for a couple of months. I was on the phone with one of my friends from school when my mom called through my door for me to come out into the living room. I ignored her and kept talking for a few minutes when she called me out again. I rolled my eyes and told my friend I would call her right back. I walked into the living room and it seemed odd to me that both my sisters and dad were all out there too. I watched my mom take a deep breath with my dad by her side. As she began to speak her voice shook
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The part of my life I am about to recount was during the summer of 2014 when I was the starting pitcher and third hitter for the Drexel Hill Little League tournament team. Now‚ baseball is america’s pastime and in my words is the greatest sport on god’s green earth. A little background on the sport is it’s a game of nines. Nine starting players on each team try to score as many runs in nine inning by hitting a nine inch baseball coming in at an average speed of ninety miles per hour. This leaves
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player until my knee injury. You never expect yourself to get injured but once it happens you begin thinking what you could’ve done to prevent it. We were playing an away game and our team was down but we were coming back. My coach and parents told me this was probably my best game all season until I landed on a teammates foot coming down from a block. All I can remember is hearing and feeling my knee pop and then falling to the ground. Typically‚ when I get injured I can suck
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another generation. I didn’t think much of learning from other generations until something completely unexpected happened. This event completely changed the way I looked at life. It all started last year. It was a chilly October evening. The air was crisp and cool; it was the type of air that would hit you in the face when you walked out the door. My mom had just gotten informed that she had breast cancer. It came as a shock to everyone in the family‚ seeing as no one in her family had been diagnosed
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watching sports. Have you ever thought of the long term affects when becoming a sports fan. People watch sports to get away from the world for 2 hours‚ bond with friends‚ and even getting away from annoying significant others. Sports today has changed my life significantly because of how passionate and dedicated I am to all sports fans. Also‚ when being a sports fan you can meet amazing people with the same interest as you in a random sports bar. When watching sports it tends to be enjoyable no matter
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from you? I wanted to join the military‚ that’s one thing I wanted more than anything so I joined ROTC. I saw ROTC as an opportunity to get closer to my goal in becoming a general in the army. ROTC I can say really changed my life in many positive ways. For example I met really great and intelligent people‚ And I learned new things every day. My freshman year I made a position in the battalion staff called S1. S1 is the battalion personnel officer I was in charge of putting everyone’s community
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which is awesome‚ and of course I have made a ton of new friends because I am outgoing (like I’ve always been)‚ but I have also stayed very close friends with all of my corpus friends. One thing I thought I would never say has come true….. I miss pre alg!!!!! Algebra is honestly the hardest class ever I can’t win and I also hate my teacher but I just do not understand who is going to ever use “FOIL” and “substitution” which those aren’t even hard but I still strongly dislike math‚ but I’m doing fine
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in all aspects of life‚ I know I could have‚ and still can‚ crumble. However‚ my first love saves me. She always makes me feel calm when the ship I know as school hits rough waters or seems like it is going down. She takes me to a different place when unpleasant thoughts consume my mind. She lets me crash into sweaty bodies‚ perform for squealing crowds‚ and lets my intense focus I have crafted for academia be channeled into making
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onto a court and you know that you feel good and on top of the world‚ you only get it a couple times in your life but when you feel that way‚ there is nothing or no one that can make you feel better. There’s only one person that can make you feel this way and that same person is the judge to how often you feel that way too. Everyday‚ I get on that court and I have to‚ I need to‚ try my hardest
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a family of eight‚ I knew my parents struggled. Although they worked hard to provide the necessities my siblings and I needed‚ they still had a hard time. I’ve watched my parents struggle to get jobs with their lack of college‚ and I decided I wanted to make the most out of my intelligence. My career goals are currently undecided because I still have admiration for too many subjects to fully commit to one; however‚ my educational goals are to earn a doctoral degree. As my mom jumped from part-time
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