350 word limits Essay Question - Other than your Eagle Scout leadership service project, what service have you provided to your community during your high school years? During my high school years, I have primarily provided service through my participation in the Christiana Care VolunTeen program and through the various clubs that I lead. The Christiana Care VolunTeen program allows young adults to help serve at the hospital in various areas, often exposing teenagers to how a hospital operates. Specifically, I worked in the Outpatient Pharmacy, SurgiCenter, and Pathology/Histology Lab, assisting patients and doctors with their various needs and tasks.…
Being involved in the community will change ones life. It was my senior year in high school until I realized what happens when one gets involved in their community. Being involved in the Miracle League not only helped the kids, it helped me as a person. I still remember the first time I went to the Miracle League. It was a tradition of my baseball team to go to the Miracle League once a year.…
I helped my teacher grade math worksheets and clean. Furthermore, I completed approximately one hundred hours of mentoring preschoolers and I also helped with Vacation Bible School over the…
Becoming a Wisconsin Badger is a goal in life I am currently striving for. The University of Wisconsin-Madison has great academics and a lot of academic opportunities to take advantage. University of Wisconsin-Madison has over 4000 courses to take and 232 undergraduate majors and certificates that I am willing to look into before settling on one. I am mainly interested in math, science, business, and genetic majors, but as I experience other opportunities that may easily change. I work best with class sizes between 20 and 35 students and becoming a Badger would best suit my learning style in a classroom environment.…
Throughout high school, I have been involved in many activities. I started off with the STEM academy in my high school. In the STEM academy, we held special events that teach people, especially kids, about new experiments and science-related careers. I helped out the STEM academy by explaining people about the experiments, the purpose behind the experiments and cleaned or organized lab equipment. I was a part of the STEM academy for approximately three years in high school and I really enjoyed it because I knew I could make a difference in my community.…
I really love working serving kids, and I am really passionate about it. In India, I went to this home for orphaned kids. I helped raise some money with a group, and we donated it to the kids for their education. I also took part in this volunteer group project, which lasted about a week. We would go to the nearby lake, which was extremely polluted, and pick up the trash.…
Last year I participated in a found raiser called Pasta for Pennies. The all 5th period classes participated in the fund raiser, but I was actually a part of the Pasta for Pennies club that was in charge of the organization of the fundraiser. Pasta for pennies is a fundraiser through the Leukemia and lymphoma society. The money raised goes towards helping find a cure for blood cancers. I was in charge of making announcements to 5th period classes of their rating in the school compared to other classes.…
Here at Eastern Illinois University, I am a member, but also the secretary for Best Buddies, where we create friendships with adults who have intellectual and developmental disabilities. Throughout the semesters, we have monthly parties where everyone gets together, however, I noticed that some of the buddies looked bored and uninterested in the activities and games provided for them. I then realized that these games were likely designed for previous buddies, and every year our organization grows and gains new individuals, which means our variety of disability changes as well. After that realization, I asked the members of Best Buddies what they would like to see at the upcoming parties in which they were all very eager to provide me their wants and…
I participate in JV Track and Field as well as Soccer. Communication and cooperation is an important component of any team sport, and it is a skill that I posses. I have two sisters ages 7 and 12 who I help with homework and provide with daily entertainment. I am comfortable working with children and have babysat for friends and family.…
After recording my food and exercise from November 20th- November 22nd using MyFitnessPal, I realized a lot about my habits. Throughout these days, I was very consistent with exercise and met the recommended guidelines for physical activity. I did cardio for at least 40 minutes on all three days. At this rate, I met the recommended amount of 2 and a half hours of physical activity per week. When it came to the food I was consuming, I could definitely use some improvement on making healthier choices.…
The scenario is that I have a business that has been involved with eight business partners in which four ladies are my friends and the other four recently just joined the company. So at first the business had 4 business partners and currently they have eight in total now. The other four are men that just recently joined the business are my cousins that just recently came from Korea and France. The business is a beauty company called “Miracle Magic” which specializes in haircuts, manicures, spa, skincare treatment, and laser. We sell the skincare products on our official website as well, and we offer a full refund if the customers do not see results after using our products.…
Living on a dollar Poverty is not an accident, like slavery and apartheid it is man made and can be removed by the action of human beings- Nelson Mandela. People all around the world are living on less than a dollar a day. We see in the documentary Living on a dollar how these people make it through life. Through the movie we learn the uncertainty of these peoples income.…
English 125 was a challenging class for me because it was so different from my English class in high school. Even though in my high school, I had to write essays about the book I have read, it was still different from this class because this is challenging and I have a lot of writing work to do. English 125 helped me to improve my writing skills and helped me to become a better writer. My expectation about reading and writing coming into the course was a lot of paper works and readings.…
It all started four years ago when I started volunteering with my supervisor and owner/operator at the Ronald McDonald House in Houston. This has now become an annual thing I do. I also volunteered my time at the Montgomery Country Food Bank. Both of the places are an unforgettable and memorable experience that makes you feel good about yourself. At the Ronald McDonald House my leaderships began to increase more, because I got the opportunity to speak to families and understand why they were there.…
While reading chapter 1 and 2 of the Educational Foundations textbook, I was able to reflect and come up with questions, concerns, and comments about the material being read. The first chapter was called Letters to a Young Teacher. This reading talked about how many young teachers who work in urban school districts are estimated to leave that school district after three years. They say that the main reason is young teachers are unable to relate to the children who are minorities. However this can be fixed.…