During my sophomore year I applied for the Van Meter National Honors Society. In order to be accepted into NHS you must possess the qualities of character, leadership, service, and the scholarship requirement a 3.5 GPA. I felt I met all of the requirements and thoroughly wrote the letter application. I turned it into the teacher committee and they returned a letter saying that I didn’t meet their standards. This was very humbling for me. Their reasons were I didn’t show above average leadership in all of my classes, and I wasn’t serving my community as much as they’d like an NHS member to do. They also recommended to get more involved with school activities. At the time I was only involved with varsity football and golf.
For a year I reflected
For a year I reflected