3. Me, myself and I

This week we’re going to explore a little more of whom we are as individuals. We all have a name, a factual history that is often detailed on official forms and there are aspects of our personality revealed to family and friends, but who are you?

The (e-mailed) poetry activity may help as you think about this huge question …

You may like to include a photo of yourself as a child. Have you changed or are you still essentially the same?

We are all interesting and complex and as many of us don’t know each other I thought you might like to share something of yourself so we may get to know each other a little better - remembering this site is a public space.


I have done the ‘poem’ but decided to think of myself at about age 8. Along with a photo taken about this time I included the word ‘proficiency’.

Being proficient is a little known detail about me …
Throughout my schooling I received only one book award and it was in grade 2 for ‘proficiency’. I was thrilled to receive the award but had never heard of the word before. My parents told me it meant I did good work and it was only when I decided to do this card I actually looked up the meaning:

proficient adj ~ (in) skilled, expert; proficiency n ~ (in) being ~

I like this meaning and am letting all know that I am ‘proficient’. Not in anything in particular mind, but skilled in general.

I think it ages me though. How many grade 2 students receive awards for ‘proficiency’ these days?

I do feel very honoured to have received this one and only award.