Hi, I’m Alex Venable. One thing that I fear are alligators or crocodiles. When I was little I always enjoyed watching this TV show that had two guys that would feed and wrestle alligators. One night the show wasn’t on so we did some research and found out why it wasn’t on. One of the guys had an accident and lost one of his hands. Following this event, they ended up shutting the show down because he was going to be unable to return and his co-host decided to quit the show also. This then caused me to have an irrational fear for alligators. My dad is the reason why I love cars. He has taught me everything I know and continues to introduce me to new things and experiences. We enjoy spending time together by doing at home work projects such as…
On May 12, 2017 I interviewed Lisa Newman about what it means to be an American to her. Mrs. Newman grew up in a multi-cultural home learning many traditions from both of her parents, since both of her parents are immigrants to the U.S. I also discovered that she has a Bachelor’s degree in Human Biology, a Master’s degree in Biological Science, and a teaching credential in Biology. Graduated from Pitzer College and a married woman, her love in science flourish throughout her teaching career, she’s also an amazing baker. While interviewing her, she was exposed to a large variety of cultural foods as well, which she still loves today. By obtaining ethnic backgrounds, her diverse upbring aid her more on becoming more understanding and accepting of people from all different backgrounds and walks of life. She also attends Anaheim High School as an Anatomy teacher and loves to teach her class about how the body functions.…
Hi!! My name is Jamie Zanfardino. I am an alternate Social Work major. Over this past summer, I took a trip to Hawaii with my high school explorers club. We hiked all over the big island, it was incredible. I took a basic statistics class my senior year of high school but the class was a very quick overview nothing in depth, I definitely have much more to learn.…
Zack Lingard is like any other 13 year old kid except his dad is in jail for the rest of his life for killing 5 people. Zack misses his dad every day, but from what he has heard his mom tell people, he knows he is not a good person.…
I walked on a thin layer of ice in high school; every time someone judged me, I could hear the ice slowly cracking under my feet. My life was in a fragile and brittle state during my junior year. I didn’t have the support of my parents, nor of my closest friends at this stage of my life. My own parents, teachers, and classmates had lost faith in me; to them it seemed as if I had ruined my life and that I would no longer succeed. On the contrary, I was determined to be successful because now I had someone special looking up at me as their role model.…
During the months of June and July Houston experience floods all over the metro area. I was home watching the news about how most the city was flooded, and how the cars were getting stuck in the middle of the road. Later on the day I was supposed to attend school, when I recalled what I had just seeing and hear on the news, about cars stuck in the middle of the road, and immediately though about the possibility of my car getting stuck in the middle of the road. I decided to stay home.…
I was longing for something to fill that void in my heart. I had no authority figure or parents who were around to care for me. I was slowly slipping into the palm of the devil’s hand. I started hanging with the wrong crowd; I became a bully and thief at the age of 10. I came to the conclusion that in this life I had no future and no one cared if I lived or died. I spent most of my days running from my problems and trying to make others feel the same pain I felt. Day to day I saw my father spiral farther and farther into a dark hole. I remember this one moment where everything changed. It was the day I met Bailey Welch. I stumbled upon her on one hot summer night. I was walking past the local YMCA when I heard the screeching of shoes and the…
Who am I? As I sit here trying to write this personal statement, I have accidentally stumbled across the most life altering question. Who am I?…
I am Tiara Maclin. Throughout my high school career I have maintained a GPA of 3.89 and attended two schools, Covington High and Stratford Stem Magnet. College has been apriority of mine since primary school, but I did not discover my passion for psychology until my junior year of high school. Today it is my goal to graduate with a master’s degree in psychology before continuing on to become a licensed psychiatrist; after attaining my psychiatry license I plan to open my own practice for the abused and mentally ill.…
Today November 10th 2016 I, Savanah Needham hereby declare myself independent from comparing myself to my sister Zoe Needham. It is necessary to do this to move forward and proceed to a successful life.…
Identity and personality are what makes each individual unique. Everyone has experimented different life periods which come with different life experience. Self-identity develops who we are and how we are shaped into the person we are today. In my 16 years I have learned life lessons that come from past experience and that have influence on me in many different ways.…
My story beings like any other, at the moment I took my first breath on July 30th 1998 in Bilisht, Albania. I was born in a small town in the lower region of Albania where my entire family lived with my grandparents under one household. My parents soon came to the realization that the current living situation was incongruous for a new family, such as ours, to thrive. As the result, my parents chose to apply for the government program granting our family access to move into a completely new society with new laws, regulations, political aspects and that was tens of thousands of miles away. Our family, at that instant, had a struck of luck as my mother’s name was drawn for us to move to the greatest country the United States of America.…
I hope you all travel safely while going there and coming back. I also wish you and your family the best of luck in being able to assist your mom in having a smooth transition. If I need anything I will reach out to Adrienne and Whitney beforehand, but I will also contact you if I need anything! Thank you Lisa!…
Identity is who a person is. It determines how you act and how people think of you. For example, a person whose identity is bad is often bound for trouble and for others to look down on them, whereas a person with a good identity is often bound for success and treated well by others. A person’s identity can be affected by many things: where he/she was born, the person’s parents, friends and other things. Through my life experiences I have become creative, spirited, and inquisitive.…
Now this is where I`m supposed to write “all about me”. This is where I become lost. I mean, come on. I wouldn`t know where to start. But I guess the best way to have an idea what makes me tick and what ticks me off is by checking my journal that i fill with endless ramblings about whatever and whoever catches my fleeting fancy or rage. :)…