Adrian Martinez Essay Assignment #1 Section 12 09/07/10 Making The Team One of my challenges was in my Sophomore year when I didn’t make the varsity team because I was not in good condition. The other challenge happen in my junior year when I got injured a week before the championship game and I had to recover before the game. When I was a sophomore I tried out for the varsity soccer team at my school but I did not make it‚ because I was not at that level. Some of the reason I did not make it
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When I took my first success profiler in the beginning of my freshman year‚ I was okay with my score and looked at it as a starting point‚ expecting natural progression. As any eighth grader would be‚ I was more than ecstatic. .Now I have experienced all the wonderful perks of being a freshman‚ and have a very different point of view than I did when I was fresh out of middle school. Ninth grade had an incredible impact on my mindset‚ and it was difficult to say the least. An enormous workload‚ early
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window of my room. i hear gospel music coming from the kitchen so I walked in that direction. When I got into the kitchen my mom started fussing at me because I did not clean up the day before. So‚ after I got done cleaning I soon started to smell barbecue outside. I started helping with the barbecue and around the house as well. After that‚ I went outside to play with my dog Max but ended up jumping on m trampoline. I started flipping like the instructions tell me not to‚ bouncing on my back then
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I planned a quiet ride with just my horse‚ dog and I. It was expected it to be a normal ride until things went south. The plan was an evening ride with no other person just me and some animals. It was still light but the sun was setting so I should not have gone but did anyway. I went riding down country roads not expecting people to be there‚ but I was wrong. The ride was to escape family‚ I was really excited‚ but things did not end well I had planned to go on a short ride just the dog and I before
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When it comes to spending time outdoors‚ my family prevails over all others. My dad sees every opportunity for a camping‚ hiking‚ canoeing‚ anything-outdoors trip and seizes it. Ever since I was old enough to walk‚ we have been traveling to visit national parks and hiking trails. I always enjoy camping with my family‚ but sometimes these trips don’t go as intended. This time‚ we decided to travel to Sipsey‚ Alabama. Briefer than our usual trips‚ we were only going to park‚ hike to a campsite
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accomplishment of mine that marked my transition from childhood to adulthood within my culture‚ community‚ and family was learning to drive. The steps from studying the books from the DMV‚ to going out with my parents and the behind the wheel program at school‚ to getting my own car all helped prepare me for the next section of my life. And while this accomplishment may seem minute to some‚ it was major for me because it was something I really wanted and not everyone my age are in the same position. This
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second grade my grandmother asked the hairdresser to cut my long blonde hair to my shoulders. I was unaware of this conversation until after the woman had already begun cutting my hair. When I got home with my newly cut hair I went straight up to my room and called my dad hysterically crying‚ telling him about how grandma was a monster and had all my hair cut off. His initial consoling‚ telling me how he was sure that it looked fabulous and that we could find great ways to style my new hair did not
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With all the hours I poured into my last essay‚ it felt like a slap in the face that they didn’t even send a “thank you for trying” letter. I spent the announcement day sitting on my in-law’s porch sipping coffee with Baileys and stewing over yet another essay contest loss. Lacking in ideas of where I went wrong‚ I tried imitating old photos of authors again for inspiration. Leaning on the arm of the wicker chair with my chin resting on curled fingers; I held my pen like a cigarette‚ hoping to channel
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season of fun; the season where kids get to be outside play all day long because the day is illuminated by the sun almost until eight at night. I got to play all day and it was even better when my cousins came over‚ I especially enjoyed this season when I was little. I have four other cousins that are about my age so you can imagine how chaotic it was with six kids from ages six to ten years old being together. As all kids we looked for adventure with our imagination‚ we invented games‚ and our parents
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Today was June 4‚ and the bus was coming to a halt in front of my gray‚ two story house. I threw my backpack up on my shoulders and grabbed the black French Horn case sitting next to me. Starting at the sunny blue sky‚ a warm sensation was on my skin. Not long after‚ me and Josie had passed the first seat. We quickly said thank you to the bus driver‚ Joel. And jumped off the bus side by side with a wide smile on our faces. We were both free from school for a whole weekend. Without any sports or sibling
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