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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grow up with my mother. My mother raised me by herself at the age of 15‚ with the help of her parents. I can’t blame my father for not being there he just wasn’t ready for a child. No matter what I will always love him. My mother and my father were both 15 years old when she got pregnant with me. Of course she was scared and her parents were upset with her. My mother had me before she turned 16 years old. She had a job at Wendy’s and made sure I had whatever I needed on her own. My father was at
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This town I found myself in right now was unique. For some reason‚ it felt different from all the rest. Sure‚ it was breathtaking‚ but that was not what was bringing on this feeling. I tried to observe my surroundings carefully for this loose thread. The red cobblestone was lowly lit in the warm glow of the Christmas lights that hung everywhere. Explosions of red and green and blue and yellow filtered everything in sight like 3D glasses. Tinsel and garland wound around the support columns of
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I was an average kid‚ I thought my life was similar to many other people. I saw my family as loving and perfect‚ but as I got older I saw that things weren’t as thought they were. I realized that my family struggled a lot. I was faced with many obstacles in my life growing up but I knew that it wouldn’t always be like this. I am the middle child between my two sisters. Growing up I was lucky to have my family always supporting me‚ we’ve always been close. When my sister got into college‚ we never
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“Run! You got this Hannah!”‚ shouted my dad. Hearing him cheer me on urged me to play tougher‚ run faster‚ kick the ball harder. I passed to one of my teammates‚ she scored‚ and the crowd went wild. I turned towards my dad and saw his smile explode across the field making me feel like the utmost adored person in the world. This was my junior year. It has been three months since my father abruptly died. I spent time with him on Sunday and he was gone on Monday. I felt desolate‚ heartbroken‚ and resentful
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never once wished for more. My parents used to tell them that I wasn’t like other kids‚ other kids looked down and begged for more; I looked up and saw the food on my table and a roof over my head‚ life was good. I was content with life until life wasn’t so peaceful and happy. Life became stressful and tiring when it met two things: my senior year and my drill sergeant parents. There has only been four times I’ve witnessed my parents become drill sergeants‚ is when each of my four older siblings started
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Distance I watched as the little boy struggled his way on to the sport apparatus‚ a green-covered book lay silently on my lap; just unpacked‚ new and fresh like the air of the ordinary dawn as any other day. Many were there. Children bobbled around the field‚ footballs nearly as tall as the chubby little figures rolled and rolled‚ trundling to every possible corner. A green canvas smeared with black‚ brown‚ yellow and white. I gazed. He was beautiful; his brown hair of curls and waves
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This is my creative essay for the Film Program at NYU. The prompt was: "Introduce yourself. Describe an unforgettable event in your life and how it changed your perception of yourself or the view of someone close to you. This event can be dramatic and/or comedic. The assignment may be written as a short story in the first person or as an essay." My one fear is that my essay is hard to understand. So any feedback on how it reads to other people would be a huge help. And also any gramatical errors
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didn’t know heartbreak until June 28‚ when my dad told me that he had stage 4 cancer. I didn’t know fear until August 13‚ when I found out that he would have to undergo radiation to combat a tumor in his brain. I didn’t know weariness until August 24‚ when everyone at school talked about how great their summer had been‚ and I had to lie and say that mine had been fine. I didn’t know how deep my love for my dad ran until June 29‚ when I wiped away my tears‚ stood a little straighter‚ and vowed
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Middleton High School has taught me how to live the high school life. I have been a student in the classroom‚ an athlete on the field‚ and a social bug in my community. Even though I come from a town in little old Middleton Idaho that only has one stop light‚ high school has been one of my greatest experience. I was an average academic student all thought out my high school career. As a student I maintained a 3.5 GPA from freshman year to my senior year. I always received A’s‚ B’s‚ and very few C’s. I
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