My name is Amanda (if you couldn’t already tell). I was born and raised in Ashtabula and I graduated from Edgewood Senior High School in 2008 and received my Associates Degree in December of 2011. I am now in pursuit of my Bachelors as a Golden Flash (Kent State University).
I have an enormous amount of school pride; always have and always will. I understand others may not share the same enthusiasm, and I respect that. I just figured that I should put it out there. :)
I grew up in the church, and by the time I was 16, I held not only positions in my youth group, but also as Deacon. Though I have faith, I am not pushy. I have read and appreciate the teachings from the Dhammapada (the Buddhist “bible”) and still occasionally read it- much of what it talks about is practically the same as what Jesus taught in the Bible. I have also read the Bhagavad Gita (the Hindu “bible”), but I’m not too much a fan, yet I can still appreciate it for it’s worth.
I think I am rather open-minded and I love to hear people’s opinions and why they feel the way that they do. I try to take both sides of a story into consideration before making a judgment and I believe that in order to gain respect you have to be willing to give it.
I love to joke around and have fun and I love to smile. I am generally a really nice person, but know that I can be terribly sarcastic. It’s all a part of my charm, I suppose. Growing up I was really shy and terrified of what others thought of me and still deal with that almost every day. I was also a HUGE pessimist until about a year or two ago; I made a conscious decision to change that behavior and push aside negativity and allow myself to have a far more positive attitude. This brings me to the last “tidbit” that I can think to explain me: my favorite words are “inspire” and “faith”.
