What specific qualities do you possess that strengthen your application to the National Honor Society? Give specific examples of how you have worked to reach the goals exemplified by membership in this organization particularly in the areas of character, leadership, and service. Include any stories from your experience that illustrate your strengths in these three areas.

I am a hardworker. Being a hard worker is someone who puts complete effort into a specific task. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always tried my best at school in fear of disappointing my parents. But, now as a more mature individual, my initiative to work hard is more for the reward from self satisfaction. I work hard in order to experience a feeling of relief when …show more content…
To me, sports are a way to relieve stress from my school day and is a way to make friends. However, sports are also a way to experience competition and teamwork that one will encounter in life. I played varsity tennis for two years and this year decided to join the girls varsity golf team. Prior to golf, I’ve always had played lacrosse in the spring and was even going to play college lacrosse but, I realized that sport wasn’t for me. Everyone in my life convinced me that my own future would be playing four years of lacrosse in college. I let everyone in my life make that decision for me. I guess that was because I didn’t understand at the time how much that decision meant. I didn’t realize that college athletes have to devote their lives to their sport and always be under an immense amount of pressure to excel. I wasn’t unsure about myself performing up to task, but more about the emotional aspect of the sport. I felt like the sport overall, didn’t make me happy and caused me to feel stressed due to the pressure to excel in front of other. Waking up early for three hour practices and going to tournaments all throughout the summer made me think, what am I getting out of this? Does this really make me happy? Before I contemplated why I played the sport, I was perfectly content with going along with it because I was told to do so. I was too naive to realize that I was letting others dictate my life decisions. I think a big turning point for me was sophomore year of J.V. lacrosse. I was a team captain then. I personally was ecstatic to start the season being a role model but, as the season progressed it hurt to realize the majority of girls on the team just didn’t care. They didn’t care about if we won or lost; they didn’t care about showing up to practice; they didn’t care to get the assigned equipment. I really tried to be a role model by setting a good example and by trying to be a supportive figure and my determined attitude