ootball was always my favorite sport in life. The huge players and the heart stopping hits‚ left me in awe ‚that overall made my face light up with excitement.I begged my parents to let me play but they never let me. My Mom always said“ no‚ how about baseball or basketball?” Of course I ended up playing those sports‚but I wasn’t happy because I wanted to play football and nothing else. The years went by and I still did not play a snap of football and it was already the fifth grade where most
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summer of winding down. That wasn’t the case for me. I was a junior at Xaverian Brothers high school‚ who flew through my freshman and sophomore year of high school like it was nothing‚ and was ready to start the most important year of my high school career. I knew what lied ahead‚ SAT’s‚ the common application and more importantly deciding on what I want to do with my life. Looking for opportunities around the school to help guide me down this path‚ my history teacher from the year before invited me
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hard to keep my grades up in school‚ which has allowed me to accomplish my other achievements. Next‚ another one of my most meaningful achievements is being accepted for the ACE Puente program. The ACE Puente Program allows qualifying high school sophomores to graduate with 24 college credits. This achievement is very meaningful to me because I take my education very seriously‚ and I believe a good education is very important. Being part of the ACE Puente program is a great accomplishment because it
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A time when I experienced extreme failure was when I was in my sophomore year of high school. When I started the year‚ I had the mindset of‚ “This is going to be easy. I’m not going to sweat it.” Reason being‚ in my freshman year‚ I passed all my classes easily and I thought the next school year would be the same. I was in for a rude awakening by then. It was my first year starting an AP class and I heard stories that it was going to be easy if one paid attention in class. As the first semester went
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In my sophomore year of high school I was faced with adversity on the basketball team. The coaches showed a lot of favoritism and I was not one of their players they favored. They would put me in positions to fail‚ like placing me as a Center when I was more suited to play Small Forward or Power Forward. They expected me to not perform well and wanted to punish me and take playing time away‚ but instead I worked hard and performed well enough that they could not afford to keep me on the sidelines
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Going into Sophomore year‚ starting my Urban class with Mr. Berkson‚ I was worried. Although I had heard he was a great teacher‚ something about being in a different class then I had planned worried me. Going into Sophomore year‚ I had planned to join Eastern Religions‚ but after going through some serious consideration‚ I decided to switch into Urban. To this day‚ my decision has not let me down. I enjoyed Mr. Berksons class all year‚ for many reasons. These reasons include his great humor‚ his
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Adane Retta Kesaun Yelow Selassie. I was born on September 22‚ 1996‚ in Black Lion Hospital (Ethiopia). The daughter of Kiros Meresa‚ and Retta Adane‚ I was born into a political family‚ with relations to the last Emperor Haile Selassie. Most of my life I had no clue to who my dad really was. I met him for the first time when I moved to America‚ in 2001 with my mother. My father had an affair and contracted HIV‚ and died 7 years later. But‚ the first six months coming into the country‚ we were left
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hesitation. I came back to my classroom‚ standing on the stage‚ the teacher calling my name. Why did I ever decide to take a theater class? I’ve always known how utterly scared I am of preforming in any fashion. And so when I got the opportunity in my sophomore year of high school to take a theater class I surprised everyone‚ and perhaps myself most of all‚ and I signed up to take it for the following year. Deep down I had always dreamt of having a career in theater and film‚ and so my dreams pushed me
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many miles during the season that I had lost track‚ but it was all worth it when we received a baton engraved with our names and record time at the track banquet. That day‚ it seemed as though nothing could ever stop me. Upon entering track my sophomore year‚ I was looking to build on my successful season from the previous year. Unfortunately‚ God had other plans. During try-out week‚ it became clear to me that this season was going to be different. My body
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Much of the transformation and impactful experiences in my life have taken place in the presence of others with a while leading backpacking trips‚ retreats‚ or during tutoring session. These are experiences of reflection and learning as well as connecting on a deeper level with people I normally would not. One of my passions is teaching‚ which I have also been able to explore during trips/retreats in addition to the obvious application to tutoring. Since I have been a freshman in high school‚ I have
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