Hard Work Beats Talent It was September 10th‚ 2016‚ at the red‚ white and blue cross country invitational. That day was the first day I broke 17 minutes and I got 16 minutes and 52 seconds in a 5k (3.1 miles) and it was only the beginning of the season. This has been one of my goals since freshman year‚ but I just couldn’t reach that last year. Finally‚ this was the year that I reached my goal and‚ It took a lot of uphill battle and dedication through the summer. This summer I ran about 5 times
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All nine of us girls from Simply Dancing Dance Studio sat criss cross on the floor surrounded by a hundred other dancers. The room was filled with so much laughter‚ the voice of the announcer could barely be heard. The announcer was a short‚ scrawny man who had one of those smiles that lit up a room. He rattled off the scores of all 327 of the dance entries in about two seconds. Once he finished‚ he took a deep breath and went into some long speech about how impressive all of the dances were‚ telling
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Ever since the beginning of this year the idea of being drum major has been floating in and out of my mind. I have spent many an occasion debating with myself if I wanted to keep marching with the band‚ one of my favorite things to do‚ or if I wanted to take my chances and try to make it as a drum major so that I could conduct‚ another favorite thing of mine. The lack of enthusiasm from my band friends does not help in favor of my wishes of becoming drum major. Though somewhere along the line my
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I have played basketball since the sixth grade. However‚ for the duration of my middle school years‚ I was repeatedly cut from the A team and I did not get the opportunity to play significant minutes in game until my eighth grade year. In many ways‚ that year was a turning point for my basketball career. Frustrated with being the only eighth-grader to be on the B team‚ I dedicated myself to improving as much as possible‚ both during and after the season. That year‚ I was most valuable player for
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If you’re into football you’ve probably heard the name Barry Sanders. Barry David Sanders was born on July 16th‚ 1968. He started playing football in fourth grade‚ but had a hard time because he was small. At the beginning of high school he was only five feet tall‚ and weighed under 100 pounds. Luckily by junior year he grew to five feet‚ seven inches and 155 pounds. Unfortunately his brother was the starting running back so he was benched. Although he was benched almost all of high school he managed
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I mostly just hang out with friends and do fun and trouble stuff at night time‚ on a school day I am only home when I wake up and when I get back from school‚ I go hangout for like 4-5 hours so I am barely home and it is the same for the weekends too except I a‚ out for like 6-8 hours. I like to ball up with friends and sometimes play strangers and sometimes I end up becoming friends with them. My goals for an academic occasion is to pass high school by getting a passing grade. I want to graduate
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National Honor Society is a society of great prestige and importance‚ and I am excited beyond words to submit my application to become part of this organization. NHS looks for leadership qualities‚ academic achievements‚ service to the community‚ and strength of character in its’ potential candidates. I do indeed possess the qualities that NHS is looking for in its’ members‚ and I would be a valuable member in the Sandalwood chapter of NHS. First of all‚ I am eager to make a difference in the world
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have grown‚ matured and lived. We now know that there is more to life than the perfect scenarios we see in movies. In life there is sorrow‚ rage‚ fear but there is also joy‚ lightheartedness and merriment. We come across many turning points in our lives‚ whether they were major or minor points we learn from them nonetheless. For instance‚ one minor turning point occurred in my second year of highschool. I realized that the way my life unfolds will depend on how much work and effort I was willing to
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When I was younger I would have been described as shy and reserved. I was like an un-blossomed flower. My life has since changed drastically. Many opportunities came across me such as taking a cruise with family and business friends‚ being nominated to be a Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) 7170 member of 2015 at SUNY Oneonta‚ and being chosen to go to a National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF) for Medicine in Boston 2015 at Babson College. When I first started noticing a change in myself was after
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Life and Death When one thinks of life and death‚ two colors come to mind: white and black. White‚ the epitome of purity‚ is likened to life while black‚ the absence of color‚ depicts death. Life is often thought of as the first start and a new beginning. A young child is like a mere bud in bloom. Just as the color white is pure and unmarked‚ so is life. In stark contrast to this is the concept of death‚ which is essentially the end of a chapter and the ceasing of existence. Black‚ the lack
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