On the second day of school during my sophomore year‚ I realized how much Wahlert meant to me. It had become my home‚ the place where I felt like I belonged; school almost even seemed like a break from summer. Over the summer‚ I had become an empty shell and spent my time at the computer wasting the time away; the only interactions I had were with my family‚ and on rare occasion with my best friends‚ when we had sleepovers. To see the people I had missed over the summer was great. All of these things
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My decision to have American school life was the biggest transformation in my life. The background of my family was very normal except that my parents were more exposed to English than any other Korean parents. My mom is an English teacher‚ and my dad is an electrical engineer. They both can read‚ write and speak English. I was exposed to English since I was young‚ and I started to learn the alphabet when I was three. I’ve been to an English speaking kindergarten‚ and an English-based international
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My mother‚ “Regina Hopkins‚” has been a positive influence in my life. She has raised 6 kids all by herself as well as earned a Bachelor’s degree in nursing from a City College in Gainesville‚ Florida. My mother has been through pretty much everything a person can go through outside of war and was still able to be there and provide for all 6 of her kids. In high school‚ my mother wanted to play football and couldn’t because she was a girl and back-in-the-day women were not allowed to play football
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Some say that life is like a roller coaster. That may be true‚ but no one ever tells you how many ups or downs you’re going to have or the fact that you’re getting on that roller coaster completely blind‚ unknowing to the many inevitable obstacles and loops you’ll go through. Everyone has their own specially built roller coaster that’s unique from anyone else’s‚ and mine looks a lot like a steady‚ upwards track leading to a deep drop when least expected. My childhood was no different from your average
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One of my largest life decisions was making the switch. The switch changed my life in multiple ways. It introduced me to several important people in my life including friends and coaches. The switch also gave me numerous opportunities I would not have had otherwise. The switch was not easy to adjust to at the time‚ but I will never regret it. It has become a major decision in my life and now is a significant part of my memories. The switch occurred in eighth grade when I transitioned from basketball
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never really think about not having a dad growing up unless someone points it out. That is‚ thinking about how it affected my life. “Sure it bothered me‚ but I didn’t need him‚” is a quick summary I tell my friends. My father left Illinois not too long after I was born. My mother was still here‚ falling a tad bit short of the “responsible” example. Overall‚ I’ve done superb without him. However‚ thinking about all the times I wish he’d been here‚ I realize it made a big impact on my outlook and opinions
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As I wrote my literacy narrative‚ I learned many new things about how to perfect my writing. I used to always begin my writing process with an outline‚ because this is what I was taught in high school‚ but this time I tried a new strategy. I learned this new strategy from the text‚ Shitty First Drafts. First I typed up a bunch of nonsense that I wanted in my paper. Then I went back and put it all in order and made sense of it. This definitely made writing a 1000-word narrative a whole lot easier
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unpredictably in different directions. Often time it feels like life is like trying to hit a home-run off a knuckle ball. When this happens‚ When life throws us something unexpected we must learn to adapt and respond appropriately.. I learned this when first entering choir as a sophomore with the firm notion that being a bold and strong leader was always the best way to be. Life was about to pitch me a crazy surprise. The first time that my idea of being a loud style of leader was countered was when
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Freshman year‚ weightlifting has been a massive part of my life. I originally began it as a way to become stronger‚ and faster‚ to make football more enjoyable‚ but it quickly evolved beyond that. I currently spend about three to four hours a day‚ four days a week weightlifting‚ building my body stronger and faster‚ without such a tangible reason any longer‚ other than what I figured out from my dead lift one rep max failure in fourth quarter of my junior year. It was a Friday‚ in late may‚ when I felt
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Life Changing Seminar Spending 3 days with total strangers made a bigger impact on me than I thought it would ever. At the end of sophomore year‚ I was given an opportunity to attend a seminar called Missouri Leadership Seminar (MLS). This seminar was just for one sophomore from schools all across Missouri. The seminar took place at the University of Central Missouri not too far from home‚ but it was a good distance. Going into this seminar I had not an idea to expect. I just thought this was
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