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My Pursuit Of Gymnastics
Growing up I have always been involved in some extracurricular activity from gymnastics to soccer to t-ball to softball, I tried it all. In kindergarten, I started gymnastics while I still played recreational soccer. I worked really hard each practice and leveled up each year. I competed in meets and would always enjoy standing on the podium to receive my medal or trophy. One day at practice I had thought of a cool dismount on the balance beam and had practiced it a couple times. When my mom came to pick me up I was excited to show her my new dismount. The dismount entailed doing a handstand sideways on the beam and flipping towards the back to land on my feet facing away from the beam. Little did I know I had too much momentum, I continued …show more content…
I decided to take a break from gymnastics and try out for soccer. I made the team and was thrilled to go to soccer practices instead of gymnastics training for a change. I am so glad I decided to play soccer because I have worked really hard and am trying to fulfill my goal of playing in college. That being my dream goal and starting my junior in high school I started talking to coaches of schools I was interested in. I was a starter on the junior varsity team for Lord Botetourt my freshman year. After that, I have been on varsity where my team has been undefeated each year. Soccer is a wonderful stress reliever for my vigorous work load. I love soccer and hope to be signing for a college in the spring this …show more content…
The English portion of seminar did not scare me as much as the government part. History is not my strong suit, and because it is a college class this year, I was really nervous. I heard the tests are almost impossible and I always get upset when I cannot pass a test. I will always put forth a lot of effort in everything I do. I want to present all my work the best I possibly can. I enjoy writing research papers about an interesting topic. I do not enjoy having to cite all the sources though. I have always loved vocabulary and writing but disliked reading and comprehension. I struggled at reading comprehension in middle school. If I am reading a good book or story and can answer questions about the reading I usually do better. I think I do not like reading because I am so active and I can never settle down enough to get into the

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