Melina
I love to dance. It makes me feel like I can let loose and it makes me feel like I can smile no matter what happens. At first, I wasn't able to do a backbend, a cartwheel or a spin. I didn’t believe I would be able to do it. But my teachers and my friends were able to teach me some ways and support me. When I first started to learn, my moves weren’t amazing but I didn’t care because I was having fun. I let loose and let all the bad feelings go away and instead all the happy thoughts and good feelings came to me. I practiced so many spins, cartwheels and backbends. I started to see I could do them better while having so much fun learning. Now I’m a leader and help other students in the class with their backbends, cartwheels and spins. I remind them when they feel they can’t do it to let loose and have fun because that’s what helped me.
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