Coming to the finish line I pushed myself to hard and fell over the finish line. I had made myself a big cut on my knee. It was embarrassing for me that I knew I didn’t beat my brothers time. The following day, the times were up and I checked mine and I got 6:01. I thought to myself that I had tried this whole season and that it was my first year.
He suffered from a bursa on his kneecap which is very painful from his knee hitting the mat constantly. He would also go and fail English 11 due to a corrupted teacher and so called plagiarized decades project. He went to summer school and passed the test telling what needed to learn the first week. There wasn’t anything he really needed to learn so they just gave him extra work so the money he paid wouldn’t be wasted. He also kept up with his exercising daily along with doctor appointments for his left
Finally making through conference placing 2nd , now able to attend states. Once states came along I felt as if my first race was taking place again. Nervous, scared, etc. thinking to myself "You got this," but the nervousness overriding once again through out the race hitting every hurdle I hurdled. Crossing the finishline noticing what a horrible race I just ran placing 4th out of 6.
Socializing with friends and going out to have fun was another reason why I did not learn how to write proficiently. While in high school, I worked two jobs that consumed most of my time. My past focus on playing sports, socializing with friends, and working, instead of focusing on reading and writing, has caused me to have problems writing today. First, one of the reasons I am aliterate is because of playing sports. Playing sports in school took up time for practices and games that took away from learning and school work.
Capitan Mark Kelly Ever since I was a young girl I have always had great dreams and high expectations for myself. Anytime I was asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I would quickly reply” a lawyer” As the years went by I still had that goal in mind, but I began to realize that I was not exactly Ivy League material. Though I did work really hard in my classes, I was still at best average. During my junior year I took my SAT’s, and cried when I got my scores back. For many years I was scared to go to college because I thought I wasn’t college material.
Liz Gomez English 101 Mr. Tafarella 3/9/11 On Monday of last week I woke up with the biggest headache ever and believe me I was not ready to go to class but I really didn’t want to miss the video that Mr. Tafarella was going to show us, so I got up, got ready and decided I had nothing to lose and I went to class. Once at school we had a lot of trouble trying to get the video to work and finally there it was; the most interesting subject I could have ever come across “Jonestown” To tell you the truth at first I was a little bit confused because I had never heard of this story, but once the documentary got going I was not able to take my eyes off of it. After the documentary ended I realized I wanted to know even more. I mean, I couldn’t
My ninth grade was pretty cool until the last week of school I let my mouth get the best of me and said some things that I really should’ve not said and because I did I earned the next semester at the alternative school. When school started back I was very sad because I had to go to the “bad” school with all the “bad” kids and I was very nervous. Once I got there it was pretty cool and I really enjoyed it because the classes were smaller and you got more one on one help. My grades went up and my mom decided that I should spend the rest of the year there, which really messed me up because they did not offer any elective classes only the basics . My eleventh grade year was also a disaster because of the struggle of passing my biology state test and I was really distracted and just wanted to go back to the alternative school but my mom and the principle would not send me back.
When I first arrived at Keuka College, I had my mind set on two things, playing volleyball on the varsity team and maintaining high grades. Coming to Keuka College, I knew that having minimal background knowledge of the East coast and the American culture would contribute as disadvantages in adjusting immediately. However, after being away from home for the first four weeks of school, I started to realize one of the biggest challenges I had to overcome was living by myself and not having my parents around on a daily basis. I had a difficult time believing that this was the biggest challenge I had to overcome since I felt very opportunistic about the new opportunities that were ahead. I started to realize how many bad habits I have picked up
At the time I was not really sure because I was afraid of not making the team. So when I got to the tenth grade I decided to try out for the junior varsity basketball team. Making the basketball team was a big obstacle in my life that I had to overcome. Before tryouts began, the coach recommended I go to workouts to get in shape. Basketball workouts lasted about two weeks.
During my seventeen years of life, I have played football for twelve of them. Since I was young football has impacted my life greatly and has shaped me into the person that I am today. Last year I broke my leg in a high school football game and had it taken away from me. Taking x-rays, it became clear that I broke my tibia and fibula in my ankle region. After surgery I was told my chances of playing my senior season were not in my favor.