Over the course of my high school years I have been involved in many different clubs‚ sports‚ and leadership roles that have impacted my life and allowed me to learn life lessons that I wouldn’t have learned otherwise. Being a leader and learning to use my voice has been a challenge for me that I have had to overcome to fill my roles in different activities. The first extracurricular activity that allowed me to really find my voice and get out of my comfort zone was volleyball. Volleyball has been
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My Short term goal is to graduate high school because I am in my senior year of high school and I am planning to finish it. I know that not so many people that are the same age as me are graduating from high school because they made different choices. I want to make a choice that will help me toward my future‚ so my first steps is to graduate high school. To achieve my short term goal‚ I need to have good attendance in school‚ be a responsible person‚ and be ready to learn when I am at at school
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During my freshman year of high school I received a letter in the mail. This letter was an invitation to play basketball in Australia‚ with other boys and girls of my age. The date was September 13‚ 2011. The letter stated that we would be leaving June 1‚ of 2012. Of course I wanted to go as soon as I read the letter‚ but my family was more curious about the trip. We did some research and figured out everything that would be offered on this trip. In my research I read of playing Australian basketball
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never passed. In kindergarten‚ I adored having Kristen in my class; that didn’t last long at all unfortunately. As sisters‚ we were like two peas in a pod‚ always by each others side. I remember one day‚ the teacher told the class to do a worksheet. I sat right next to Kristen in class‚ so we helped each other with our work. I ended up finishing her entire worksheet myself‚ and she did none of the work. When I got home that day‚ I told my mother how I helped Kristen. She had a confused and mad expression
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compliment of encouragement a parent gave a child. My friends and I were excited and nervous. There would be kids who were in the Sixth Grade there! The race was a long race going around a track‚ through a trail and then doubling back. Since I was still a quiet boy who liked to remain in the background‚ the older boys pushed their way with ease to the edge of the starting line. The gym teacher signaled for us to start and the wave of people flooded the track. My friends and I always were always competing
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experience of having long hair. I later decided that I should have a man bun. Maybe it would look strange‚ or people wouldn’t like it. But well‚ I wouldn’t care. On July‚ I trimmed the sides of my head and started flaunting a timid ponytail. It was a symbol of my ego‚ as it had been to the old samurais. But my pride was promptly turned into shame. "You should cut your hair. It looks awful." "I didn’t like it." "Are you gay now?" "You look like…" Some few colleagues gave me positive
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graduation coming up‚ my biggest fears came true. I am a band kid‚ a person who gets close to others fast‚ and makes friends after only a few words with them. Most of the time I don’t realize it but‚ I am slowly losing my friends‚ slowly but surely I am becoming the last one‚ even as hard as it is to get close to people due to the age difference ‚ everyone is leaving me‚ and then I will be alone. As the seniors leave I can tell you that‚ well‚ that is my last circle that was my last hope of having
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unrealistic. In middle school‚ I naively assumed that I would be in top 12% of my class‚ by simply making A’s. I tried my hardest in every classes‚ but still wasn’t enough. I never reached my goal of being in top 12%‚ as a result my self-esteem plummeted. I started high school with high hopes once again. Perhaps even more naively‚ I pursued the goal of being ranked number one. I was too young to realize the concept of “realistic” goals. My biggest obstacle was my state of mind. I brought my self-down. I told
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trouble stuff at night time‚ on a school day I am only home when I wake up and when I get back from school‚ I go hangout for like 4-5 hours so I am barely home and it is the same for the weekends too except I a‚ out for like 6-8 hours. I like to ball up with friends and sometimes play strangers and sometimes I end up becoming friends with them. My goals for an academic occasion is to pass high school by getting a passing grade. I want to graduate out of high school and maybe go to college but I don’t
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are usually superhero‚ celebrities and historians but the hero in my life is my mother. My mother is my personal hero because she overcame all the struggles in her youth; she has a caring heart and a hard worker. My mom is my personal hero because of how she overcame struggles in her youth. My mom has a strong sense of leadership even as a young child‚ due to the fact that she practically raised her 10 brothers and 9 sisters. When my mother was very young‚ her father had an illness that ended up killing
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