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As a GHS student, I have had many opportunities to better myself and I have taken advantage of many of them. One activity that I have taken advantage of is the sports program, specifically crew. I have been doing crew for about 3 years and I have learned an awful lot from it. Coming in as a freshman, I did not have many friends, but crew helped break me into high school. I made so many friends with crew, most of whom, I still talk to today. It has helped me greatly develop my leadership skills as once you have become varsity, you have so many people looking up towards you. You will help those not as experienced as you learn things such as how to erg (rowing machine), how to rig boats, and just giving them general advice. In addition, it has made me more appreciative of everything as crew is a ridiculous amount of work. It makes you really enjoy all the free time you have. My crew coach pushed us extremely hard, which I despised at the time, but I appreciate it now. The hard work that I put in, helped me realize that when you put in work you will soon be reaping the fruits …show more content…
I had to decide between my passion, crew, and my future, school work. During the crew season, I would be coming home at 7:00 every evening and then I had to finish all my homework. This ended stressing me out a ridiculous amount, and I would finish my homework very late, plus my grades suffer. I made the tough decision of quitting crew. With all the extra time that I had, I boosted my grades up, started a t-shirt website, and an eBay store. Through this experience, I show my ability to make important decisions. In addition, this event suggests that I am a thinker, as this decision took a lot of deliberation. Also, it shows that even after this event, I was able to find something else that I enjoyed and did not take as much time as

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