A memorable time I experienced GRIT was when I decided to quit baseball in ninth grade and start playing golf. I remember going out on the golf course swinging the club and having people laugh at me due to the terrible golf swing which looked more like a baseball swing. That first time‚ I finished nine holes with a very high score which‚ is not the goal of golf. For the next weeks of summer‚ I practiced chipping‚ putting‚ and working on my swing. I began to develop a passion for the game watching
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Before I started elementary school‚ my mom would often take me to the Rancho Santa Margarita lake with my brother‚ Mark. She would save the end pieces of loafs of bread so we could go to the lake and feed the ducks there. My brother and I would attract all the ducks towards us by throwing these pieces of bread into the water. We would also try to feed the humongous koi fishes that used to inhabit the lake. One of my favorite memory from the lake was when my sibling and I threw bits of bread and the
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Education has been made an important factor in our present day and age. Society today has made it into a prerequisite and with some good reason. When people become educated‚ they become aware of opportunities all around them. College is an opportunity to get informed. When students become informed they have the opportunity to have a better future. They will also be far more prepared because they will have been in the classroom learning skills about what it is they want to do with their life. In the
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Literacy is everywhere: from reading signs‚ to menus‚ to checking the time. It is important in our everyday life‚ especially to take a break from the world. Literacy is important to be creative‚ and to help use our ability to imagine what is happening in our stories while we are writing. The experience of going with a character on their journey can be life changing in some perspectives. The experience of growing up with these characters from literature was the best thing; whether it was being on
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Most children acquire the same hair color or the same face shape as their family‚ but I inherited after something much greater; horsemanship skills‚ a work ethic‚ and gratitude. These characteristics are the principles that helped me work and want more out of my life. My grandfather was an acumen with horses in addition‚ he spent his long life professionally racing and training harness horses. I am humble to say he’s in the Harness Horse Hall of Fame. I truly believe I was blessed with the horsemanship
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whole life and have always felt very safe. This a great place to raise a family‚ and being from a small town has made me into who I am today. We have one high school‚ so I am able to see kids from all over the county‚ which is very important to me. I loved the Governor’s Scholar program because of the diversity it represented. Since we are an average size high school‚ it has allowed me to hold numerous leadership positions. I am a class officer and a student body officer. I am directly involved in
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was never work for me‚ tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle the longer the match‚ the more fun I had.” I love this quote from Jimmy Connors because the work‚ the fight‚ and the competition of tennis have had a serious influence on my character and my life. The attributes I have gained through tennis have taught me how to strive for my goals and to learn from my mistakes. They have taught me the importance of community and working with others as a team. They have provided me a mental toughness
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My background is very important to me. I had a mentally abusive father toward me for most of my life. My father’s actions caused a lot of down spiral in my academic and social life. Over time I got better and ended up using his hateful words as inspiration. One of the earliest memories I have is of my mom and dad having a fight. I must have been four or five at the time. I didn’t think much of it because even at such a young age it was normal for me. Most of the times my father was drunk during these
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The concept that I believe to be the most important to me is Understanding Diversity. The reason that this is important to me is that it says who we are as people and being blind to this concept can have long lasting effects on both leaders and followers. I would not say that I am weak in this concept but it is something that I always want to learn more about because it helps me to be a better supervisor for my Airmen and peers‚ as well as a better follower for my leaders and supervisor. From
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something that I took great pleasure in working on‚ other than school‚ is basketball. This sport is very important to me because basketball is something that is overlooked but it requires a lot of discipline‚ which helps me to train myself to stay in shape and to create a better wellbeing of myself. I do not practice to prove myself to anyone‚ I just know basketball is a sport that has stuck with me for a long time‚ and it is a sport that I never want to give up on. Every day for the past
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