Over the years I have repeatedly proven my dedication to my success and will continue to do so throughout my life. I consider myself to be an individual who has‚ despite limited resources managed to become one of the top students of her graduating class. Having immigrant parents‚ I translated for my parents constantly and was the only one capable of filling out important documents due to my parent’s inefficiency in the English language. Everyone has had different struggles but we all seem to
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Overwhelmed. The only word I can think of when the flight attendant calmly says‚ “Welcome to Port-au-Prince‚ Haiti‚ you may now unfastened your seatbelts.” Tears fell from my eyes and all the emotions that I was feeling for the last 4 hours suddenly began pouring out. I had never been to Haiti and the only mindset of it I had was that there was killing and kidnapping. I was extremely anxious because of that. “NO!‚ YES!‚ NO!‚ YES!‚ NO!!”‚ my conflicted mind begins to yell. I couldn’t believe that
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It was June 22 and it was a perfect day for a baseball game. My team the Diamondbacks‚ needed one win to get into the playoffs‚ and that clinching game was today. When I woke up the sun was coming up and I went to go wake up my dad so he could take me to the game. When I woke him up he looked like zombie who has not slept in weeks. “Noah‚ why are you up so early?” he said‚ “I just want to make sure we are not late for the game.” I replied. “Noah it’s 7:30am and your game is not until 3:30!” I
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Ice. What could be danger to a mother‚ a symbol to a reader‚ or a slab of frozen water to most of you is my home. It’s where I have found my true self and have grown up. Rink to rink‚ pond to pond. Anywhere I could find an opportunity to progress and do what I love. Hundreds of miles on road under my feet‚ but yet thousands on the ice. It’s never there to put me down or lift me up but to remind me where I started and where I am today. When I am on the ice I feel perfectly content and feel at home
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There were seven little soldier boys left on my island‚ and one of them came dangerously close to revealing me‚ that I was the murderer. I decided to throw out all of the logs so new lumber would have to be chopped down for the fire. Originally I planned to sneak up behind him and taking him out while he chopped‚ but they decided to have one person chopping while the other five watched out for a murderer. I decided to pretend like I was asleep while they were doing chores‚ so no one would suspect
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I was born and raised in West Philadelphia in a single parent home. I am the youngest of five children. At a young age I feared making the same mistakes as my mother‚ older siblings‚ family members‚ and peers. I believed that there was more to life than what I saw. A life far from poverty‚ violence‚ drugs‚ and teen pregnancy was all that I achieved for. Since there was no difference displayed in my family and community I weighed a lot of pressure on myself to make a difference. Everyone including
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On a scale of 1-10 of rude interruptions‚ I’d say getting punched in the face was an 11. I had missed the end of my friend Kyle’s theory about how our history teacher is definitely going to grade our DBQ harder this time‚ because an upperclassmen just had to get his friend to notice him. Unbeknownst to me‚ a small shoulder-level freshman‚ an unspoken rule of high school is that the only surefire way of getting someone to notice you in a crowded hallway is to hit them on the shoulder. Of course‚ my
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I look online at various fitness website seeing heaps of information‚ but what should you retain‚ what actually works? I am in no way a personal trainer or nutritionist but if there’s one thing I do have is experience‚ mostly in failing. It all started in Grade 12‚ I was sitting at 235 pounds mostly due to playing hours on hours of World of Warcraft and drinking pop. I started to run and waste time in the gym‚ and by waste time I mean just do mass amount of curls. I successfully got to 190
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Ignorance was such a bliss. As days passed by‚ I smiled with joy and not a care in the world. Chasing after hares that peeked through the tall green grass while colorful kites flew so high that they seem to touch the white clouds. Everything was calm and quiet like the crystal blue lake‚ Not once did I see the dark clouds brewing with thunder. The sun hid behind the layers of clouds like the hidden emotions behind a masked smile. The thunder could not silence the echoes of the two fighting voices
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Game Changer At the age of 3‚ I picked up this yellow ball and threw it back to my dad. On this day‚ I never imagined that‚ that very ball would soon become my family‚ my life‚ and my happiness. Soon softball would become the only thing that never changed for me. Friends have come and gone but I knew that one thing would always be there. I could always count on the game to change my mood to something better. Traveling‚ making friends‚ and playing the game I loved would soon take over my weekends
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