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As a three sport athlete, I am a pretty competitive person. I let nothing get in my way. Whenever I fall down, literally or figuratively, I always brush off the pain and get back up with a smile on my face. I always strive to get better at everything I do and no matter what I always give everything my all. I want to be the best person I can be. My entire high school career had gone exactly how I had planned and hoped for it to go, until winter of my junior year. We were almost halfway through…

I have gone on many vacations. I have want with friends and family. I have had a lot of memorable vacations. One of my most memorable is when I want to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. We went horseback riding, Dollywood, and the Ripley's museum. One the first day we went horseback riding at the Sugarland stable in the Smoky Mountain. The trail was beautiful. We saw a black bear. The ride was two miles long. Then when we were done, we walk around the town. We saw Ripley’s museum and we walked through it.…

There have been many events in my life, but the most pivotal has been the time I almost died. Many events stick with us through different areas of memory. My memory of November 22, 2003 is a crisp, cool Saturday morning at my aunt's small house. One moment my barely-taller-than-three-feet frame was just ambling through the door to the garage with my crazy family immediately behind me and the next I was on the cool hard concrete staring up at the dirty and dank ceiling of the garage, unaware of…

I sat down on the wilted grass. I remembered from years past long before I forfeited my life to crime. Back then I still had a few transgressions on my record, but it wasn't like my record now. Three counts of armed robbery, more robbery charges, and more charges of murder than any man should have on his conscience. My conscience constantly reminded me that it's not normal. “Do you remember what happened here?” my conscience nagged as he sat down on the grass beside me. His bright, gleaming…

In the novel “Pieces” by Chris Lynch, the main character Eric changes throughout the story by, hoping for everyone that receives his brother Duane’s organs to live better, he chooses to let Duane’s organs be harvested, and to deal with his parents later. Eric choose to let his brothers organs be harvested, after a swimming accident his brother had. His brother was in intensive care unit for a period of time, and during that time, Eric, his mother, and his father all had to decide whether or not…

As Dr. Steve Maraboli once said, “You were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your purpose, and to do it courageously”. Setting one’s heart and mind to something is a big step in anyone’s life, and the things learned on that journey toward accomplishing something can transition a child into a mature adult. Susan Komen for the cure is a non-profit donation foundation that raises money for cancer awareness by providing a 5k marathon. When I heard this race was scheduled…

At the beginning of the semester I was worried because I though this class was going to be really hard for me. The first days of class I was okay,but when I find out that I had to do an introductory speech I panicked. I am a very shy person and I don 't talk a lot, I know that this can be bad, but it is difficult for me to change. FYE made the right choice for me, with a group everything seems better. Throughout the semester there has been challenges for me in this class but I never gave up.…

In my previous essay I wrote this: “All that matters is that one day, after I have finally gotten rid of the mask, I will finally figure out who I am”. Showing that the struggle with the mask has clouded me for so long that it left with an identity crisis. Though the last essay was the one that concentrated on using writing to help yourself, I do wish to continue using that same method and I also wish to mix it with the one for this essay. This essay concentrates on writing about the different…

Sometimes I’m glad things are the way they are. Everything would’ve been so different. Maybe even myself. I wonder what life would’ve been like if I stayed...and when I say stayed I mean stayed at my hometown Fort Wayne, Indiana. In 2013, I went through a big experience. My family and I have moved to Columbia City, Indiana. This decision was based around my mother because she has met the love of her life. When I found out that we were moving I was devastated. I was young and the thought of…

I 've always known that aliens are real. I mean, the universe is way too big to only have life on one planet. There 's so many planets and galaxies out there in our universe and the people of Earth are the only ones in it? I don 't think so. I never get confirmation of aliens, however, until I meet Micah Prescott. We meet about a few weeks before I get proof of aliens. He 's the new kid in school, and as cliché as it is, he doesn 't make a whole lot of friends. Until he meets me, that is. I…