My name is Jamaal Waters. I am a new student at Cheshire Academy. I'm a 11th grader and a resident of Hartford, Connecticut. I took IB Lit and Performance to get out of my comfort zone, experience new things, and see how creative I am with writing, acting and ex. My first couple of days of class was fun it was  entertaining. I like how we played games, it got me very engaged. I also got a taste to see what my peers can come up with on the spot. I get to see how creative they could be.

    

Now let's get talk about me. First I was just a average kid who goes to school, then goes home and plays video games all day then goes to sleep anddo it all over again. Now I'm at a private boarding school playing basketball everyday working on my game. But a great turning point in my life was when I started growing. I was over six feet tall in the sixth grade. Actually I was tallest kid in my school in 6th grade. That's when I started growing rapidly. This also opened up my chances of being a great basketball player. As of right now I'm 6'5 I've been tall all my life. When being this tall you get a lot of questions like, "how's the weather up there? Do you play sports? Why can't I be as tall as you? What size is your shoes, etc. But I am happy with myself being tall opens up a lot of amazing opportunities.

        Right now I go to Cheshire Academy. This year is my first year here. I made a big decision to leave my old school and friends to come here and better myself. The last school I when to I had had fun. I also built a lot of relationships with the people there. Then I realized I wasn't getting push hard enough in my favorite sport (basketball). I knew Cheshire was a good fit for me because I knew that they were a good academic school and had a great reputation at sports. It's funny because I played against there team in Football and basketball when I was a freshman and sophomore but I never thought that's I would transfer to this school. I guess you could never know what could happen.

  It's hard starting a new  boarding school. You give up a lot of things at home. You don't see your old friends as often. It's hard to keep in touch cause your always busy. Plus your trying to make new friends or when you do make new friends, your probably always with them and won't have time to call anyone or talk to anyone. I'm use to the boarding school life. I've been doing it since 7th grade. I'm in 11th now, that means I've been living away from home for like 5 years. That's 5 years! I had left so many things behind its not even funny. People who I have called my brothers I don't even speak a word to anymore. The main reason why is because they live so far. I have friends who live in places like Brazil, Boston, Denver, Florida, California, New York, and more. Boarding school may be fun but if you do it enjoy it while it last because most of your friends, it's possible you'll never see them again.

So now you know a little bit about me. I hope to have a good year at school and make close friends. If you read this thank you. And this is the end of my first blog.✌🏽