didn’t have any classes with any of my friends. I figured if I had at least one or two classes with my friends it would be another awesome year like ninth grade was when I had almost all of my classes with at least one of my friends. Like before I talked about how I was bummed for the first few months of school because I didn’t have any classes with my friends. I realized that I was perfectly fine the way it was in tenth grade because I was still able hang out with my friends during the sophomore lunch
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My life would have been completely different had my parents chosen to go back to China in 2001. At first‚ my dad came here alone for a job offer‚ and my mom and I came to visit him a year later. However‚ our family’s intended short visit soon became a permanent residence. They chose to stay so that I could have a better education and ultimately‚ a better life. But in order to attain what they initially envisioned when making that life-changing decision‚ they have had to endure numerous hardships
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have always been drawn to the validation of the attention I received when doing something well. And soccer wasn’t an exception. I was in third grade when my family decided to make the move to Leechburg‚ Pennsylvania. Coming from a much smaller school and town‚ my parents decided to enroll me in the local soccer program to make new friends. My Coach‚ Coach Steve‚ was an amazing coach and mentor. He was a modest man who came from a low-class family in Portugal‚ soccer‚ however‚ afforded him a chance
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idea of failure. Throughout our live‚ these battles are fought‚ taking not only mental strength‚ but physical as well. Some of these battles are chosen‚ while the rest flank from behind. With this in mind‚ a story of victory must be told‚ on behalf of my Aunt‚ Joenell. Her battle took place in April‚ of 2009‚ she went to the Suttee Delta hospital‚ in Antioch California for a doctor’s visit‚ for fear that something was wrong‚ during this visit she informed her doctor that she felt a not on her left breast
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In the August before my sophomore year of high school‚ a challenge emerged. My dad had passed away. Of course you would read that and automatically think about how that would affect me in many ways. However no one‚ not even myself‚ was aware of the many challenges that went with this. Death was something new to me. I had never had to deal with someone close to me passing. I had experienced my friends losing a grandparent or a distant relative‚ but it had not affected me terribly much. I always considered
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Being a military child‚ I’ve made a few big moves during very important stages in my life. Before elementary school started‚ I moved away from all of family in South River‚ New Jersey to live in Augusta‚ Georgia. At the beginning of 6th grade‚ I made the biggest move of my life to Vicenza‚ Italy. Three years later‚ during my first few months as a freshman in high school‚ I moved right back to Augusta. During these moves‚ I’ve always spent a few months feeling out-of-place‚ shutting into myself and
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When I got off of the plane‚ the immense heat wave hit me with surprise‚ and almost took me down. The humidity was sticking to my skin and the lights were white‚ like clouds floating on the ceiling. As I recuperated after those blinding lights came the most boring part of the trip‚ waiting on our luggage. As we were waiting everyone was leaving and we only had 1 bag left. We were getting a little nervous when we saw everyone leave and we were the only ones with another 8 people‚ so we went to complain
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If someone were to ask me about being a military dependent a few years ago‚ I would have never thought I would end up being one. My life before the military was very different in many ways. I was very close to my family members and I liked being the average person attending a community college. My view on the military was nothing special‚ I would hear things about the military yet I wouldn’t pay any mind. I should have cared more about the men and women who serve and protect‚ but I was clueless as
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become rich doing this‚ but it’s what I love‚” she said. She refers to a woman who essentially changed my life‚ Corinna Sowers-Adler. A mentor‚ a teacher‚ a director‚ and a friend who I’ve only come to know for a little less than a year now. This refers to the wonderful world I hope to be immersed in for the rest of my life‚ theatre. Corinna and I were conversing on our way to Starbucks with the rest of my new theatre family‚ Gaslamp Academy of Performing Arts‚ a program I had just enrolled in for the
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them‚ and he was barely shielded against the cold by his modest trench coat and newsboy cap. The strong ‚ sour scents of industry and the deafening hum an early city morning had grown dull to him as he had become accustomed to the hustle and bustle of life in a city. Jasper now sped up his gait as he joined the masses of early industry workers marching off into factories and mills. Jasper‚ however‚ would no longer slave away as just another dot in the assembly line‚ he was off to bigger and better
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