New experiences impact who you are as a person, but yet they are so easy to come by. New experiences come from everything- first time at a restaurant? That's a new experience. It may or may not come up again, but let's say the next time you are thinking about where to go for dinner you remember how much you loved the new place you tried? That would never have happened had you not gone there the first time. New experiences change you everyday as a person as well as affecting your decisions, beliefs, ideas, or philosophies. This is a story of a time when my ideas were changed by a new experience.
It was a little more than a year ago when I jumped on a plane and flew to South America. While this was a vacation, it was also a rigorous competition with people from all around South America in Santiago, Chile, ready to compete in the 2015 Pan American Games. I first found out I was going months before. My mom sat me down at the kitchen table. I noticed the flowers in the center were dying. Then she told me: “Sophie, great news! You are going to Chile in …show more content…
My first great experience on this trip took place on the plane. I was on a huge, triple isle plane when I flew to Chile. Based on my luck that day so far, I imagined a very large, smelly man would be sitting next to me. But a miracle must have happened. I saw a tall girl with brown hair and tan skin was walking down the aisle wearing a white marled Patagonia fleece. To my luck she stopped next to me and put her bag above our seats and told me her name: “Hi! My name is Rachel!”
Rachel was on the Volleyball team for the US and she was so, so nice. We talked about where we were from, our schools, and our lives. She was from Colorado. She spoke Hebrew and she had been playing volleyball for her whole life. She lived on top of a hill and loved to go skiing. I remember meeting her as my first great experience in Chile. I met so many different people on this trip that would be hard to
It was a little more than a year ago when I jumped on a plane and flew to South America. While this was a vacation, it was also a rigorous competition with people from all around South America in Santiago, Chile, ready to compete in the 2015 Pan American Games. I first found out I was going months before. My mom sat me down at the kitchen table. I noticed the flowers in the center were dying. Then she told me: “Sophie, great news! You are going to Chile in …show more content…
My first great experience on this trip took place on the plane. I was on a huge, triple isle plane when I flew to Chile. Based on my luck that day so far, I imagined a very large, smelly man would be sitting next to me. But a miracle must have happened. I saw a tall girl with brown hair and tan skin was walking down the aisle wearing a white marled Patagonia fleece. To my luck she stopped next to me and put her bag above our seats and told me her name: “Hi! My name is Rachel!”
Rachel was on the Volleyball team for the US and she was so, so nice. We talked about where we were from, our schools, and our lives. She was from Colorado. She spoke Hebrew and she had been playing volleyball for her whole life. She lived on top of a hill and loved to go skiing. I remember meeting her as my first great experience in Chile. I met so many different people on this trip that would be hard to