Cheng Her Ms.Vano English 2, honors period:5 1/22/18 My First Experience of Boxing What I remember about the incident that changed my life was at a friends birthday party on a chilly autumn day. It was on a Sunday night, and my friends and I were having the time of our life slurping pho and delicious spicy noodles. Someone suggested that we should box, so we watched each other box one another for about thirty minutes. As a 14 year old boy observing others fight I enjoyed it, but as we enjoyed the fights a friend of mine suggested me to box. Because I never fought someone before in my whole life, I refused to box with them when they asked. Being a coward myself back in middle school, I never stood up for anyone or myself because of fear of getting into trouble. Like a hyena, I was always dashing away and betraying others when a threat or danger approaches me. Whenever someone got in trouble because of me I never stood up for them, and I would let them get scolded instead of me. Back to …show more content…
This idea of pride suddenly came in my head because I knew I had to keep going or I will be laughed at. Pride overcame me so I chose the second choice which I regret because I could’ve came to school without feeling sore in my arms and legs. But as a young gentleman I don’t like backing down because of pride, thus the fight continues. After getting pummeled by him some more, my brain finally snapped and I finally got the courage to fight back. Clenching my cowardly fists, I withdrew my hand and then socked him straight in the face making him slip. Landing blows after blows on him I did not care what would happen to me, maybe my brain has had enough of my cowardness. Maybe my brain told my body that I should start standing up for myself and that I do have the courage to fight, I just don’t try. Whatever the case, I had finally stood up for myself for once in my fifteen year old
I was arguing with a male friend of mine, and his family wasn’t home. But, when the argument got too heated I burst. I have always had a temper, but have never taken it out on someone like this. I wrapped my little hands around his wide neck and squeezed. He was shorter and much weaker than me
The situation that I have thought of is, when I was on the jury for juveniles who committed first offenses. While I was listening to the lawyers depend these kids, I looked on the list and saw a familiar name. The name was a person I went to kindergarten with. She was being convicted of shoplifting. I could not believe it. All the thoughts of that soft, kind-hearted person went out the window. My behaviors were changed by the environmental influences. My thoughts were overcome with coldness. I felt that she choose her situation. Somewhere along she became part of the wrong crowd and never changed her situation. I also think that the situation changed what I thought of her.
It happened when I was in the classroom and I heard someone saying that the other person was disgusting. I really had the urge to go up to them and say something but I didn't. That day I really hope that I did stand up for that person cause saying something to a bully could've made that person's day.
Before earning my black belt, I never saw myself as someone who could accomplish great things. I always undermined myself by not using my full potential. I rarely tried to prove myself correct when someone else shot down my statement because I did not know I had the tenacity to take action.
There is no other feeling like that feeling you get when the crowd is roaring, because of something you personally have just achieved. To get to those glorious moments in life that you have been dedicated to, whatever it is you are wanting to succeed in whether it is sports, music, acting, and so on, but when you reach that moment of glory you will remember that point for the rest of your life. It all began when I was in fifth grade when my dad was looking for a place that I could box at and could not find a club near us, but ended up coming upon a wrestling club called, Alabaster Youth Wrestling Association at the time which is now known as the Warrior Wrestling Club. So my dad came up to me that day I got back from school and said, “ Hey bud, I found a wrestling club in Alabaster lets check it out.” After that, practice my dad fell in love with the sport and I did as well, because I was a natural when it came to wrestling.
In my freshman year at Lewisville High School I joined the wrestling team. Originally my only reason for joining this discourse community was to lose the weight I gained over the previous summer, but that changed when I got to experience the joy of wrestling firsthand. Being a part of the wrestling team helped me understand the inner workings of the sport, the importance of team chemistry, and what perseverance can accomplish. Joining this discourse community was the best decision I made high school by far.
Sports play a very important role in my life ever since I could walk. My interests in playing sports began at the age of three as my parents signed me up for soccer, flag football, basketball, and lacrosse. First grade started my competitive edge as I began to play for travel teams in various sport tournaments. This competitive edge transferred from the sports field to the classroom having teachers and coaches helping me be the best I can be. Sports have continually well-shaped and defined my character by teaching me how to accept a win from working hard, also how a loss is an opportunity to learn and fix mistakes.
I remember one time were this older High School kid for whatever reason felt the need to punch a younger 1st year scout. He got in trouble for it but I had to decide his punishment. Together with a board of adults and the kids parents I had to make the final decision and decide his fate. He was banned from scouting until the next summer camp which was for about 2 months. This was a hard decision for me as for I have never had to do anything like that
After I received my lecture I was given a week's worth of detention. from that point on I've been learning how to control my temper, but ever scene that day, I've changed in someway because everyone has been seeing me as a
A defining moment in my life was when I decided that I wanted to be an athletic trainer when I grow up. I knew I wanted to be athletic trainer because I want to stay in the athletic field once I finish my athletic career. For me there is no better job than one that I can interact with athletes on a daily basis and help them prevent injuries. Knowing my career path early helped me lay out my academic goals, this also brought up some challenges.
Chen. Another teacher followed up, he was the 6th graders’ PE teacher I suppose. I stood back up, and I wiped off the little blood coming out of the wound on my lip created by the 6th grader’s scratches while he was on the ground. Mr. Chen took me and my classmates aside, he asked: “What happened over there?” One of my friends answered: “ We were playing basketball at the court first, then they came, and want us to leave the court for them to play. Michael refused, so he punched him, and they just got in a fight.” “Michael,” he then turned to me, “ Even though it is just self-defensing, but you could’ve just run and find me to solve the problem, and you won’t get hurt, why didn’t you do that?” I looked into his eyes, and I said determinately: “I can’t be a coward in his memory, I have to show him what I got, so he won’t try to bully me next time I see him in this class. Plus, a man won’t run from a fight.” At the end, I did not get in trouble for fighting, and those 6th graders have never mess with me again.
I stepped out of a life where I was put through a lot. I've been through foster care, through so many arguments with my family, and I have done a lot of mistakes throughout my life. It made me the confident and strong minded person I am today. I experienced failure many times, but moments like those made me realize that I needed to protect those who are in my shoes and take a step back into my own life and be a leader. It pushed me to learn things I never knew and to be a police officer have showed me these standards. You protect, help, and understand the people in need and I wanna pursue a dream that will come true.
I made it my obligation to undo my wrong and be more of a leader and was able to have others follow by example. By being more friendly and thoughtful the individual was able to feel some relief and make new friends while attending school. By me being in this situation at a young age help me become fully aware of what I wanted to do in life which is helping others because of me helping and supporting this individual it made me feel positive about my change in uplifting another human being. The impact it has had on my view of bullying and torment to others now that I am older and more, wiser is when I’m in a situation where I’m thinking cruelty or someone is being cruel in my presence. I always think back to fifth grade and put myself in that persons position I also believe that this life experience will go a long way in helping others to the best of my ability with their problems or issues they are dealing with by looking beyond myself and helping my future patient I’m able to look beyond myself I feel I can be more useful and valuable to my community and peers I can teach them my life experience and what I learned so they won’t have to make the same mistakes that I have , I want my experience that I faced to change
Once upon a time, I qualified for the Tae Kwon Do State Championships, to go to the Tae Kwon Do Junior Olympics in Orlando, Florida. It was my second year at the Jr. Olympics, and I was competing in two events. Sparring and forms. Forms has always been my favorite, partly because I was pretty good at doing them. Sparring was okay. I guess.
There are so many events that change one’s life that it is rather difficult to try and decipher which of those events are most important. Each event changes a different aspect of your life, molding how one’s personality turns out. One of these events occurred when I was about twelve years old and I attempted to steal from a Six Flags amusement park. My reasoning for stealing wasn’t that I didn’t have the money, or even that I wanted what I stole all that badly, it was that all of my friends had stolen something earlier that day and didn’t get caught. After getting caught I resolved, because the consequences are just not worth it, never to steal or give into peer pressure again.