John Byron Evans is a grandfather, father, husband, son, and the most childish grown man you'll ever meet, as well as an upstanding citizen of society. From striking up a conversation with every person he meets to lending a helping hand to his neighbors whenever they need it, he demonstrates nothing but kindness and compassion towards every person he meets. For his entire life, he has managed to maintain the same wonderfully childish sense of humor, and with that has been able to help others find theirs as well. Because of his passion for running and his constant demonstration of going above and beyond in everything he does, an appropriate theme for his life would be striving for greatness. John Evans was born on November 4th, 1946 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Ellis and Dorothy Evans. Ellis was an educator and a principle at both the junior high and the high school John attended. Dorothy ran a newspaper for five years before she got married and became a housewife after marriage. His family moved around quite a few times, but settled in Merrill, Wisconsin once he began attending Lincoln elementary school. Throughout elementary school, he was a bit of a troublemaker, and recalled one …show more content…
His troublemaker ways of elementary school were dropped and he began focusing on his studies. He described himself as a B average student, with a few A’s scattered here and there, mostly in math. He played basketball and baseball, while also joining the school band. According to him, one of his biggest achievements throughout high school was sitting second trumpet. John also recalled that Mr. Ross-Miller was one of his favorite teachers. He taught a class called senior issues, that covered ethical problems that were more relevant to their generation. Overall, he said that he always enjoyed going to school, and was always (and still is) eager to learn new
John Knowles was born in Fairmont, West Virginia in 1926. Fairmont was a small mining town where Knowles attended public schools. His father, James M. Knowles, was the vice president and purchasing agent of a coal company earned him a comfortable living. His mother, Mary Beatrice Shea Knowles, taught him how to read and write and instilled in him a love for learning. His parents decided he needed to go to a better than Oyster Bay High school, so at the age of fifteen, he left home for Phillips Exeter Academy. This academy was an elite prep school in New Hampshire. This new school was both socially and academically difficult. He pushed on and eventually enrolled into Yale to study English in 1944.
John was a talented youngster. At the tender age of 6 he was studying music. He learned to play many types of instruments; the
“Life is tough, but it’s tougher when you’re stupid.” This was a quote made by the infamous Marion Robert Morrison. John Wayne, being born in Winterset, Iowa, grew up to become an aspiring actor after his college sports scholarship was diminished. He later began to work as an extra, then B movies, up till he reached stardom with The Stagecoach. John Wayne's roles in western movies impacted the future of the western movie industry.
Lonnie Johnson was born October 6, 1949. He was born in Mobile Alabama . His father worked as a driver for an air force base. His mother worked part time as a nurse’s aid. When he was young segregation was still going on. Johnson dreamed of becoming an inventor. He was always messing with something.
John Dillinger, born on June 22, 1903, grew up in the Oak Hill Section of Indianapolis. His mother died when he was 3 years old, and his father’s new wife was resented by Dillinger.
John had always been very smart making all A’s and B’s throughout his schooling. Known as the class clown, John was very athletic but was the shortest kid in his class at five foot nothing. Making the basketball or football teams had been a struggle. John wanted a chance to show that he could accomplish great things working with a team.
Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809, in Kentucky. After his mother died, he moved to Indiana where he worked as a kid( “Abraham Lincoln” The para. 3-5) .He lived in Hardin county where Abraham Lincoln had an old water well and Lincoln had a brother but his brother died after a few days and Lincoln also had a mother that died from Milk Diseases(“Abraham Lincoln” History para 2-4).Abraham Lincoln lived in a one roomed log cabin but then his family moved Macon Valley
To live a happy life, with few regrets is an ideal plan. This is the plan of John Davis, uncle of Benjamin Bolton. John had a prosperous childhood, unique because of his experiences on St. Augustine beach. John’s life progressed and he matured through high school and went onto adulthood learning many things along the way. His goal is to be full of knowledge to pass on when he is older and to have few regrets.
He was born in the Katherine Hospital in 1977. In the small Aboriginal community of Barunga he spent is early child hood, 80km East of Katherine. When he was 7 he was hit on the head by a horse and spent 7 days in hospital in an induced coma. In 1986 his parents separated and he moved with is mum first to Armidale, New South Wales and then to Eltham, Melbourne where Cadel’s mum still lives. The schools Cadel attended to were Newling Public School in Armidale and Eltham High School in Melbourne. In 1995 started his international career as a scholarship
To start with, William was born on November 26, 1901, in Evanston, Illinois, to Harry and Clara Parsons. Several years later, due to his
John Steinbeck was born in February of 1902 in the town of Salinas, California. He would be the only son of four children (Millichap). He was an avid reader and writer from a young age, and would attend Salinas Valley High School, where he graduated as the president of his class (Bergquist and Millichap). After high school, he would enroll in
The quote by John Green, “What's the point in being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? How very odd, to believe God gave you life, and yet not think that life asks more of you than watching TV” is one of the quotes that stuck to me. I feel like we all can relate to this quote. Everyone wants to matter and feel appreciated in this world. Who wouldn’t? This quote inspires me to be the best person I can be and to succeed in life which is something we all want to do. To put it briefly, if you’re the type of person that is into books that you just can’t guess the ending to, this is the book for you!
The start of the 2002 track season found me concerned with how I would perform. After a disastrous bout with mononucleosis ended my freshmen track season, the fear of failure weighed heavily on my mind. I set a goal for myself in order to maintain focus and to push myself like nothing else would. My goal for my sophomore track season was to become a state champion in the 100 meter hurdles. I worked hard everyday at practice and went the extra mile, like running every Sunday, to be just that much closer to reaching my goal. The thought of standing highest on the podium in the center of the field, surrounded by hundreds of spectators, overcame my thoughts of complaining every time we had a hard workout. When I closed my eyes, I pictured myself waiting in anticipation as other competitors names were called out, one by one, until finally, the booming voice announced over the loudspeaker, "...and in first place, your 2002 100 meter hurdle champion, from Hotchkiss, Connie Dawson." It was visions like these that drove me to work harder everyday.
Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Cicero (now known as Oak Park), Illinois and was raised in the conservative suburbs of Chicago. His summers were spent at Walloon Lake in upper Michigan, where his father taught him to hunt, fish, and appreciate the outdoors. When he entered high school, he showed a great interest in writing and started writing for his school newspaper, Trapeze. He enjoyed it greatly and was exceptionally good at it (Encyclopedia Britannica 1).