About five years ago, I remember sitting in the audience at my cousin’s graduation ceremony, watching him and the other students celebrate the end their high school career. One by one, their names were called as they slowly walked across the stage in their purple gowns and gold sashes in order to receive their diplomas. Everyone looked the same, it gave a sense of unity to the graduating class, but as I watched more and more seniors on the stage, I noticed that not all of them looked the same. Some of them wore blue sashes instead of gold ones. Automatically, my mind arose with curiosity as to why these certain students were different than the rest of them. Lots of ideas popped into my head, but none of them really made sense. My brain couldn’t
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My freshman year was crazy. The whole high school experience was completely new to me, but I tried my hardest to get involved with the school and community as much as I could. I joined lots of different clubs like the future business leaders of america, student council, speech, and soccer. In addition, I was working four nights a week at my family’s restaurant and two nights a week at the fitness center here in DeWitt. And on top of my jobs and my extracurricular activities, I pushed myself to maintain a 4.0 grade point average. As the next couple of years went by I tried my hardest to uphold all of these expectations and goals I had for myself. When this year rolled around and I was finally eligible to apply for the National Honor Society, I jumped at the chance. I knew that I was a good candidate and I had a good chance to be inducted, but nothing is ever certain. I went to countless teachers asking for advice on what I should do to increase my chances. After I handed in my application, I remember having an uneasy feeling for the next week or so. I constantly thought to myself that maybe I wasn’t good enough. That maybe I wouldn’t ever be the best of the best, no matter how hard I tried. Getting accepted was one of the proudest moments of my life. And getting kicked out was one of the worst. The entire event that caused me to get a good conduct code violation was a …show more content…
Nobody is perfect regardless of how hard they try to be. I made a poor choice and it affected my life in lots of many ways. Not just with the loss of my membership in National Honor Society but in other things as well. The worst part about this situation is that I truly had nothing to do with it, I was just kind of there, yet out of everyone involved, I was the one who had the most repercussions. I’m not going to let my one violation define who I am because I know that I am much more than that. I am kind, giving, determined, intelligent, and most of all I believe I’m a leader. Sometimes people have to fall down in order to rise even higher than they were before. And that’s exactly what I am doing. As I said before, everybody makes mistakes. And I think that everybody deserves a second chance. I want to be apart of NHS for many different reasons, but mainly because I think that it is a great honor and it gives me opportunities that I wouldn’t be able to have otherwise. I’ve always dreamed about walking across that stage senior year wearing that blue sash that represented all of my hard work and dedication, I had throughout my high school career. It would truly mean the world to me if I was reinstated of my membership. After all everyone deserves a second
My freshman year was crazy. The whole high school experience was completely new to me, but I tried my hardest to get involved with the school and community as much as I could. I joined lots of different clubs like the future business leaders of america, student council, speech, and soccer. In addition, I was working four nights a week at my family’s restaurant and two nights a week at the fitness center here in DeWitt. And on top of my jobs and my extracurricular activities, I pushed myself to maintain a 4.0 grade point average. As the next couple of years went by I tried my hardest to uphold all of these expectations and goals I had for myself. When this year rolled around and I was finally eligible to apply for the National Honor Society, I jumped at the chance. I knew that I was a good candidate and I had a good chance to be inducted, but nothing is ever certain. I went to countless teachers asking for advice on what I should do to increase my chances. After I handed in my application, I remember having an uneasy feeling for the next week or so. I constantly thought to myself that maybe I wasn’t good enough. That maybe I wouldn’t ever be the best of the best, no matter how hard I tried. Getting accepted was one of the proudest moments of my life. And getting kicked out was one of the worst. The entire event that caused me to get a good conduct code violation was a …show more content…
Nobody is perfect regardless of how hard they try to be. I made a poor choice and it affected my life in lots of many ways. Not just with the loss of my membership in National Honor Society but in other things as well. The worst part about this situation is that I truly had nothing to do with it, I was just kind of there, yet out of everyone involved, I was the one who had the most repercussions. I’m not going to let my one violation define who I am because I know that I am much more than that. I am kind, giving, determined, intelligent, and most of all I believe I’m a leader. Sometimes people have to fall down in order to rise even higher than they were before. And that’s exactly what I am doing. As I said before, everybody makes mistakes. And I think that everybody deserves a second chance. I want to be apart of NHS for many different reasons, but mainly because I think that it is a great honor and it gives me opportunities that I wouldn’t be able to have otherwise. I’ve always dreamed about walking across that stage senior year wearing that blue sash that represented all of my hard work and dedication, I had throughout my high school career. It would truly mean the world to me if I was reinstated of my membership. After all everyone deserves a second