This I Believe Essay: Give Up While I have always being relentlessly drilled I should never quit‚ I believe that quitting is the most important skill I have learned. Living in Taiwan‚ parents often compare their child with other child on all areas of life. Whether that be from academics to how well your child can play the piano. Luckily‚ my parents‚ for the most part‚ respect my own autonomy. I was allowed be involved in sports‚ which most other parents in Taiwan considered as a futility. A perfect
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I am tall compared to average‚ so people define me by my height. I’m athletic and competitive when it comes to sports. The sports that I’m best at are soccer because I’ve played it my whole life and basketball because of my height. Optimistic has to be the word that defines me. I’m always positive and confident on what I set my mind to. Soccer is one of my favorite interests and talents. When I was 4 years old I started playing soccer with my dad. Then at the age of 6‚ I joined my first team
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My first job was a “young boy living in the suburbs” cliche; a paperboy. Entering the sixth grade‚ I undertook the responsibility of delivering the biweekly newspapers for the Suburban Trends‚ a local newspaper‚ to the nearby houses in my neighborhood. I would embark on this mission to deliver the papers on Wednesday afternoons and Sunday mornings‚ even on holidays. Every other week on Wednesday afternoon I would collect the $2.30 of payment from the houses that owed money‚ but many houses would
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I have always had a passion for helping people. When I was little I would try and help anyone around me‚ even when they didn’t necessarily need help. I have always felt joy in helping my mom cook or helping my dad in the barn. That’s why‚ I believe‚ I picked up showing. I felt that I was taking care of my animals and helping them grow and intern my animals helped me grow and develop important qualities. Showing‚ my second passion‚ taught me how to be dedicated to something and how to never give up
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My history as a student is great‚ even though I have struggled a little in math. Although I usually struggled in math in the past‚ I always managed to stay above an F. Struggling in math was something I had ways did. Once I was in seventh grade at Central Junior High I was in math and we were playing a review game and I was the only student in class that got the question wrong. When I saw that I was the only person that got the question wrong‚ I felt a little bad. Now that I think about it
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To say I’ve always wanted to be a doctor would be a stretch‚ I wanted to be a Pokemon trainer till I was eight and found out they weren’t real. Then I wanted to be a power ranger‚ the red one to be specific‚ until again reality crushed my dreams. When I turned fifteen‚ I had already dreamt about being almost every major character on every show I have ever watched. None of these provided me with great paths to a future career‚ but a noticeable trend was showing‚ I always wanted to be the hero. I wanted
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“Live Your Life” We are never promised the honor to live the next day; we are never guaranteed tomorrow. You can not live regretting your decisions. You must live in the moment or the moment is wasted. The one you love more than words could describe could be gone tomorrow; the reason they are gone could get locked up. Lose focus and look away‚ what you turned to see can be the last thing you saw before you life flashes before your eyes. Your next breath you take in could be your last. We all realize
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For my entire life I have been around horses. Horses have been my passion for as long as I can remember. I love riding them‚ I love taking care of them‚ I really and truly love everything about them. I have developed another passion in recent years‚ psychology. I am extremely intrigued by psychology. I never realized how amazing it actually was until my Junior year being able to earn and understand why people act or react the why they do is fascinating to me. So when I discovered that there was an
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Now that I’m in my senior year of high school and basically my own adult all of the decisions which I must make seem to be twice as important as they ever were before. A new fact of my life that certainly invokes a bit of anxiety within me‚ however I do not consider it to be something that I can not handle. Throughout school I have prioritized getting the most from my education thanks to my parents‚ as well as amazing teachers‚ I feel ready to make the decisions which are necessary for me to proceed
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When I was 14‚ my mother took my family to Yellowstone National Park and Wildlife Reserve in Wyoming for a family road trip before I entered High School. There‚ I was enthralled by some of most beautiful landscapes in America. I wanted to capture them all on my tiny iPhone camera! For a while‚ I was satisfied with the pictures I took on my phone‚however‚ that was before I learned that there was so much more to photography than just pointing and shooting. There were angles‚ lighting‚ aperture‚ exposure
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