...my world would not burn in some natural disaster engulfing all of humanity, but instead it would come crashing down in a young love that has forever changed me. I had always thought Logan was pretty; everyone did, but we never had classes together. My AIG teacher had been trying to get me into the “gifted” classes for years, she told me my exam grades were proof of my “gift”, but that my day to day grades did not reflect my intelligence; finally Mrs. Carraway was able to have me take a COGAT test, which placed me among those who shared my “intelligence”. More importantly to my thirteen year old brain,...
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...It's Friday night and the lights are bright. Music is loud and rhythmic. The air holds a chill and it feels like autumn is right around the corner. The crowd is electric with the anticipation of another exciting night. This is the environment where I feel the most energized, satisfied and content all at the same time.Nothing beats Friday Night Football in my town. I have been playing football since I was five years old. I have been many positions on the team, but my favorite position is Long Snapper. I love the pressure of performing in a stressful environment; I lovemaking the big play, with everyone watching. Long Snapping is not glorious, and it is not my original position, but when I get into the zone during those tension building situations, I’m unstoppable. Football keeps me grounded and focused on what is important. It has taught me teambuilding and leadership skills. It has taught me humility; win or lose, I always try my best. But the most important thing football has taught me, is tolerance for others who are not like me. They may come from a different part of town, or have a different color skin, but, we are all brothers on one team focused on achieving one goal, success. I'm a competitive person and I don't believe in the philosophy "that everyone gets a trophy by just showing up". If you want to be successful or rewarded in life, you have to work hard.That's what football has taught me. Sent from my...
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...for me when I need her. Every time I have a problem or have a bad day, she is the person that makes everything better. I know I can trust her with anything, and to me that’s one characteristic that is very important. My mother has always given me wise advice. She has taught me so many things that will help me through life. She has always told me to stand up for what I believe in and not let others persuade me. She is always faithful and always there to listen. I know I can always count on her with anything. `One characteristic that stand out the most is her caring attitude toward us. She puts us children first in front of herself. Always making sure we are having a good day, and having food on the table when we come home. She has always helped me with school and I can remember when I was younger she would stay up all night helping me study for all my tests for school the next day. I remember a time when I was in middle school; I was having a lot of difficulty with my friends. They would constantly start drama and I would be in tears coming home from school. My mom was the one person who would give me the best advice on how to deal with the situation she would always be there to tell me everything is going to be okay. She has even helped me out with my hard breakups with boyfriends. She is the one person that knows when something is wrong. Recently, I just broke up with my boyfriend who I was dating for about eighteen months. It was very hard for me, but my mom helped me through...
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...recognize the strong values he has, it was when he disappeared in a cool and rainy night, fourteen years ago, when I realized how vital he was and still been in my life. Walking through this long path that seems not to have an end, I ask myself everyday how something like that could happen? Where is he? What happened in that night of October 3, 1997, in which looks like the earth swallow him? He, the kindest person I have ever met, whom taught me to dream and then, to believe that my dreams could become realities. He taught me with love and patience about love and respect. Respect to myself and respect to others. Chico González, my brother, my mentor, is not only a great poet and writer, but a tremendous human being, who influenced greatly my life. Strong set of values he passed on to me. Chico was one of my older brothers, but the only one who remain living in the Dominican Republic, while the others used to life since very early age in the United States with my father. Since I was a young child, besides the fact that I was the youngest of twelve siblings, and a kind of doll for my siblings, I have fascination with my brother Chico. Something that characterized him was his clear set of his values, values he had passed on to me. He taught me how important is for everyone to have dreams and how one have to defend his dreams and pursuit until those become in realities, without compromising our integrity and our dignity. He also taught me the importance of respect to myself and...
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...I never knew how much a music venue would change me until I started going to the Cherry Pit. The Cherry Pit used to be the only all-age venue in Mankato. It was located on Cherry Street until its premature death last November. Although I was only able to attend a few shows, the people and the music at the Cherry Pit taught me three different lessons. The Cherry Pit taught me to not be afraid of trying new things, that people care about your well-being and when times get tough people pull together. When I first heard about the Cherry Pit, the idea terrified me. I have never been a people-person and the idea of being stuck in a basement with a bunch of strangers wasn’t my idea of a fun night. After my best friends, Angel and Trent begged...
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...and one night, I asked my mom to read Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown to me. It is a children’s book about a little bunny saying goodnight to everything in her room. Although Goodnight Moon has only 130 words, it taught me life lessons that I, otherwise, may not have ever learned. Gratitude and “goodnights” became very important to me that night. The bunny in the story said goodnight to all of the immense and tiny things in her room, and I began to do it, too. However, the book also allowed me to appreciate something that I had taken for granted before. I look up to my mother, a lot, and she would come and tuck me in every night. I don’t think she ever...
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...The person I am interviewing and who I think has an interesting past is my mother Maria. She has been my rock for the past 20 years she is filled with happiness, knowledge, laughter and love. My mother taught me everything I know, she taught me the right from wrong, she taught me how to treat others and most important she taught me how to love. Maria grew up poor in Jalisco Mexico but then immigrated to the United States and gave birth to my sister, me and my little brother. I asked my mother a couple questions about her past and the answers I received were astonishing. “Family tales were a great way to pass the time in my family.” Every time when we are at a family gathering my mother will always bring up some child hood memories of the family. Like the time when I was three years old, all my teeth had fallen out and I was basically toothless but I only...
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...Diana Aguilar Professor Emily Watson English 111 21 September 2013 My Passion When I am dancing I don't think about any problems I have. Dancing might be considered a source of entertainment, however to me dance in not only a form of entertainment it is much more. Dancing to me is an outlet to release stress, it is a form of speaking and letting out my emotions without saying a single word. Dancing is another language I have learned to speak. Dancing is just a conversation between two people and the body and soul. Ever since I can remember I have always loved dancing. I think the reason I love dancing has to do with my mother. She has always told me stories about her pregnancy of me. My mother said that during her pregnancy she would love dancing, she would dance for no reason at all. She would just turn up the stereo and start dancing while cooking and cleaning. She tells me she would go out to parties every weekend until her eighth month her of pregnancy. Even after she gave birth to me we would go out to parties with her friends. I Remember when I was three years old; I attended a party back home in my home country, Mexico. My aunty, who took care of me while my mother worked in the mornings dressed me in a pink taffeta halter top dress and white shoes and took me to Calle Las Peñitas where my mom was waiting for me. I meet with my mom and her friends and we were on our way to the banquet hall. The dance hall was called El Diamiante (The Diamond). El Diamaiante...
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...My princess Izzy, I have sat over the last few days since you grew your wings trying to write this to you. It is now Saturday night and i need to do this for you. I would love to tell you that i am okay and that we are having as much fun as i am sure you are having playing with all the other angels but i wont lie to you my angel... i am a bit lost.... but i dont want you to worry i will keep my promise and i will be okay in time.... I just miss you so much!! so does your daddy.... You were a surprise baby.... when we had that ultra sound at 21 weeks and found out you were a girl i was so excited.... your dad on the other hand was worried..... the thought of having a daughter scared him.... the thought of the boys coming to the house and having to scare them off terrified him.... but the day you were born and you looked at him you stole his heart..... The first time i set eyes on you i just stared at you, you were so beautiful..... i was amazed by your beauty and i knew then you were amazing! We brought you home 24 hours later and from that day on watched you get more and more beautiful every day..... When your medical journey started when you were 1 month old you started to really show your strength... I remember sitting in the waiting room for your first and second surgeries worrying and panicking wondering if you were okay and once you came out of surgery and the medicine wore of you were smiling, you never complained or whined about the pain you just smiled.....
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...has definitely taught me how to be responsible over the years I have had him. Huntley, who is my whole family’s dog, is not specifically all my responsibility. However, because of my parents’ busy schedules, caring for him was primarily done by me. Everyday I would need to feed him breakfast and dinner, let him outside, take him on walks, etc. When he was a puppy, he required much more work such as cleaning up his accidents in the house as well as training him not to do it again. Now, although I don’t need to do those things anymore, he still requires a lot of effort to get under control. Because of Huntley, I am now more responsible with my belongings, others’ belongings, and finishing tasks, which is quite important. In addition,...
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...Reflective I always new I would have a bright future in front of me. How it worked out in the end is a surprise to me and my family. In this paper, I will reflect on my life experience that has turned me into the woman I am today. I will use the adult development theories I have learned about in this class to show how my up bringing has changed the out come in my life. I am from Hammond, Louisiana. I lived there when I was an infant to two years of age. We lived in a nice two bedroom house with a white picket fence around it. I had lots of fun playing in the dirt and grass when my mother would dress me up in pretty cloths. She would get mad at me for getting dirty, but she would just clean me up again and make me stay in the house. We would go to my grandfather’s house and run threw the fields. He had ten acres of land that we would just run and play on. We moved to the city (New Orleans, Louisiana) when I was two and a half years old. The city was nice it had pretty lights and pretty houses; we lived in a two-story house that had a big fence around it was a nice neighborhood. At the age of four my mother decided to leave my father and she moved us to Houston, Texas. My sister and I went to daycare and my oldest sister went to school while my mother put herself through nursing school and made a life for us. After a few years my father gave my mother a divorce. One of my favorite memories was when my grandmother took us to Alabama; we stayed with relatives that we did not...
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...that are very important to me. My values that I carry with me all the time day and night originated from my family, friends, and teachers that are important in my life. The people that have influenced me and taught me most of my values is my family. My family is the people that have been there with me through the “good” and “bad”. They are the people who taught me the “dos” and “don’ts” in life. My parents are the ones who made me who I am today. By being there everyday of my life my family has taught me the meaning of loyalty, I’m a smart, loving, caring, trustworthy, hardworking, and successful because my parents helped guide me in the right direction. They will be there to support me until the very end. I don’t know what I would do without my family. If it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t be the person I’m today. My family has taught me never to give up and to keep going even when times get rough. They have instilled in me to reach my goals and strive for the best. I will reach my goals in life to the best of my potential. With this in mind, I go to school everyday to reach my short-term goal of graduating with honors and start my next goal of becoming a sophomore in college. My family has taught me everything that I believe in such as religion and working hard for what you want. When I got to school I get taught many things from my teachers, which helps me become a more well rounded and educated person. My friends are also the people who encourage me to be a hard worker and...
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...optimistic. Everyday I am learning that success is not about the outcome. Success is about improvement. One could discover that improvement was a motivating factor for me throughout my life. Whether improving at things that were typically important for a young student...
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...I wonder what my purpose of existence is. I wonder what type of reflection stares back boldly into my big brown eyes. What type of life have I prepared for myself 10 years from now or even 20 years from now? Which brings me to the big question “Who are you”? I am a young black teenager trying to find my way. I spend most of my energy dreaming about making it in the world. I truly believe that miracles are within my reach if I stand tall and strong in what I believe in. Graduating from grammar school was one victory that started my path in the right direction. The feeling that my parents and family showed me on that day made me believe there were greater things to come. During my 4 years of high school I refuse to accept anything but the best, because perfection is extraordinaire. I was told by my mom the best and the most magnificent and beautiful things in this world come to us not because of who we are but because we have prepared ourselves, for what life has to offer. Through these 4 years I have hit some bumps along the way and I always try to remember what she has taught me along the way of my journey. I try not see things as they are and say ‘’Why” must I dream of things that never were and say to myself “Why Not Me”. I know as a child we were taught as an equal to all others but some may have greater talents and powers where I’m lacking, but I have greater in others areas where they can’t be touch. Taking the journey through life I refuse to stop my growth and progression...
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...well being was at risk. There was a time when Rex took his daughter, Jeannette, to, “The Hot Pot [which] was a natural sulfur spring in the desert north of town, surrounded by craggy rocks and quicksand.” (Walls 66) “Dad kept telling me that he loved me, that he never would have let me drown, but you can’t cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is ‘If you don’t want to sink, you better figure out how to swim.” (Walls 66) This quote is saying that people cannot be afraid to take risks in life. Even though they might, figuratively speaking, drown; people have to be able to have the courage and the strength to pick themselves back up and go after their problems head on. Rex is also teaching his daughter to not be dependent on other people but, to stand on her own and accomplish tasks by herself. The Walls’s parents were not traditional parents their lifestyles, beliefs, morals, and values were not the same as average parents today, which caused for the Walls’s children to also be affected. Traditional parents take care of the basic needs of their child by providing them with food on the table, a secure home to sleep in at night, a consistent daily routine, and a positive and loving atmosphere to be part of. By just being able to put food on the table three times a day it gives a child a sense of stability knowing they are being taken care of. Children need to know that when they sleep at night nothing is going to happen to them, by having...
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