My sophomore year was definitely a year to remember. I had just recovered from two knee surgeries, and finally got to play football in the fall for my high school, which was a dream of mine growing up. The football season was long and demanding but rewarding. After every practice and game, I iced and rested my knee so I could stay on the field. At the end of the season, I led the team in interceptions and our team had big wins against school rivals. Further, in my second semester, I had one of my best seasons in baseball. I was named the best pitcher of the team and named to the second team all-league. That year was a huge success for me because I fought back from a major injury and returned to sports, a great passion of mine. However, I lost sight of the …show more content…
At the end of the school year, I was really disappointed with myself because I failed to prioritize my education. It was the first time I struggled with my grades in my short lifetime. However, what transpired during the school year left a tremendous effect on me. I knew that millions of other high schoolers experience the same battle of balancing their academics with their extracurricular activities, yet I still couldn’t find time for academics. The process of learning how much effort and focus I needed to put into my education was the most significant challenge in my academic experience. After 11 years of attending school, I finally realized that education is my top priority at school. My sophomore year taught me how to balance my schoolwork with extracurricular school activities. From there on out, I’ve prioritized my education and I’ve made sure to always put my all into every assignment, quiz, project, and test. I’ve made adjustments like studying longer and more efficiently. Through the modifications I’ve made and my new work ethic, I’ve been able to improve my grades and achieve more
As many people have told me before, it is a very different ballgame than middle school’s easy going years. There is much more work, the classes are harder, and the environment is completely different. Many people’s grades may slip and they may cower in fear at the barrage of assignments they receive class after class. Unlike other people, I am confident in my ability to excel at all classes and to sustain exemplary grades. Therefore, while many are trembling in fear at the prodigious assignments and work is bombarding them from all angles, I will be at ease, knowing that whatever obstacle is thrown my way, I will conquer it and be its own
We read personal narratives in order to relate to other’s experiences and place ourselves in other’s to relate to their conflicts or learn about conflicts that we have yet to face. Reading about a similar experience helps us increase our sense of connection to others. Reading about an experience we haven’t encountered will better prepare us to face new challenges or help other people face them. In order to do these things, outstanding personal narratives should place the reader in the narrator’s shoes so the reader could understand everything the narrator went through in their experience. The most powerful personal narratives effectively deliver these benefits when they use imagery that connects us to the narrator’s emotional experience, have
Synopsis: On 10/17/16 at approximately 2235 hrs, I made contact with victim Lizenid Medina, who advised a known suspect threw a brick through her right screen patio door. Medina advised she was not a home during the time of the incident. Forensics was called at and took photographs of the scene and took the brick to forensics for DNA.
As a young adult, I’ve always been fascinated by Greek mythology, especially the idea of the three fates, which are beings that control the metaphorical thread of life of every mortal from birth to death. When I imagine how the thread of my life looks in the fates loom, I imagine a beautiful and rich tapestry of family, friends and achievements that weave together.
As a child, I witnessed my brother and sister leave school before they were 17, and then they tried to make a steady income off of narcotics. Now they both sit in cells. As I matured I noticed that it was apparent for me to just be part of the cycle. I never gained the support I felt I needed to overcome what would be the status quo for me, so as an adolescent I agreed to what I believed was the only path for me, one that follows the path of my siblings. As I grew older, becoming more independent, the feeling of regret hovered me every time I entered a classroom. The feeling that I could've done better, the feeling that I could amount to something more than what is expected of me. As I tuned my priorities to school, I began to find a pathway. I took a class in 9th grade titled
“Keziah, this is when you must think of everyone involved, but must think of yourself first. With that being said, do you want to press charges against your cousin?” Having to decide years after I was molested whether or not I wanted to press charges against the man that molested me was the most afraid I had ever been.
In the fall of 2016, my robin flew south--that beautiful bird that symbolizes hope and the promise of new beginnings. Thankfully, he’s returned, but the journey to bring him back has caused much tribulation. Last fall I’d been striving to achieve--focusing on academics, volunteering at my church, even being awarded most improved player in tennis-- but then the bird took flight, leaving behind the delicate cold of winter.
Howdy, my name Megan Newman. I am currently a senior at Troy High School and will be graduating with 18 hours of dual credit. This will be fourth online course and I am thrilled to see how my writing will continue to evolve over the next 16 weeks. My fondness for online courses, or computers in general was most likely spurred because both of my parents having an occupation in the Information Technology Field. With this being said, it has been a natural process for me to follow my parents by also working in the technology field. I have been working as an IT HelpDesk Technician at Troy ISD for the past four years. Expanding my knowledge in this field is definitely a passion I hold dearly, but does not consume every aspect of my life. I am a active
I am writing to apply for the 2018 Summer Internship-Information Technology. I am a junior at the University of Texas at Arlington, passionately pursuing an aim to become a computer scientist and working on my leadership and real-world skills. I have a very high passion for learning things and all the qualifications and skills required for this internship. I am an adept learner, a strong leader, and an excellent student.
I was born in Quebec, Canada on March 26, 1999. I was born in place where French is the main language spoken by everyone with English being a second language to some. A few years later, when I was five years old, my family moved from Canada to the US. We moved to Canton, Georgia mainly because of the company my father worked for, Polycor, had recently bought the Georgia based company Georgia Marble, and Polycor needed people from their company to help run and organize it in Georgia and one of the people chosen was my father. Shortly after this move to Georgia, I was enrolled in kindergarten at Liberty Elementary, an elementary school located near where we lived. The school year had already been halfway completed and I couldn’t speak a word
Just a laid back good ole boy I'm past drinking smoking and going to parties that part of my life is behind me I use to be that guy the first to show and the last to leave in the morning but now it's all about work and making the future the best I can for me and my son... with all that said idc if you do any of that it's your life we all only have one and should live it how we want without having others judge us.... as the profile says I'm also not in the least bit religious even though I was raised up in church that goes back to live how you want just don't try and push your beliefs off on me because that's pretty much the 1# deal killer for me.... I'm a hardcore computer gaming country boy I love fishing and hunting when I'm able to I don't
This summer, I spent five life changing weeks in Quebec City with the Explore Program. I stayed on campus at Université Laval, attended french classes each weekday, and explored Quebec City in my spare time. For the entire five weeks, I was to speak nothing but french in order to immerse myself in the language. At first, it was intimidating being in a completely different environment from my home and speaking a language I barely knew, but the experience turned out to be amazing. I used to be a very shy person, avoiding anything I was not entirely comfortable with, and I was a little worried about going off to university. But this program has taught me to embrace new experiences and challenges because the outcome is feeling self fulfilled in the end. I now cannot wait to go to university and live on my own, take care of myself, and be surrounded with new people because I know that living on my own is fun, taking care of myself is simply life, and new people are friendship
My family has been through war but I was too young to remember. However, I always had this visual of me being tied on someone’s back. I can never tell who that person is but it seems like we were feeling from the war going on. I remember hearing guns shots as we walked towards safety. When I spoke to my aunt she told me that we immigrated to another country until the war ended. However, according to my aunt, my family faced challenges attempting to return back to our country. She said we had to prove that we were from Liberia. It was difficult but eventually we were able to return back home. My aunt’s husband tries to sexually assault me, I have been separated from my family for years and I am doing everything on my own. However, despite my
You know my name, my grade averages, my test scores and just a bit more. What I plan on doing is to open up my world beyond my name and statistics. I grew up in what I thought was to be a nice quaint town full of friendly strangers, heartfelt neighbors, and one of the finest families. What I learned when growing up was not everything is how you see it as a child. What I once thought was a friendly neighbor was actually a woman intimate with my father. What was one of my mother’s best friends was actually her partner in an affair. My life was falling apart at the seams and piling up with stress. What I thought was the end of my life was actually just the beginning of adulthood.
It is obvious that most parents around the globe like their children to be educated. In today’s world, education means higher living standards due to the globalization of industry and competence. My parents are an example for such ambition of pushing children into the intimacy of studying to guarantee a sustainable future. Even thought my family lives in one of the highly educated districts in Baghdad, most parents in this district believe that education is a subjective matter. Therefore, the only goal of students in my district is to attain a minimum passing grade because nobody asks them more than that, even their teachers. In other words, students consider school as a community to have fun instead of earning knowledge. The main reason for such behavior is due to the political situation of Iraq before 2003. At that time, even though a person may hold a degree in engineering, he would work for the government with little salary that is not enough for living. Therefore, educated people at that time have no value for education; they simply know that college education is not enough to build a successful carrier. They feel