College
Angle
I was starting High
School. Moving one step closer to becoming an adult (even though adult responsibilities
were the farthest thing from my mind.) All through my elementary and junior
high education I was involved in music in someway. Of course that desire wouldn’t
stop when I entered high school. I always enjoyed that part of my day. I was
attending North Miami Beach Senior High and Mr. Wells was not only my music
teacher, he was a person that believed in me more then anyone I knew. He was
a nice guy. Always smiling and laughing with us, you could tell he enjoyed his
job. However, he touched me in away that no other teacher would. He believed
in me to the extent that even when I made a fool of myself performing in front
of my classmates, he still wouldn’t give up hope that I had the talent it took
to become a performer. I was always the little performer throughout my life,
however it was never in front of classmates. Especially during the whole “high
school” thing where it was more important to fit in, which made performing more
terrifying since your classmates were judging you. Well, Mr. Wells wouldn’t
give up on me no matter how tuff I tried to act. He told me that I had talent
and that I should audition for a college scholarship in music. Of course being
the teenager that I was, answered him with the famous “yeah, whatever,” answer.
College had never really entered my mind. I didn’t like school now, why prolong
it? That didn’t stop him. He went out of his way to make an audition appointment
for me. Not only did he make appointments for a few of us, he actually drove
us to the college for the audition. I wound up receiving a full scholarship
because of him. The funny thing is, as much as I hated school and as much as
I thought I wasn’t such a smart kid. As soon as I entered a school majoring
in something that I loved, every other academic course I took feel right into
place. I never received a bad grade after that. Plus, I received lead roles
in plays that were put on, I became confident in myself, and my mind started
becoming useful to me. Because of Mr. Wells I am in college and because of Mr.
Wells I am still singing my heart out to this day.
-- Sumitra Jacobs,
Florida Atlantic University
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