a lot of new friends. The best part of school for me is hanging out with them and seeing them during in class, or during passing periods or even at lunch. Which is also why I love band because I get to be around them a lot more. I still don’t like school, but I’ve been feeling much more motivated and driven to work hard towards a good eduction. I’d like to think I’m a nice person, many people say I am. Like the type of person to hold the door for the whole classroom or pick up a paper someone dropped. I love meeting people who also nice and kind, but can take jokes at times. I don’t believe in talking behind people’s backs or gossip/spreading rumors about people. Which is why I try to avoid people like that. Besides all that, I am really excited for this class and for what the year in general has planned for me. I took A-Level media because I needed one more class in order to get my Cambridge diploma. I also just took it because it seemed exciting and similar to AS Level.

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