8B: Sonia Sotomayor

 

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Over the summer, Southern students had to read "My Beloved World" by Sonia Sotomayor as a common read book, which is a memoir of Justice Sonia Sotomayor's life. It wasn't my favorite book to read, but it had a lot of important life lessons. It talked about all of the struggles she faced during her life, and how she is the woman that she is today. She made a very important lesson as to not give up and always go what you're after, no matter the obstacles.

It's a memoir, so she talked about her own life and her experiences. One thing I remember is her talking about her having diabetes and how hard that was, and also how she kept it private for so many years not wanting to tell people, however that was bad. She then learned that she should share with important people in her life who care about her. Her book can relate to college students like me because you can learn that no matter what obstacle you're facing, you can always find a way around it, even if it is hard. You can learn that you need to challenge yourself at times to get what you want or to succeed at something.

She is coming to our campus on Monday October 21st, and I'm looking forward to it because I'm interested in what else she has to say about her life, book, challenges, success, ect. I think it will be a great experience for us college students because she can be a role model to us and show us that succeeding isn't always easy, but it definitely is manageable.

For my 6 word memoir, I chose to say "Ups and downs, life is good." I chose this because I believe even though in your life you will have many ups and downs, I wouldn't trade any of my ups and downs for anything different, because everything has as lesson toward it, and that's just how life goes, and it's not a bad thing.