Defining Who You Are
Nicole Dales
Issue date: 1/28/09 Section: News
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So now that I have explained that you can't really know me just by my activities, I should probably figure out a way to tell you who I am. How I do that? Do I list adjectives that I think describe me? Do I just repeat the generic comments on the bottom of my report card, such as a pleasure to have in class? Do I ask my roommate to choose the word that best describes me? (She chose nurturing, by the way.)
That is still not working for me. Let's start with the basics. I live in Loudoun County, which is about 40 minutes from Washington, D.C. I was very involved in my high school. I like to stay busy. I also volunteered outside of school, at a hospital and a senior citizen center. I was a Girl Scout all the way until my graduation. I got my Gold Award, which is the highest award you can get in Girl Scouts. I was pretty psyched about it.
I have an older brother who is a senior at JMU. He and I are close, and sometimes I wish I were at JMU with him. JMU was my dream school in high school, and I was devastated when I didn't get in. My first couples of months at Longwood were rough, and I had seriously considered transferring out. I made some really good friends and got more involved on campus, but it was actually the newspaper that kept me here. I love all the opportunities I have on the paper and the Rotunda staff is awesome. There is no way I could leave now.
I am shy when you first get to know me. If I am not very talkative or open, it's only because I am nervous. I don't like to do things for the first time, especially on my own. Going to a class at the beginning of the semester without a friend is awful. The first day of babysitting for a new family is not too much fun either. When I first became assistant news editor, I made sure to go to my first editor's meeting with the news editor Laura Beth, so I wouldn't be going in alone.
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