Introduction

Hey!


My name is Melissa Hebert, I'll be turning 17 in October and I'm a junior at Greenwood High school. One thing that has shaped me as a person started when I was in fourth grade. My parents started doing foster care, which is when I made the not-so-easy transition from the baby of a quiet, happy family, to the middle child of a zoo. We adopted a now 10 year old boy whom I have never really gotten along with. Then my mother started doing day care so I had to adjust to even more kids. It can be frustrating having so many different children in your home. Weather it's the children or families of the children, there is always some difficulty. There's conflicts with the way we live and the way the children live. I've also had to deal with becoming attached to children, and then watching them leave. The experiences with all the children have had a huge impact on me. It's changed the happy environment I grew up in to something very stressful. I've learned to be more patient and accepting, I've learned that unexpected moments in life can change things forever. The biggest thing I've learned is how to take care of myself.

I think psychology is everything to do with the human mind and behaviors of people. The way we act, talk, think, live, etc. It's all part of psychology. Studying it is very important because it helps us learn how to live with other people, and our world is full of very different people who do very different things. Psychology helps us understand the ways other people act, and it even helps us understand how we act.