Sophomore slump

you react to it is what makes the difference. When I got to the high school I started to get into going to the gym and lifting. I just started going with friends mostly for football. I really started to get into it during the second half of my sophomore year and liked the progress I was seeing. In my junior year I then decided to join the powerlifting club at my school. Once I joined the powerlifting club I started having more structured workouts and was able to more clearly see how much…

I attended my first ever Lumenocity event during the summer between my sophomore and junior year. One of my good friends, Matt, came along for the event. After we staked out some prime seats, we started joking about different clubs we could start at our high school. One of the clubs Matt and I joked about was Lumberjack Club. Neither of us were lumberjacks, never touched an axe in our lives. I co-founded Lumberjack Club with Matt during the beginning of our junior year. The slogan we created was…

During high school I witnessed many foolish acts by fellow classmates, such as: drug use alcohol abuse, and delinquency behavior. Fortunately I always stayed away from trouble, and did not allow peer pressure to get the best of me. Senior year at Bellflower High School I decided to try out for the basketball team. I ended up making the team; therefore, I got to meet new people who became my friends. Although I made the team I did not get any playing time that was a low point in my life. I…

SAN FRANCISCO, October 31, 2015—The Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer keeps its oldest and best-loved tradition with 12 performances of A Chanticleer Christmas in the Bay Area between December 10th and 23rd. A Chanticleer Christmas offers profound, peaceful and joyous music in beautifully decorated missions, churches and cathedrals around the Bay Area. Chanticleer’s Christmas season begins on November 28th in Fairfax, VA, with concerts in Manassas, VA, Chicago, IL, New York, NY,…

Cross country and track have the same coach, and most teammates continue to do both sports. Because the teams are so similar, they retain the same captains. I inputted 52 weeks per year for both sports, because I am always running and contributing to both sports. The sports mesh together; I help plan for Track during Cross Country, and vice versa. Due to daily intense training, I suffered from shin splints in tenth grade. Although I worked hard to heal, it took months, and I was injured for the…

If I were asked to determine what Broadway show best represents my life, I would reply simply, Rent. Loosely adapted, my role would be to portray main character Roger Davis . I say this because Rodger and I are similar in the way that we both have a hard time coming up with new and original content. While Rogers issue revolves around his music, my issue is with essays. Ironically, we both know new material is necessary for our occupations, but due to certain circumstances we are both unable to…

Last year around the end of the year, right before nationals, I got hit in the head and got a concussion. When I got my concussion, I was at baton practice. We had run through all of our team routines. Usually, after practicing twirl teams, we work on solo tricks. Each practice we have one specific solo trick that we focus on and practice. My new skill I was working on was a double illusion. All of my twirl team was working on different solo tricks. Every once in a while, we would take a break…

It has come to my knowledge that there is a limited amount of spots in the ENG 102 class for next semester. I am one of the best candidates to continue into ENG 102 and thrive in Ms. Laduca’s learning environment. Although I do not fear that I have not already earned my spot, I will proceed to justify my case. I have been an adroit student of Ms. LaDuca’s for the last year and a half; she knows exactly what kind of student I am. Since seventh grade, I have been an ebullient honors student…

I stole a glance up at where I knew the scouts were sitting, hoping they were impressed with my performance thus far. Their presence really shouldn’t have bothered me, as I was deep in the playoffs of my third year as a starting quarterback. We were in the state quarterfinals, playing against a team that was decent, more known for their defense than their offense. At this point in the game I was doing pretty well We were up 28-13 and the game was essentially over, there was around 5 minutes…

This is my story for english 11 and it is about optimism. I will be giving three examples of optimism and its definition. To start this i will give you the definition. Optimism is hopefulness of success in the future. There will be three stories I am going to be tellin you bout. The first story is about a kid who is in high school and has been told by teacher, students, and his parents that he won’t do anything in life worth recognition. He was so optimistic about his future when others…