This year I have excelled in persistence. I think I have used this quality very well and excelled in it this year because so far I’ve used it in all of my projects. I used persistence and kept going, trying to make my project the best, even when I wanted to give up. One project I did where I used a lot of persistence was the This I Believe essay in Language Arts. I had to use persistence when it was really hard for me to write down how I was feeling. Even though I’ve felt a strong use of persistence this year, I still need to work on my inquiry skills. I know now that I’m not giving up on anything as easily as I would have last year, but I still feel like I’m not asking enough of the right questions to really make my work the best.