The hardest thing I’ve ever went through? Let me take you back to almost three years ago to a very cold Thursday morning in January. I was sitting in history class when suddenly something very strange happened; the announcement speakers came on. To most people it would seem like it was a very typical day to day event to listen to announcements; but at my school announcements were rarely ever said. My classroom got completely silent; to the point where you could have heard a pin drop.…
I am Erika Vasquez. This year is my first in 4-H. I am fourteen. My parents are Oscar and Dany Vasquez. I have one younger sibling. Her name is Angela.…
After graduating Emge Jr. High, I attended West. On the first day of school I was scared because my old school wasn’t really big and for sure did not have as many people. As I went through my day everything ended up better and I realized it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was. It was more my head making me think that. Freshman year was ok.…
Last semester was definitely the hardest for me. I have two challenging research papers toward the end of the semester. I find it hard because I did not know what to write about and which assignments I should start on first. I manage to overcome this challenge by narrowing the topics and start on the paper that was closest to deadline. My stress level was at 10 because I skip meals and stayed up all night long to finish my papers.…
My brother recently had surgery at the VA Hospital in Lexington, and once he thought he was himself again, he pushed to go home. The problem was that he had no one at home to care for him. His children live in California, and he couldn’t come with me because I was leaving for a week. I told him he had to stay in an extended care facility. He didn’t want to come to my house anyway; he wanted to go to his.…
Starting a first assignment can be enjoyable yet nerve wrecking, as when it involves researching yourself on "Google". it doesn't seem to help either Being a beginner to online classes, Its quite Intimidating .Its comforting of being slightly used to the computer, as my past job experience has been mostly at call centers, in front of lucent screen. When I vigoursly research myself I expect to find past photos which I probably never knew existed, maybe a my space account, sadly abandoned as I matured through the years without it. What I did find though surprisingly did not surprise me .…
As a child growing up in Rhode Island, the smallest state in the Union, the idea of a vast planet brimming with civilization and culture was more like something out of a fairy tale than it was reality. So, when my father announced that we would be leaving the country to go to Scotland, the home of his and my ancestors, my world began to expand at a rapid pace. This trip could not have been timed more perfectly. The summer of 2007 marked the end of fourth grade, my first year at Saint Mary Academy Bay View.…
One of your escorts drove you to the school you were assigned in a black limo, and you marveled at the scenery. Your eyes darted across every surface, amazed by each detail. Beacon Hills High School was a red-brick building, you saw people your age moving about frantically, huddled into groups, shouting across large areas of concrete. You saw people with colored hair, dark clothes, metal piercing their skin. You were so busy gazing at the sight before you that you hardly noticed the car drive away, leaving you alone at this new school, but you didn’t feel that way at all.…
During my internship experience, I learned a lot of things that I thought I knew but are misconstrued on. With that being said, I know everything must be done in decent order or this will cause chaos and lead to confusion. I also learned everything takes patience and is very time- consuming. I became frustrated, so many times and just wanted to give up, but I had to remind myself that hard times are going to come and everything is going to work out. Many times I sat on my bed crying because it seems like everything piled on me at one time.…
I believe I would succeed at Wheeler Because I have several suitable character traits and experiences. I love to solve problems in diverse groups and welcome challenges that require me to think really hard. I am very perseverant, love to learn, and have an endless curiosity. I also am experienced in using several Cad programs, such as Google Sketchup, Solidworks, and Lego Digital Designer. I have grown up around math and science, my mom being a high-school chemistry teacher and my dad being a field engineer, and see it applied constantly in my everyday life.…
Summer Session I already came to an end. This class flew by so quickly. Since my last class participation assessment, I think I continued to show good work. I tried my best in class. Although all the reading in Mosaic I was amazing, Unit 2 was my favorite.…
At a younger age, I would say I believed that I can only trust myself and my mother, this is because as a little kid my mom would always tell me that there are bad people in the world and that giving them any information about anything can be very harmful. But as I grew up and realized what was actually happening in my country I knew there were millions of others that were suffering against the “bad people” and we could only do something about it if the whole community came together to help. It was at that time when I was about 25, when I started to put some effort into trying to establish more just conditions within my country especially after the implication of extremely high food prices. This is when I started my first strike involving my…
Maquoketa, upon my initial impression when I moved here in 2012, was a small quiet town and although that is something that I now I know it is also so much more. I was in middle-school when I first came but it was in high school that I truly grew to appreciate the wonderful community. My first year of high school was certainly unnerving, although I had previously attended an elementary and middle school that were more than double its size it still held an allure of suspense over what may soon come.…
Watching soccer has always been a favorite pastime of mine and my family. For as long as I could remember, I woke up to the Premier League, ate lunch with La Liga, and dined with Liga MX. I witnessed the likes of Manchester United vs. Manchester City, Barcelona vs. Real Madrid, and Chivas vs. America. From El Clasico to El Super Clasico, I lived, dreamed, and consumed every team and derby. For every school year from September to June, watching clubs was religious.…
A Summer Job Being the headstrong 15-year-old girl I was, I wanted a job. Not just any job; I wanted to be a lifeguard. To this day, I couldn’t tell you why I had my heart set so profoundly on it, but I did. The idea of saving people’s lives and hanging out in the sun all day had fully grasped my attention and I wasn’t letting go.…