College Admissions Essay: What Makes Me Happy With Myself

Life is all about finding your way and what makes you happy with yourself, many people call this the pursuit of happiness. Every human being will experience this at some point in their life, I experienced this at the age of 15 when I lived in Washington State attending Steilacoom High School. I wanted to play basketball but my grades were not acceptable to my dad, so I couldn’t play until I got them up. Basketball has always been a great passion of mine since I was 7 years old, I kept telling my dad that I was going to go to college and play for the University of Louisville, but he told me it was going to be hard if i can’t keep my grades up. English has never been my strongest subject but at that moment I was going to make it my strongest. My dad has always told me that nothing will ever be handed to me in life,
A father’s advice is something that can’t be bought only taught to the youth through experience. I would always get upbraided for wanting to sit around the house and wait for something to come my way instead of working for it. My father would always kick me and brothers out of the house for the day during the summer, this was to get us to go do something with our friends and to get fresh air. I was starting to get the reasons behind his actions, he was attempting to get us to see that there is more to life than sitting inside playing video games and watching tv. Everyday I would be the first one out of the house to play basketball with my friends and to see what life had in stored for me. My father is what helped me get my head straight and assisted me in finding what I wanted to do in life. Even though dads can be strict they have a point and a reason behind everything, even yelling at you for your