getting my first car at the age of 16‚ I faced one major problem: no money. Searching for an answer‚ I gradually learned that getting my first job taught me many valuable life lessons and helped me evolve into the person I am today. After almost 4 years of work experience ranging in many different fields‚ I have adapted new skills and abilities‚ as well as the value of money. With challenges being faced‚ the forced me to manage my time‚ money‚ and effort in an organized way. This changed my direction
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great football year. I was ready to have a little break between sports.but when i got home my parents said they had great news. My football team got invited to go and play down in Orlando‚ Florida. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing‚ my coach never even told us we had to opportunity to go. I had so many question to ask my parents. When do we leave? What do we do to prepare? What team are we playing first? What are we going to stay in? A house or a hotel? Are the teams we are going to play good
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I failed. The first time in college I failed myself‚ I lost who I was and I didn’t really know how to get the boy I was back. It is easy to lose yourself when you’ve failed to figure out who you were in the first place. I grew up in an environment where I had to be what everyone else wanted and needed me to be so the last thing I had time to do was figure out who I needed to be‚ so when I applied for college the only thing I wanted to do was forget how hard the past seventeen years were. I majored
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The proudest moment in my high school career is when I signed myself to take my first AP class. I was really nervous about going to the meeting to sign myself up to get the summer assignment because I felt that I was not ready for the work load‚ and I would not be able to pass the class. My excuse for not going to the meeting was that I was helping in the cafeteria and I was going to be really late‚ but when I told my two best friends Jenny and Virginia that I wasn’t going to take it anymore. They
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soon as my friend Sam informed me of the upcoming mission trip to Illinois‚ my heart immediately started to race with excitement. Millions of questions raced through my head: where was the trip‚ when was the trip‚ how many days‚ who was going? Despite all the questions‚ I knew I had to go‚ and even as I began typing the text message to my mother that would inform her of the upcoming trip‚ I thought about how different my easy excitement was from the emotional response I experienced the first time
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As I woke up to the smell of French Toast and bacon while my mom was yelling for me to get in the shower‚ all I could think about was that days’ game. The moment I got to school‚ I immediately had to rush to the team meeting before class. While every other team meeting was the usual‚ brief‚ “Y’all stay focused today now. We’ve got a ball game to play‚” This one was different. It was homecoming‚ and we had to deal with all the distractions of the homecoming parade‚ pep-rally‚ and all of the alumni
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The first time in my life that I ever experienced true anger and fear was in the sixth grade. A little before Thanksgiving Break‚ I was diagnosed with malignant melanoma‚ a type of skin cancer‚ in my lower back. I had a mole there that was removed earlier that year‚ and the test results on it had come back positive. I did not find out until later‚ but when my mom sat me down across from her to talk‚ I knew something was wrong. It was then that she told me what was going on‚ and I broke down in
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My First Time To Alabama “A simple life is good for me. I don’t need a whole lot. For me‚ a T-shirt‚ a pair of shorts‚ barefoot on a beach‚ and I’m happy‚ “ once stated musician‚ Yanni. That quote describes one of the best weeks of my life in the spring of 2016. When I was invited to travel to the beach with the Evans’ I was ecstatic. The youngest kid in their family‚ a 3rd grader named Jason‚ who has dark brown hair and freckles dotting his face‚ and his baseball team was leaving for a team trip
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“Strike!” yelled the umpire. I knew my time was getting close. I tried not to think about hitting a home run because I have before‚ and I always
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volleyball in my hands‚ the roughness of the ball‚ the smack of the ball hitting the floor. So I knew that the only way to get better at volleyball‚ was to try out for other teams such as Heat and Inferno. I get to meet new people‚ and there is way better competition so that will make me a superior player. So to be able to stand up for myself‚ I had to use all of my strength to do the best that I can‚ and show off a little while I do it. It took almost one and a half try outs‚ but eventually my determination
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