Throughout everyone’s life‚ they face adversity at some point in time that they have to overcome it. The adversities they battle are different for everyone. Sometimes‚ personal battles can push people out of their right mind. This is how I felt one day during my sixth grade year. I was eating lunch and started to feel ill. At first‚ I thought‚ flu? Something I ate? As it turned out‚ that is when my battle began‚ and battle I am still dealing with. A battle with anxiety. Before this day‚ I had
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I have had plenty of adversity in my life‚ but I never knew it. I only realized this aspect of my life when a family member said it. Epilepsy is something that my family and I have dealt with for about twelve years; since I was about six years old. We never gave up on pushing seizures out of the picture. We have driven three hours to Cincinnati‚ Ohio for the years in which I have known about epilepsy. I have taken countless types of medicines for the issue‚ and recently got the VNS implant. As
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If I have had a bad day or issues are on my mind‚ the one place I go is the golf course alone. It was a scorching hot day and my mom dropped me off. I told her to come back in an hour and a half. I grabbed my golf bag and threw them on my back like a bag of bricks and begin to carry it over to the range. As I walked by the first tee box the workers were packing up for the day and heading home. I could hear lock on the door click and I knew I would be one of the few people out this late. In the sky
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Between 4th and 5th grade I joined a basketball team. I was in tryouts but I didn’t think I did so well. I ended up making the team though. Practices after practices‚ my first game took place. My friend John played basketball too; but we weren’t on the same team. It turns out we play each other for the first game. John said “do you want to ride to the courts with me?” I said “yea‚ what time do you want to meet me?” John asked “what time do you have to show up to the courts?” I replied “my coach
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Prompt: Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure‚ how did it affect you‚ and what lessons did you learn? Imagine six months without a door‚ phone‚ TV and computer. It is not fun at all but now that I look back it is a funny story to tell. To start from the beginning I have always strived to be the best daughter‚ student and athlete to make my parents proud. Until I reached the age of 15 when I became a sophomore and got a little off track and started to go downhill. Not only did
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Going into Sophomore year‚ starting my Urban class with Mr. Berkson‚ I was worried. Although I had heard he was a great teacher‚ something about being in a different class then I had planned worried me. Going into Sophomore year‚ I had planned to join Eastern Religions‚ but after going through some serious consideration‚ I decided to switch into Urban. To this day‚ my decision has not let me down. I enjoyed Mr. Berksons class all year‚ for many reasons. These reasons include his great humor‚ his
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in seventy seven. I stayed at Marist for two years teaching mathematics and then I left Marist for a period of five years. GN: In these coming to Marist where there interviews or you just saw the president of the chair of the department. What was the process by which you were approved? CV: So as an adjunct I showed up one summer morning afternoon or so in July. Had an interview with John Ritschdorff. And I said when I will know if I have the position and he said you have it. So I was excited that
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The sound of music and people laughing in the background. This is what I could hear even before I saw what was going on at every event. This was the homecoming events where every day there were different activities. For example‚ some of my favorites were the blow-up obstacle course and the oxygen bar. Usually they would have some activities and food from 11-1‚ and it was open to everyone who wanted to come. Also‚ they had giveaways‚ but those ran out within the first hour‚ and during the end of the
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I have dated a lot in my life. When I was young‚ I was obsessed with dating. I didn’t like being single‚ and I enjoyed the process of getting to know someone new and developing a relationship. I wasn’t just in it to date‚ though. I was it in to find a relationship like my parents had. A happy‚ fulfilling‚ and joyful relationship that would last and last and last... The Problem I Had With Dating But‚ the problem was that I was so focused on a finding relationship that I didn’t really focus on what
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think of a time when you worked extra hard for something and you accomplished it. What did you feel? a sense of joy and accomplishment? well that’s what I felt in these next few stories Imma gonna tell ya. It was 2012‚ football had just ended and I’d never been so excited for wrestling season. I was coming off a season where I went 34-8 and was a state qualifier‚ getting second at both regional and sectionals. I had wrestled 75 pounds last year‚ but this year I was weighing 90 pounds and was gonna
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