This is my first year of high school, and so far I am enjoying this year more than any of my previous years in elementary school at Aviston Elementary. In the past years, I was a stressed out loner who was easily annoyed by everything and could not get long-term projects done without having a melt down at some point. However, in this year that has changed. I have made a few friends who have stayed with me for the entire year, learned to tolerate immature, childish actions, and have not felt completely overwhelmed to this date. This year and previous years both had their moments, but I would not change anything that happened because they both helped make me who I am now.…
About four years ago I was playing club lacrosse for the Villanova Wildcats travel team. I was about thirteen years old when I experienced one of my first significant lessons of failure. At a young age many do not understand the importance of failures and short comings, and how it is essential to learn, grow, and improve. We think success comes easy and without trial which is not realistic. My life changing failure taught me many things: the strength of teamwork, the power of preparation and will, and how to be a better competitor.…
Technology has developed so much over the years that we have relied on it so much. Technology is used in pretty much everything we use nowadays. Living in a neighborhood was the greatest advantage, but having kids the same age as I was even better. There was never a time we weren't outside: rain, shine, snow, miserably cold, or even scorchingly hot. There was 4 of us: 3 girls and 1 guy, all around the same age.…
He was easy to talk to and very charismatic; he reminded me of a modern day Jay Gatsby. Days flew by. All of them consisted of just texting him, Alivia and football practice. I think, I was beginning to like him and he began to like me, so he said.…
Sometimes A failure isn’t a failure at all it’s just a minor setback. I learned this at the beginning of my 10th grade year. My teacher had told my classmates and I that we were able to be dual enrollment students at Germanna Community College. She informed us that we would have to take an entrance exam to be placed in classes that were suitable for us. When she said this we told her that we’d be ready and that we’d pass with no problems.…
While both of the videos were interesting for this week, I definitely think I related more to the Ted Talk. When she started to talk about her som throwing up everything he ate, I thought, wow, he must be really allergic to cookies. Then, after further watching, she started to talk about his food allergy and I was shocked that I had guessed it within the first few minutes. However, this story was very relatable, not because I have a disability, but as a kid, I had extreme asthma, like many other children. I lived at the doctors office and my mom was scared to let me go anywhere by myself.…
On a snowy Christmas day at Sunrise Peak, there is a whiteout at the acme; snow is falling heavily, visibility is low, and the wind is unforgiving as it clashes against my bare face. I slowly start my descent down the mountain. As I begin to cut back and forth in a comfortable manner on my board I slip up. I try to turn to follow the slopes path, but I turned too sharply. The front of my board digs into the snow abruptly and causes me to plunge forward.…
Have you ever had something minor happen and multiple major things come out of it? I had an experience like that where I learned something interesting. It was an average Thursday, although it was a little hot for November, and it was recess time. I was running from my friend Connor when I decided to run under the slides, where a hornets nest happened to be right above.…
Although I've been taking pictures with some of the best gear that money can buy for the past 7 years I've recently come to the conclusion that my gear was weighing me down. I currently shoot with a Sony a7rII and a bag full of top of the line Sony and Zeiss glass. Over the years I've owned Fuji, Nikon and Canon. All of which produce great images no matter what size the sensor they housed.…
I lied to him and said that Noah and I were just friends. Hayden and I went to get food to eat and we took it back to his show box to eat it. I had just got a root beer float and was pretty much finished with it before we got there. A few minutes later I got a message from Noah saying that he was stuck talking to his ex. About the same time, I really wasn’t feeling good and thought I was going to throw up.…
We were scheduled to compete in two hours and I was already beginning to feel nervous. Will I throw my back tuck? What if I don't hit my stunt? I told myself to stop, I didn't have time to think about it. Exams were in two days and I only had a little while longer to study before my team had to meet for warm-ups.…
I never thought I could feel so much happiness than when I knew I was impacting a child life for the better. I would rush home from school, change into my work uniform, and soak up as much sun as I possibly could knowing I wouldn’t see or feel its warmth for the rest of the day. My bleak attitude during depressing winter days completely revolved once I stepped into my classroom; every day thirteen chubby two-year old would run to me exclaiming how they missed me and how their scribbled drawings were just for me. Their parents saw my commitment and regularly told me stories about how their little one now knew the words “spectacular” and “illuminating” or they used the bathroom all by themselves singing the potty song I had made up the day before.…
It was the night before the first day of school, a new school in fact, and I was pretty eager and excited for the following day. I wasn’t sure whether to be thrilled or nervous, not knowing how my day would turn out. A few weeks prior, Mom had taken me to the store right down the block and we bought all new school supplies, so I was ready, prepared, and once again, excited. My parents were gracious enough to allow me to finish the year off, instead of transferring me to Woodland High School in the middle of the year. They knew it would be hard enough for me to switch schools, let alone in the middle of the year.…
Used for my homework and for my home. I wasn’t someone he’d cared about. I was a cheat sheet and a convenient way to pass the time. That night I deleted his number from my contact list and I swore to never look back.…
A week later, I cracked. I logged onto skype and called him. He picked up right away and whispered, “Anna! Where have you been? I don’t see you at school anymore and you haven’t been replying to my messages and I don’t even know where you live!”…