Throughout life, everyone develops their own characteristics that make them who they will be for the rest of their lives. In this interesting life, however, there must be important moments that highlight your personality and, overall, make you the singing person you are today. Although this moment is extremely painful to remember, there are others that are so memorable because they were a moment of great jubilation. These are the ones we usually choose to circle in our lives. Personally, many events led me to become the honors student, actor, and “ladies’ man” that I am today. When I attended KEY Camp at Casper College the summer of my fifth year, it taught me three important lessons, which were the power of friendship, intelligence, and confidence. It was the end of fifth grade and the feeling of summer was Cody Baumstarck, Jason Wang and I were all over the closet talking about random topics, none of which related to the supposed topic be taught by the instructor, Mr. St. Clair. In fact, I'm pretty sure he was sleeping on his desk while the kids played all day. Later though, we came in from choir and noticed that he had woken up and was writing the math homework on the board. Cody, Jason and I were sitting near the front of the room, the sound of white chalk crunching on the board so familiar to us, as well as the groan of noticing there was an assignment from other classmates. To be honest, though, my friends and I had no problem with math, it was generally pretty fun. Ten minutes before the bell rang, he called three of us and two other guys into the hallway. At first we were scared (our elementary course was... middle of paper...... MY friend!" Realizing that I could only have attended this university trip reveals that " having extreme emotions Intelligence, especially at a young age, can help you solve many problems in your life, such as relationships and work College is not just for learning, it is. also intended for teachers, doctors and the most important people in the world The world is all they are because of the university Their intellectual mind allowed them this access. being rejected, you have to embrace the challenges and have confidence in your choices, making you a true leader if I had If I hadn't won the match, my confidence wouldn't have increased enough to be able to invite Miranda. to dance. The whole KEY Camp experience strengthened not only my spirit, or my intelligence, but also my confidence, as well as my ability to dance. make friends by making myself more social.