My Hero Essay

That was his word of the day. He was very smart and mature at home. You didn’t have to run around after him. When I was 5 I was wild. I loved the park, board games, dancing, singing, and I had a big barbie boat that I LOVED. I was the smartest kid in my class. To be honest, I was in Kindergarten though. It wasn’t 6th grade or anything. Charles Wallace is the kind of kid that would sit inside at recess doing extra homework. I could probably give Charles Wallace the homework I get and he…

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than themselves.” That almost perfectly described my baseball coach. Joe Henning. The only thing off about this quote that's different from my “hombre” (he sometimes calls me) is that “gives his or her life.” He at least gets a 2 month break!! When baseball season comes around his plan is go to work, baseball practice then go to bed. Three times a week not counting the extra hitting practice we have on occasion. One of…

born in two places at once, and I am also proud to have been born on an Army base. My father was stationed at Fort Campbell with the 101st Airborne Division, and we lived just off the base in Clarksville, Tennessee. When I was about ten months old my father had served a three-year term and we moved back to West Covina, California. Two of my uncles had made the trip up to Tennessee to help drive the moving truck while my parents drove their car.…

Julio Jones is one of my heroes. You may ask yourself why I idolize a sports star from Atlanta. Well Folks that one is simple ,lets go way back to my love for the falcons when I was a young boy I'd say about 6 maybe 7 my aunt from tampa sent both me and my older brother some cheap atlanta falcons stuff for christmas (she wasn't exactly trying to hard) but living in a football household where new england talk is banned and the commitment to excellence in silver and black reigned supreme.…

"half of life is showing up", my father always said that to me, when I was growing up it took me eight years but I finally understand what he had been trying to teach me, and that lesson changed me. After spending a month at Marist College, I have come to the conclusion that my father, Sean Coughlin has made a significant impact on both my life and helped make me the independent man that I am today. My father was the oldest of his 5 siblings, and was the first Coughlin to both attend and…

The person who has impacted my life the most is one of my dads friends Kenny. He is 67 years old with a beard that looks like santa claus and when my grandpa passed away and I was just 6 years old Kenny became a role model that made me think of my grandpa. As a role model for me to look up to, he has taught me a lot of lessons in life on respecting people and teaching me a good work ethic. He also loves hunting and the outdoors which requires a lot of hard work even when it is just a vacation.…

9/11 was the day i lost him.I was only 3 when he left me and my mom to go to War for our state. When i was 5 i found a letter from him in my favorite story he use to read to me.It read “ Dear Amber im writting this letter to tell you i left for a good reason not a bad one, i left because when i was young i always thought about being a hero for you and for everyone else that nee one. I want you to be happy for me. For my girl i would do anything to come back to and make you happy. I would like…

Odysseus has shown many traits of being a hero in the epic poem The Odyssey when he finally returns home and returns to his loving wife, but my vision of a hero is just a tad different. My hero is Mike Trout, he is the center fielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and he is my hero because he is a kind, caring, and a great athlete. All traits that make him a hero. Mike Trout has made some genuinely considerate donations to charities such as Feed America and Free the Children, but what…

My hero is William Benjamin Brogdon, born March twenty-third, 1977 in Davidson County at Lexington Memorial Hospital. He is the son of Patricia and William Brogdon and the father of two children. He is my hero because he has shown me more to the real world than anyone else has before, he has brought happiness to a world that has shown me only darkness, he is the strongest person I know, and he is my father. Although he has not always been in my life, he has been with me through support and…

The summer of my 9th year, I won my first soccer tournament. I’ve been playing soccer since i was 4. After years and years of coming in third or fourth place, our team finally made it to the top. We received a big trophy for the team and metals for each player. i received a trophy of my very own for scoring the winning goal. I was expecting a mini celebration like a family dinner or something but ever since my parents got separated, things have been going downhill. We moved into an apartment,…