I feel like my 8th-grade year has gone fairly well so far. I got in a class with a lot of my friends and I like all of the teachers I have. I have also kept good grades and helped out in the National Junior Honors Society. I set many goals this year but so far I have not completed any of them. I wanted to get into the Edison Academy for engineering but I unfortunately‚ did not qualify. I hope to achieve some of my goals later this year. My overall greatest memory is when I met the person who is still
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a gun after [taking firearms training] sponsored by the local [police department]. It may seem odd now‚ but at the time many girls [at our school] carried guns everywhere‚ including in classrooms. How much things have changed. Fast forward a few years to my full-time job after college. I worked for a CEO and had a glass office next to his. I never thought about how easy it would be for someone to watch me through those windows on the late nights I often worked. Then the phone calls started‚ and before
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into the sky‚ screaming in pain and I’m holding my knee close to my chest‚ all I could think about was not about my knee‚ but my family‚ friends‚ and coaches. I remembered before the game that my teammates and I were on one knee holding hands in the locker room‚ saying the “Our Father” with confidence. As we were saying the prayer‚ I came to think that this will be my last first high school football game ever‚ I’ve worked so hard to get to this point. My family and friends and coaches pushed me so hard
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“Team on 3… 1‚ 2‚ 3… Team!!” As the whistle blew I lead the team towards the net to shake hands because the game was about to start. This was the time. This was the moment. Everyone cheering. I can’t mess up. I just can’t. The game has begun. And since we
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I feel confident to say that i am on the path to a greater future. My role at Jordan High School is to be a student and to work well with others.Hopefully I would join a club next year so it could look good on a college application.I am pretty sure that I have not failed a class in the past and hopefully that will continue in the future.A bad habit of mine is losing focus easily.It is hard to regain my focus but it is possible I feel like I got a good amount of strengths that help me.I could
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My First High School Basketball Game I believe playing a sport that you love is fun‚ but at the same time winning is more fun. For me I figured this out when I was ten years old. I was playing a pickup game at the RAC and my brother hit the game winning shot. I was so happy because I gave him the assists. Then it came to me like I bolt of lightning that playing basketball is fun when you win. Ever since that moment it helped me perform to my full potential. It was cold snowy Saturday morning
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helping others shouldn’t be something seen as duty or mandatory‚ it should be spontaneous. Through others experiences and hardships we learn and grow as human beings‚ not only did I enjoy helping others but I felt that it helped me with my problems. Having moved around so much and meet so many people and living by myself so many years I came to truly be thankful for my blessings and specially for my hardships. Hermann Hesse once said‚ "I have always believed‚ and I still believe‚ that whatever good or
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In my town’s Little League‚ everyone gets a trophy and a high five from the coach. When I decided to try out for my high school’s baseball team‚ I had the mindset of Little League: you show up and you play. I arrived at tryouts wearing my school baseball hat. I hadn’t trained over the winter‚ but because sports are relatively non-competitive at my school‚ I felt confident I would make the team. On the last day of tryouts‚ my coach called my name. “I don’t have room for you on my team‚” he said.
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that are believed to be law‚ to speak up when everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless. “High risk. High reward.” is the quote that has helped me shape my life throughout my years in school. Not only has this assisted me in expanding my mindset but has also opened a world of possibilities for maximizing my success in the future. I first noticed this prominent part of myself in my school’s drama club‚ eighth grade year. Countless hours of rehearsing‚ costume sewing and set building
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Walking into my honors English class my eleventh grade year‚ I felt as if it would be a breeze. Thinking back to the previous year to when I constantly maintained an “A+” and without hesitation I knew that any test‚ quiz‚ or writing prompt I was destined for an “A.” It was until now sobbing in a big puddle of salty water I knew for a fact I was doomed. Although I had never really thought into what karma was and what it really meant. It was my eleventh grade year in high school it had finally caught
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