Most people do not understand what it is like to get ridiculed for something that you love. When someone works hard to fit in with a certain crowd‚ but not accepted because they are not as good as others it can have a negative or positive impact. If someone were to take the criticism negatively‚ it may cause them to give up and no longer try. On the other hand‚ positive impacts may encourage someone to work hard to become exceptional. Working hard to become better at something is not easy‚ but the
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My First Rescue When I was young‚ there wasn’t really much say in the fact that most of my childhood years would be already planned out. How I would be swimming from age 6‚ just as my brother before me‚ my mom before him‚ and my grandfather‚ being a competitive swim coach. What else was set up for me‚ was my life on the beach patrol. Since my dad has sat more lifeguard towers then sand granules on the beach and my mom for five years‚ it was just about set in stone for my first job. Everyone
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nervous. On the first day of school‚ my mom woke me up by turning on my light and said “first day of school! Wake up! I then went downstairs and quickly ate breakfast. Then I raced upstairs to my room to get dressed‚ followed by brushing my teeth. All I could think about was that it’s my first day of middle school. The more and more I thought about it‚ the more butterflies I could feel in my stomach. Before I left‚ I brushed my dark‚ straightened hair‚ and said “bye mom‚ love you.” “Bye sweetie
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What was your first experience in high school ? What thoughts were running through your head at the time? My head felt like it was going to pop off my body. Foremost‚ I grew up with parents who moved from the Dominican Republic and never had a college education. The time and dedication they take to do their jobs is incredible. There are times where I don’t get to see my father for weeks being he’s too focused on his job. On one occasion my father had to work for almost 48 hours straight due to a
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after our first game‚ when I caught my first touchdown pass. This experience was so special because I realized that I had what it took to be a great player‚ and that I needed to work hard to get there. I first fell in love with football watching it with my dad when I was young. After sitting down to watch a few games‚ I was hooked. My dad and I would go out in the backyard
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How I came to America? Have you ever been through an experience where you moved to an unfamiliar location by yourself? I had the opportunity to do just that when I left my hometown in Hong Kong and come to America for a better education. I was only thirteen years of age at the time. Giving me the chance to come the U.S was the greatest gift that my parent has ever given me in my life. I appreciated them for providing me this valuable and precious chance for my thirteen years old birthday present
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of living in a constructive way that will affect the rest of your lifestyle. That’s the same situation that made me have a life change into a whole new story. Almost 15 years ago‚ my mother had to make a decision that will affect her and affect the love ones around her. An option that will make her leave everything she ever loved and wanted behind forever. The option was to leave her lifestyle‚ her family and leave a part of her own blood made from her flesh. The own blood was me‚ leaving me with
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As a child‚ if someone told me that my first job would be in the food service‚ I would accuse them of lying. If they told me I would absolutely love it? Impossible‚ I’d say. It will never happen. Yet here I am‚ seven months into my first job at a bagel shop. I now work a job I never thought I would have‚ and it changed me in ways I never thought possible. Looking back‚ I remember the morning of my first day: I started getting ready at eight o’clock. My anxiety rose through the roof as I paced around
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this is your son i just wanted to let you know that i’m okay and that i will be home soon‚I love you and want you to know that if something happens to me that i was fighting for what i believe in and that I will always be your little boy.Tell Jim and john that i love them and that I will be home soon‚and let Jim know that he is the man that dad would’ve wanted him to be and nothing can ever change that‚Love
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Having my first few concrete memories come from Australia‚ I was used to living in a western culture. Shanghai left me to feel abandoned in an unknown land‚ as the lifestyle was completely different from what I was familiar with. In Sydney‚ everyone lived as a community
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