So Now I’m A Senior Now that I’m a senior a lot of things have changed. I have a lot of responsibilities. I have to keep my grades up‚ and I have to be a role model for the underclassmen‚ and many of us have jobs to keep. Grades are the hardest thing about being a senior. Our grades are the most important thing this year because we depend upon them to get us into a good college.I have to keep my grades up while doing every thing else that is involved with being a senior. It’s hard to keep them
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“What can I do to help?” Throughout my life I have asked this question many times. As a child watching my father interact with patients‚ as a Marine serving in a war torn country‚ and even now as a college student looking toward the future I ask how I can help. From a very early age‚ I remember looking up to my father in his optometry practice. From about the age of 8‚ I knew I wanted to help people like he did. I remember how he could comfort a patient by listening to what they had to say. It
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Heart pumping‚ sweat dripping‚ the score is 16 to 24‚ they are winning and they have the ball‚ and then they score and its over‚ all over. Everything we worked so hard toward for weeks‚ months‚ and even years‚ is all over. As soon as that last point happened it hit me right away that one of the things that I loved so much was suddenly over‚ because of one small mistake‚ and the tears started falling almost instantly‚ we all made our way over to shake hands with the opposing team‚ many of them were
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I come from a family of six with only one parent who works as a painter. His income is just enough to pay for our food‚ bills‚ rent‚ and personal needs. Hence‚ I am aware that my parents won’t have enough to pay for my tuition or any expenses in college. Considering attending Houston Baptist University‚ a private college‚ I know it will be very expensive. For this reason I think about and stress over about how I will cover payments for college repeatedly. Out of all the reasons I wouldn’t be able
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Growing up as a child‚ Christianity was taught to be all the time even when I didn’t want to hear it. I grew up in a Christian home‚ attended a Christian school‚ and attended church twice a week. My parents had lots of parties for our "church friends" and would always make me stop playing video games and come be social with people I saw a little too much of. I started to find my own faith in Jesus and not just believe in Him because my parents did. Like every other student at NCS I always found a
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The first time I gazed upon a computer- at a friend’s house‚ young and curious‚ and that exact moment‚ my adventure with technology started. I ran home and turned on my family’s ancient‚ bulky‚ computer and with my small clumsy hands‚ unfamiliar with the mechanics of this device. Although I had no clue how to use this foreign object‚ the bright flashy lights captivated me; my eyes were locked on this screen that I so desperately wanted to understand. My parents soon realized that our family needed
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My Inspiration I never imagined that one little‚ tiny human could change my life. I know they say that the second you see your child‚ you’ll experience a love that you’ll have experienced before. Although I didn’t have a child‚ the birth of my little sister sure allowed me to experience this love. At the ripe age of 13‚ I was beyond excited for my mom to have a baby. While I already had two siblings‚ they were closer to me in age. I was finally going to be able to take care of a baby‚ and there was
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Along the outside looking in‚ this is a glamorous yet alarming time in the lives of many seniors across this nation. As we proceed the next chapter in our lives and begin the road to our independence. It’s forcing us to realize that the past four years is concluded on a few pieces of paper compiled of our: grades‚ GPA‚and test scores wrapped up and called “our future.” In hindsight the future is as clear as 20/20 vision‚ yet still as blurry as the background to a picture perfect photo. Entering my
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Life is all about finding your way and what makes you happy with yourself‚ many people call this the pursuit of happiness. Every human being will experience this at some point in their life‚ I experienced this at the age of 15 when I lived in Washington State attending Steilacoom High School. I wanted to play basketball but my grades were not acceptable to my dad‚ so I couldn’t play until I got them up. Basketball has always been a great passion of mine since I was 7 years old‚ I kept telling my
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If you’ve ever attended a public high school‚ you’re often told that high school is the best four years of your lives. I was relentlessly told this through my years as a young teen. However‚ the same jingle rings when the time for college comes around. I’m not quite sure which to believe‚ but so far‚ college has been much more entertaining than high school ever was. This past month has opened my eyes‚ extended my world view‚ and set the foundation for the rest of my college career. From my
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