My academic biography, starting from my coming to the USA and ending with today, or whenever I wrote this.

Academic Biography

One adult who supports me through my academic efforts is my brother, Aleksandr Rodin. He helps me understand the material and explains things to me if I do not understand the teacher’s explanation.

I began my academic career in a now defunct preschool that catered to the immigrants from the ex-USSR. For elementary I went to a private school that was run like a mix of a Soviet and an American school; its name is the Green School of Hollywood. I did quite well and we had an accelerated learning system: I took the 8^th grade CST in the equivalent of 5^th grade and got “Advanced” on every category. After finishing 5^th grade I culminated to John Burroughs Middle School, and went there from 6^th to 8^th grade.

My favourite subject is AP Biology. I am extremely interested in how we came to be and how the amazing machine that is our body works. It is something that has interested me since I was able to speak and control my bowels(little dirty joke, don’t hate me please).

An influential teacher I had was named Mr. Joseph. He was from the Ukrainian SSR, but was Jewish by descent. His family escaped to Israel and he came to America to better his life. He was a very smart, kind teacher who helped me master the English language.

I remember learning how to write proper essays and how to put my thoughts on to paper, which I was not able to do until Mr. Joseph began to teach us English.

I hope to become a dentist or an oral surgeon in the future, that is why I am taking AP Biology, Honours Physiology, and most likely will take AP Psychology in 12^th grade.

A description of myself in the academic sense would not be the prettiest thing ever. I am somewhat lazy but am intelligent and know quite a lot about a lot. I don’t like to do book work but do love to write about things that not many people know about, to counteract the “not knowing” part. I can and will do work, though I may complain and grumble. I am also a great test taker and retain information well because my memory is very good.

I learned English after I came to America. I spoke only Russian and Bulgarian until the age of 5, when my parents authorised my learning of English. They did not want me to forget Russian so I had to master speaking it before I could learn English. My teacher, Mrs. Bella, taught me to read, write, and speak. She was from the Soviet Union, but was schooled in English in the UK, so she taught me to write the British way, as can be seen by my spelling of certain words.

In junior high I did well in English: always got A’s and such. My GPA for the whole year, every year, was above a 3.5. I did not particularly enjoy junior high English class because it was extremely dull and the teachers were usually, pardon my French, asshats. They would not listen to reason, would shout without much provocation(not just from me), and would sometimes just not do anything.

My goals for this class is to pass with an A, pass the AP exam, and get credit for taking the class in college. If I could do that I would be extremely happy because that would make my family proud and would also make my future that much easier by eliminating yet another college class from my future schedule.

First and foremost, I expect you to teach us how to write proper essays that will be enjoyable to read, and not vomit-worthy. I would also deeply appreciate if you were just in punishment and not quick to anger. That would be pretty great.