Kayla Ross
College Essay
"The World is my stage"
“Five minutes left kids”, it was my very first time as an Italian boy in the 18th century, and my palms began to sweat as the scramble for shoes began. It was the survival of the fittest and you would pay the price if you didn’t meet the quota. Feet hustled by me, while I seemed to be the only thing standing still. That was my very first time getting dressed for a show at the Metropolitan Opera. It was a transition from the rusty swing sets I swung on, the sandbox I played in and the hopscotch games I was so accustomed to winning. I was now thrown into a world I was very unfamiliar with, but one that would shape everything I stand and desire for which is the theatre.
Singing and acting in the Children’s Choir of the Metropolitan Opera shaped my appreciation for the arts and inflamed my hidden passion for acting. Kayla Ross, the seven year old from the Bronx, the only African-American girl in the room, who was always teased because of her skin color, was transformed into a different character. The warmth of the stage lights, multiple eyes peering back at me, silent cues given from stage directors and the sweet melody of the opera singers, comforted me on a weekly basis. The stage accepted me and it had no judgment. It was my home.
The Metropolitan Opera not only was a great experience, but gave me a different outlook on the world. The world became my stage as I made the transition from being an outcast to standing out. I no longer sat in the shadow as I began to view the world as my stage. I began to speak my mind on a daily basis, becoming more socially involved with my peers and began to act how I pleased regardless of opposition. My new outlook was present in all aspects of my life, primarily in school. My classmates were the first to witness my transformation. When they pestered me, I now replied with “Is that the best you got?”, “Is that all?” They were stunned, and realized that in front of them no longer stood the Kayla Ross that they once knew, but a more confident and outspoken Kayla.
I continue to stay true to myself and I never allow my voice to quiver. I love putting smiles on people’s faces and believe I can obtain anything I want to, the world is my stage.
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Lunch for one
Inspirational Photos of mine , reminding me to continue my travel
Collection of my favorite quotes
Brillant Quotes:
We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us,
but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
+ + Denis Diderot
Almost every man wastes part of his life
in attempts to display qualities which
he does not possess, and to gain applause
which he cannot keep.
+ + Samuel Johnson
To handle yourself, use your head;
to handle others, use your heart.
+ + Donald Laird
Coming together is a beginning;
keeping together is progress;
working together is success.
+ + Henry Ford
The problem is not that there are problems.
The problem is expecting otherwise and
thinking that having problems is a problem.
+ + Theodore Rubin
The tragedy of life is what
dies inside a man while he lives.
+ + Albert Schweitzer
"But" is a fence over which few leap.
+ + German Proverb>
We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us,
but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
+ + Denis Diderot
Almost every man wastes part of his life
in attempts to display qualities which
he does not possess, and to gain applause
which he cannot keep.
+ + Samuel Johnson
To handle yourself, use your head;
to handle others, use your heart.
+ + Donald Laird
Coming together is a beginning;
keeping together is progress;
working together is success.
+ + Henry Ford
The problem is not that there are problems.
The problem is expecting otherwise and
thinking that having problems is a problem.
+ + Theodore Rubin
The tragedy of life is what
dies inside a man while he lives.
+ + Albert Schweitzer
"But" is a fence over which few leap.
+ + German Proverb>