My passion for water has existed since I began competitively swimming ten years ago. Oceans‚ lakes‚ pools‚ and even rain make me feel at home. I spent my entire summer around water. Between swim practices‚ swim meets‚ trips to the lake‚ and working at a summer camp‚ I was always in the water. Swimming became the one thing I always looked forward to. I attended school in a different area than where I lived‚ but I made many local friends through swimming. At the end of eighth grade‚ I was eager to
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character education program at Hollister High School. After collaborating with the members of the Character Education focus team and veteran members of the high school staff‚ there was a general consensus that the programs of the past questioned the student’s intelligence in terms of the character lessons being taught. The lessons did not make the students think. The lessons were designed for students a lot younger than high school aged young adults. The team had to develop program that would get
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What makes a leader? Is it someone who stands on a hill giving instructions‚ or someone who sits by your side and guides you to a solution? Can a leader be someone who works hard and in the process shows others that their goals are attainable. There are many ways to be a leader‚ but society likes to stifle the notion that if your role within a grander picture is not unlike that of a captain who grips the wheel of their ship while barking orders at their crew than you must be a crew member. The belief
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Miserable vs. Strong Carlos Castenada once said‚”We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.” If you know me‚ or probably if you don’t but have seen me before‚ you can tell that I am a nervous person. But what you can’t tell just by seeing‚ is all of the battles that I’ve gone through in my life that have shaped me to become the person that I am today. In the fall of 2015‚ I faced one of these hardships with a mindset that everything that
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Educational Self-Analysis Growing up I had this mindset where I believed that if I put effort into everything I did‚ I could accomplish anything and everything. When I was younger school was not difficult at all for me‚ I had high writing scores‚ I accomplished high reading levels‚ and my brain was always learning new things. But‚ somewhere along it changed and school was not my interest. High school starts‚ everything is going well my grades are B’s and A’s then I got distracted. I started hanging
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sometimes‚ we may find ourselves face to face with a problem that feels impossible to be solved or fixed. But as we know for every problem theres always a solution. I also had a problem i thought I wouldnt be able to overcome. it was such a dark period in my life that taught me to think twice before doing anything. It all started when i was in the 10th grade and i had just moved to a new school. I was really sad because i had to leave my friends whom I’ve known my whole life but my dad had found
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Heritage is the first word in my family’s dictionary for defining who we are‚ how we live and how we influence the people around us. My parents taught me that my heritage defines my identity and that I should never forget where I came from. Though‚ through endless fights‚ years of alienation from my culture and its people as well as disregard for my heritage‚ love and recognition for where I came from led me to accept my Haitian customs. I am a mixture of many labels. I am a black‚ young woman
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Golf allowed me to come out of my shell and be a part of something larger than myself. I never truly felt that I was a part of anything until I got involved with golf. My coach and my teammates welcomed me with open arms. My self-esteem boosted and I bloomed like a springtime flower. I was not a part of my team at school until my sophomore year. I truly regret not playing golf my freshman year because playing was my favorite part of high school. I was very involved on my team. My junior and senior
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“The Power of Self-Worth” It was the summer of 2001 and I had lost all sense of personal identity and value. I was married to a physically abusive woman and had two beautiful‚ innocent‚ children that were experiencing abuse as a demonstration of love. I became an alcoholic‚ lazy father‚ and an overall worthless man. I was struggling everywhere and instead of seeking help‚ I sought out anything that drowned out the reality of my life. Thoughts of running away‚ murder‚ or suicide would circulate through
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"Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on the community of persons working together"‚ these few words by Paul Ryan come to mind when I consider my family‚ my community and the environment around me. I am inspired by the people who go out of their way to support and mold me into the person I am. My parents selflessly invest in my education and character; they offer the roof over my head in which I have worked‚ struggled‚ and accomplished for the past seventeen years
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