my first high school track meet‚ I never thought I would make it this far. When I first decided to go out for track it was only to stay in shape and to get myself ready for softball season. It was a home track meet and I was about to run hurdles for the first time of my high school career in
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In high school I held several positions with crucial responsibilities. During my senior year of high school I decided to join the school’s newspaper staff. I had no prior experience‚ but I was quick to volunteer and cover big local events. After a year of writing all genres (sports‚ opinions‚ news‚ features)‚ I received my biggest accomplishment: first place in Sports Writing‚ in the West Virginia Journalism Competition. Without dedication and determination‚ I would have never been able to win that
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Throughout my life school had always come easy to me. I had always gotten straight A’s and never had to worry about studying for tests. This all changed when I entered high school and I faced the reality that I was actually going to have to study and spend time on schoolwork. My first semester of high school was rough because never in my life had I studied and now I was faced with copious amounts of homework and weekly tests. My first semester I ended up getting B’s for the first time and even a
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It was hard to decide my freshman philosophy statement but past experiences such as my high school sports career led me to select this specific claim of everybody having talent. The reason I chose this claim was because it spoke to me because It vastly related to myself and my high school sports career. I said in my philosophy‚ “It was Freshman year I sucked at everything and didn’t play any sports”. Deemed untalented‚ I played Lacrosse for the first time and turned out to be decent. In addition
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In the Summer of 2017‚ I received a phone call that was full of excitement. Up to this point it was high school baseball season and I was playing baseball for Senior. Baseball is my favorite sport‚ so I dedicate a lot of time practicing and working out to get ready for the season. It was midway through the season when the big doubleheader with our crosstown rival Hempstead‚ approached. We ended up sweeping the mustangs which gave us the outright of the city championship. I went 4-6 at the plate‚
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Aron about was his high school experience. Aron mentioned that he attended Patrick Henry high school in Minneapolis. he talked to me about his goals and said that he actually wanted to go into the air force to be a pilot. He unfortunately was not able to pursue that goal because his grades of B’s and C’s wouldn’t cut it. Later he also found out you can’t have any medical conditions such as asthma to join the military. I talked to Aron about setbacks and a few of them happened in high school. His
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when you came home from school. Wishing I could afford the latest shoes. These were my realities. Being the oldest of three to a young mother‚ I was forced to mature faster than my peers. A victim of unemployment and hardships‚ I had no other option than to get a good education in hopes to better my family’s economic downfalls. As I will be a first generation college student‚ I have dedicated my everything into my academics and athletics. Coming from the inner city‚ the schools I attended weren’t the
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It was the biggest day of the school year. It was near the end of my Freshman year in high school‚ and I was satisfied with my grades‚ proud of my diligent work throughout the school year‚ and adjusted to the high school. Students of all grades at that point were counting down the days until Spirit Night. Spirit Night—a big tradition in Hillsborough High School—excited me. In the event‚ each grade faces off with one another in multiple competitions in order to acquire spirit points. By the end of
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In the early days of July of 2016 I was getting ready for soccer tryouts at Union High School. I was running every day in the morning and at night and I was also working on all of my ball skills at the high school during the afternoon with my two friends that I ran with everyday. It is the nights before tryouts and I could not sleep after I finally went to sleep‚ I got up about 5 hours later. Tryouts started at 5 O’clock in the morning. When you get there you go to the locker room and get your running
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Freshman year of high school was an exciting and nerve wrecking time. The first week of school I stuck close to my friend from middle school. We had hung out over the summer nonstop and were extremely close. That first week we did not see each other much during the school day. All our classes seemed to be different except our lunch periods. This friend was someone I trusted and let influence me‚ for better or worse. It was not until a couple months into the school year that I realized how my friend
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