Assignment #1 Commissioned Essay

"The Chatterbox" of KMLA

              

“Why aren’t you being loud today? It’s so weird.”

This awkward question-which, in many cases, should ask about the reason for loudness-comes out from my friends whenever I don’t speak for even a short time. So used to my loudness, they can’t bear the absence of garrulousness when my mouth is firmly closed. This is who I am. I am “The Chatterbox” of this school. Though a little derogatory in its superficial sense, it is the best definition of my characteristics because it possesses the meaning of gregariousness and affability simultaneously.

When I first entered KMLA, I thought I was not able to make any friend. I felt that way just because I wasn’t brave enough and was simply too shy to go closer by myself to other students around me. Unlike many of 15^th wavers who knew each other before the entrance, I had no idea who others were; therefore I had to make friends from those whom I had no information or prior knowledge about, a process which required vast amount of courage and boldness. However, unlike my negative expectation, my outgoing characteristic was proven to be helpful in making friends and at least made the situation better than the worst of being an outcast. Though not able to get closer first, whenever other students came closer to me, I responded with the largest enthusiasm and gratitude that I could show. Furthermore, I tried to not possess any prejudice or doubt against them; rather, I showed my true self to them. And very fortunately, for many of other 15^th wavers liked my garrulous yet gregarious characteristic, I was able to assimilate into KMLA society and became “The chatterbox” of 15^th wavers. 

In KMLA, trouble between friends is unavoidable. From minor conflict to uncontrollable fight, small dispute between friends sometimes enlarges into a serious problem in KMLA because all the students have to live with others virtually all the time and thus cannot avoid confronting the other side of conflict. More importantly, constantly presenting proximity between people in conflict exacerbates the situation by accumulating misunderstanding. Considering the general atmosphere of the school, I am very satisfied and proud that I don’t have any social problem with any of my friends in the school. One of my primary worries I had when I entered the school was that I might face a bitter feud with other students because of my in some ways annoying vociferousness. However, my garrulous characteristic became rather a benefit to me as I acquired the title as “the Chatterbox.” People around me started to treat me as an easy person to whom they can talk about both serious and light matters. Such affability gave me many friends not because it worked as itself a charm but rather because it made them think that they could discuss whatever they want to with me, and I found it pretty nice to be an “easy” friend.

I don’t think I would get rid of my nickname “Chatterbox” in a near future, for I get fitter into the definition day by day. It doesn’t mean that I speak more or get louder; I became more open and more malleable as time passes by and as I grow up. Living as a Chatterbox, I found how important it is to love the people around me and try to show the true self to them so that they can and I can understand who I truly am and what it is to be a member in a society.