Life is full of ups and downs‚ with an unknown path. When my parents got divorced‚ it really scrambled my life and sent me into a whirlpool of unserentenity. I went from my mom’s to my dad’s every three days being pulled back and forth. This gave my life an unstructured feel‚ causing me to just start going with the motion‚ until I started the journey of football. Football‚ one of America’s greatest sports‚ was my saving grace. Football from the outside is just a game‚ but deep down it holds many
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Throughout life‚ the obstacles we face and overcome leave a lasting impact on our lives. The summer before my freshman year of highschool‚ I lost myself facing one of my greatest obstacles when my father left my mom‚ two brothers‚ and myself. His absence brought a stage of confusion and sadness upon my life. Throughout my childhood‚ my father and I were inseparable. He was my role model and the one person I could always count on and turn to. When he left‚ my world was turned upside down. I went
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Addiction hit my family hard before I was even born. In November of 1998 my grandfather went missing. Police and search teams searched for my grandfather for months and found no leads. It has been 18 years and my grandfather still has not been found. I really wish I was able to meet my grandfather and at least figure out what happened to him. Addiction is a ruthless ruler in this world‚ and it does not care what it takes from families. My grandmother told me that my grandfather was involved with
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“What’s amazing is‚ if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting‚ they would be more motivated. It’s so far away in time that they can’t appreciate what it means for their whole life.”- Bill Gates. There are many great and not so great things about schools. Gunstream is very important to me because it is such a friendly and positive aura. It is safe to say that anyone that goes to this school can think of many great things‚ people‚ and memories
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The love I had for the game myself was unreal. My grandpa and my uncle took note of that and made sure that everywhere I went I carried a football. I already knew football was something I enjoyed watching but it wasn’t until second grade I actually got to pad up and play. I was a natural‚ I played offense
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I was born in 1758 on a Virginia farm on April 28th. My family and I weren’t a very rich family but we made do. We lived in a small house and I had two sisters with 5 brothers. My dad worked as a carpenter and planter. We didn’t go to school because we were tutored at home. We liked being home schooled but it wasn’t a very good education though. At the age of sixteen I attended a better college for a better education the college was called the college of William and Mary. Although I soon dropped
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world I come from is filled with trouble. Growing up has been awfully challenging for me. On one side of my family‚ there are well educated people who know their responsibilities and understand right from wrong‚ and on the other side there are troublemakers who seek to enjoy themselves as much as possible (with the exception of a few) with little to no responsibilities. During a major part of my childhood‚ I had been best friends with one of those cousins for a long time‚ to the point where I myself
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many hardships in my life. When my parents divorced‚ my grandpa died. Also at this point‚ my mom and dad started fighting for custody of me. All of those events occurred within one calendar year. In addition‚ I assimilate all of those experiences‚ I learn and there are many things to be delighted about‚ nevertheless you have to go through those experiences to get to what I been though. I reckon that all experience is make me unique I have a strong emotional a better look at life I learned to find
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cancer and what it does to a person. My grandmother had died from lung cancer before I was born‚ so I never was exposed to the gruesomeness of the disease. Bo was twelve years old when he was diagnosed with a rare form Leukemia. Prior to being diagnosed with Leukemia‚ Bo was an normal active boy‚ who was friends with everyone. I was three years older than Bo‚ but we lived in a small community where everyone knew each other. Bo Johnson was friends with a lot of my friends siblings and we all would hang
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I was a goofball growing up‚ but once I matured‚ I was destined to do great things. My life has been filled with ups and downs‚ but‚ somehow‚ I was able to get through them. I always did things differently from everyone else. Also‚ I had to work harder to be successful. I was always considered different compared to the other kids; I had to work really hard to achieve my goals of being on the football team in high school‚ to get a scholarship to ASU‚ and to be drafted into the NFL. When I was
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