The Decision The thrill of the ball rolling off my fingers‚ my cleats digging in the ground‚ and the next sound I heard was‚ “Strike 3‚ you’re out!” As I walked back to the dugout‚ and my teammates high-fiving each other‚ our coach‚ said we needed to score 2 more runs to win the game‚ 10 minutes later‚ we were celebrating‚ that we won the last game of the season. All the coaches‚ lecturing us on our season‚ about our ‘ups and downs’ all had a happy expression. At the end of the huddle‚ we all
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My five strengths‚ in order‚ are Deliberative‚ Adaptability‚ Relator‚ Competition‚ and Command. My reaction when I viewed the responses was surprising because I felt that the strengths given were mostly an accurate representation on how I see myself. When reading the description of each strength‚ I agreed with most of the things listed in the paragraphs. However‚ there were some things I disagreed with as well. When reading about the Deliberative strength I agreed with most of it. I am a private
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When I look back at my childhood fills with events and memories of the days I leave far behind it brings a river to my eyes. I always have everything any child hopes for. I remember just like today how I open my mother’s make up pallet and scatter it all over my face. How my childhood best friend comes over‚ together we go in my mother’s closet and play dollhouse. Diane and I try all of my mother’s expensive clothing and shoes. I spend my days mirror my feet and think about the achievement the
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There is an event that I just can describe as one of the most memorable time of my life: The performance of all my favorite singers at the Jazz in the Garden concert. In the concert‚ I could experience many sensations that were more enjoyable that is why this experience is significant for me. Listening and seeing my favorite singers on that cold night was awesome because I had never seen them; furthermore‚ the taste and the smell of different food at the concert‚ makes me want to repeat that amazing
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of hard work and prerequisite classes‚ I finally received my acceptance into school. Nursing was finally within my grasps‚ but it felt like something was missing. After talking to friends and family‚ I was still in what felt like a liminal phase until I got an email. It plainly read‚ “Congrats on your acceptance‚ we knew you could do it! Let us know if we can help. Sincerely‚ Katie from G.B.” As succinct as the email was‚ I was reminded of my time in the Global Brigades. It was with that amazing group
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What’s A Friend All About? It’s hard to pin friendship down. We obviously weren’t made to be alone. Without companionship of some sort‚ most of us feel very happy and incomplete. Friendless people are usually unhappy people. Lonely‚ isolated people don’t live as long as well as those who stay “in touch” with their fellows. Some of the most wealthy‚ famous‚ attractive people on earth have starved to death emotionally for lack of a few good friends. But trying to define friendship is like trying
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The main challenge in my adolescence stage was the search of my Identity. It was very hard and confusing for me to search and find my ethnicity‚ religion‚ gender‚ and vocational. Being a daughter to parents who have different culture and background was very challenging to me. As my father was from Ethiopia and my mother was from Kenya .My father and my mother were very different culturally‚ religiously‚ and ritually. The Ethiopian culture was very different from the Kenyan culture on terms of clothing
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Myself as a Writer Gatphan Atassi 2nd Period AP Lang It is no surprise to anyone who has known me since my years as a "wee-little" first grader that language is my "Achilles Heel." The inner confusion in an up-and-coming student’s head when introduced to two languages since birth is quite a mess. Having to live in a world half dominated by the colloquial English language that is spoken everyday while the other half is controlled by the strict rules of Arabic drives me insane at times. Lately
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Personal Narrative Essay I tumbled in my bed‚ while my emotions were going all over the place. I was waiting for this exciting and also dreadful day. I could not go to sleep‚ I kept saying to myself “Go to sleep‚ the day will come by faster.” I always thought of High school of having a bully taking your lunch money because of movies I saw. I loved the feeling of a new school‚ scenery; it is like more stages of my life. When I woke up I felt refreshed‚ and ready to start the next
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There are many people in my life that have inspired me‚ and I look up to many people‚ one in particular is my grandma. There are so many things that she has gone through many situations good and bad in her life‚ but she has never let it set her back. It was never easy for her‚ she didn’t have the best life as a kid it was very hard. Her dad was an alcoholic and they didn’t have much money. At least she knew what she wanted‚ maybe she didn’t know exactly what she wanted long term. She
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