Samantha

Samantha. Sam. Sam I Am By: Mitali Gupta

 Thirteen years ago, on March 6th, 1997 in Brooklyn, New York, a beautiful blue eyed, brown haired, Italian and German girl was born. Samantha DeSanto, the middle child, has an older sister and a younger brother, named Alyssa and Anthony. “My sister and I got along very well when I was about five and she was 11,” Sam admits. Now, Sam was a “wild child” when she was younger so she didn’t go near her brother too much. Sam is best described as a “shy” person around people she doesn’t know and an “outgoing” person to friends and family. Samantha DeSanto is kind hearted and is definitely someone you want to be friends with. 

** Childhood Adventures ** As a child, Sam was “really active and ran around and broke a lot of things.” She was quiet… up to the age of three. She tells, “I didn’t start talking until I was three and then after that, I talked way too much.” Now, she is talkative at home, school, and outside. When Sam was six or seven years old, she was at her next door neighbor’s house playing on the monkey bars on the jungle gym. She fell off, which resulted in a slight concussion. Maybe because of the fall and concussion, Sam is crazy, wild and talkative. To her, this was her “craziest childhood memory.” As a young child, Samantha was like any other kid. She had that one toy who she slept with and carried along with her everywhere. That special toy for her was the green dinosaur from Barney named Baby Bop. On one vacation, she took Baby Bop to Texas with her and accidentally left it there on the way back home. Sam confesses, “I never saw it again and for the next week, I couldn’t fall asleep.” Poor Sam was crying without her Baby Bop, but as months passed, she learned to move on and let go of Baby Bop.

** The Longest Ride!! ** Sam is now thirteen years old and is in 8th grade. Time flies when you have so many great childhood memories. Samantha is now attending Herbert Hoover Middle School in Edison, New Jersey. “I am handling being an eighth grader very well because to me it is easier than sixth and seventh grade so far, and since we’ve been in Hoover for two years, we are used to everything,” Sam tells me. It seems that Sam is very much enjoying being an eighth grader and likes the fact that she is one of the seniors at Hoover. Sam has had many great moments in Hoover with her favorite teachers and various subjects to learn from. According to Sam, “My favorite teacher is Mrs. Medina because her class was fun and easy. Also, my favorite subject is Tech Ed because we don’t much work and I like the people I sit by.” It looks like that Sam likes to interact with people and loves teachers who are spontaneous and funny instead of those dull and boring teachers who just give you notes most of the time. Samantha gives the impression she likes school a lot and is continuing to enjoy herself along with her friends. With her fanatical and passionate self, Sam appears to have numerous friends who are always there for her. Sam’s current best friend is Sarah Goodman. Sam describes their relationship: “We’ve been friends ever since we were three years old and we have a fun relationship with each other. I know I can trust her and I like being with her.” Sam is enthusiastic, loving, caring and lives her life - who wouldn’t want to be friends with Sam?

** Most Wanted?! ** Samantha has many things in life that she likes, dislikes and loves. Besides in school and being hyper with her friends, Sam has a calm and soothing side to her too. She loves to read romance, suspense and intense books. Her favorite book is the series called __Pretty Little Liars.__ To her, “the series is really suspenseful” and she likes “how the author writes.” Along with her favorite book, she has an all time favorite movie, which is the Toy Story collection. She has been watching them ever since she was little and watching them again reminds her of watching for first time when she was younger. Lastly, Sam has a favorite food that she has been eating from day one, not literally. She absolutely loves macaroni and cheese because to her it’s cheesy and very delicious. Mac and cheese is a classic food dish for children – what child or teen doesn’t like Mac and cheese?   ** Just the Way You Are ** Samantha DeSanto is a mature, young girl who is at the age where she will date boys that she likes. Sam puts dating as an “ok-thing”. She isn’t too ecstatic about it and she really doesn’t date anyone because she doesn’t like anyone at the time. Her parents don’t mind if she dates, but if they were to say no, Sam would still date the guy she wants to go out with or likes. The perfect guy for Sam has to understand her, has to be “loving, caring, sweet, and kind.” He also has to be “responsible and respectful, have nice eyes, and be protective, strong, and funny”. These are all traits in a guy that Sam looks for when sizing up a guy she likes. For Sam, “being himself and honest” is the key for the perfect guy.

** <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light',serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">Dream as if You Will Live Forever ** <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light',serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Sam is a couple of years from deciding her career and what she wants to do with her life. Right now, Sam plans on becoming an elementary school teacher because she works well with kids and she likes teaching other people. According to Sam, “I think being a teacher would be good for me.” Who know if that’s going to change in the years? Going along with her career path, she has to go to college to get a degree in teaching. Sam wants to go to Rutgers University because in sixth grade, her team took a class trip to the Rutgers campus which she really liked. <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light',serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> Being raised in New Jersey, Sam wants to make her living area New Jersey too. She would plan her dream house right in New Jersey, which will include a spiral staircase, three bedrooms, a big living room, a medium sized kitchen and a dining room. Samantha doesn’t want to go all overboard with her dream house, but she wants it to be elegant and spacious. <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light',serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Ten years from now, when Sam is around 23 or 24 years old, she envisions herself in or graduating college and living in an apartment alone or with a friend. Traveling another ten years from then, Sam wishes to have a wonderful husband and to have started a family. She wants one boy and one girl so that she has one of each. <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light',serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Through my time with Samantha DeSanto, I learned that she can be outgoing, shy and crazy at the same time. How can a girl have many friends, a supporting family, great future plans and wonderful childhood memories be just thirteen? <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light',serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light',serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light',serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light',serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light',serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light',serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light',serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light',serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light',serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light',serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light',serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light',serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light',serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light',serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Footlight MT Light',serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">

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