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When my parents had m older siblings they were told to be hectic babies. As a newborn as was the only exception. Of course I cried out of the womb. After that however, I was a wonderful kid, very quiet and peaceful. I feel like this trait has stuck with me throughout my years and maybe even evolve.
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Basketball has been something that has stuck with me ever since I was about 4 years old. This is when I actually decided to start playing in a league in order to improve my skills. I soon began to spend many days on the basketball courts with my friends and spent most of my free time on this activity. To this day being an athlete keeps me in shape and gives me cool hobbies I can partake in.
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Someone smarter than me once said, "surround yourself with people smarter than you, heck even I do." This is a lesson I have took with em everywhere I go. Lets say there is a homeless man with big opinions but nobody is listening I might just go have a seat and see what he has to say because every point of view is worth hearing out, and honestly I feel the more perspectives one can withhold there more fair and just they will be, if only everyone learned to top and listen for awhile
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My dad has always been an elite skier so when he took me up to the hills I had a lot to live up to. Me and my father always have so much fun on the hill, but skiing didn't only teach me to have fun it also showed me how to be a risk taker. Sometimes you just have to believe in yourself even if yo know you may fail, and that's okay.
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Jr Lifeguards is a summer camp program along the beaches of Chicago. My beach was at the very most northern point of the camps at Leon beach Rodgers Park. While this camp may seem extremely fun at first there is more too it. These camps could get any kid in shape in one summer and I spent 6 summers there, in a row. This camp made me take my health serious. When I was too old to go I had severely changed my daily routine since the beginning an I have even started to be healthy.
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My parents had always enforced education in my house. My sister was always a good role model and influenced my and my brother greatly. In my belief this was the reason why they enrolled me at preschool at Norwood Park School. I met all sorts of new people.
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Being on a basketball team allows me to practice working efficiently with others. Every day I communicate efficiently with my teammates to produce a positive out come and secure the W much like how when I apply i in everyday situations.
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While there were few strenuous times in my life I still know what it means to persevere. Many times in my life I have been injured quite badly. Most of these times I decided to just walk it off and not go to the doctors. I also work extremely hard and have worked physically until I could no more.
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When I was a child me and my friends joined boy scouts. My father was the scout leader and he took us and all sort of fun adventures. eventually I learned to love the outdoors. One activity in patriarchal made me realize could stay outside forever! Camp Owasippe really made me connect with my inner nature through numerous activities but my favorite, archery, holds a special place in my heart.
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While winning a tournament gives one of the best feelings in the world losing one can be painful. While in the moment these memories feel like gods punishment, it was really a blessing. Because of the loss my and my teammates went in to detail why we had lost. This act really got me into reviewing myself and improving. While I was mad at the time I could not be happier the life lesson that The loss had taught me
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As I do not have to use this skill 24/7 it still comes in handy in many situations. Such as any argument. I am usually a very good mediator because I am able to asses situations and put together a logical and fair solution to just about any issue.
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Around the 7th grade my parents finally bought me a phone. I deem this as important because two years previous everyone in the family received phones except me. During the years going into high school I real became who I am today. I was able to connect with all sorts of new people and I really broke out of my shell those years.
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While I have a few memorable victories I will speak of one in specific during a tie when I was transitioning from grade school to high school. On Jr. Eagles me and my team across the state and took straight dubs. When we won a tournament we all got medals and goofed around way too much it really seals a victory and engraves this memory in my brain forever.
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Grade school was so much fun for me. The school work was easy and I had school with all my closest friends. During these times was more about friends than learning for me and graduation really made me realize this. From that point on I have focused school work much more while balancing my social life.
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I have been working on my basketball game and Its hard to learn every thing by yourself. During the off season I saw m coach a lot less so I went to someone knowledgeable in basketball. My uncle was D2 athlete. and he taught me all sorts of new techniques I later mastered on my own
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The first time in 4 year as had me my brother and my sister all been in the same school at the same time. This made my Freshman year unique to all others. While I had already made many new people going into Taft through sports and the academic center, the influx of people of all ages that I met through my older siblings isn't comparable. As my friendships grow throughout my years at Taft, I will never forget the jubilant times I had with my old friends.
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My uncle and cousin have been going to a basketball/religious camp called Hot Rocks In Adrian Michigan. Going into Freshman year me and my brother were invited up and we had a blast. I really learned a lot about basketball and being a better Christian. While truthfully I haven't always been as good as a Christian as I should have been, Hot Rocks opened my eyes to all news way to follow my religion. It also taught me some great basketball moves!
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During the next summer I would like to participate in some sort of engineering summer camp. So I decided to enroll in a very new science class at Taft called Ib Physics. I hope for this class to be the class that puts me one step ahead of all the others as well as allow me to engulf myself in this booming career
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My whole life there has always been some global event whether it be positive or negative. While people see these events on the news they often know little about what is really gong on, why its happening, or how we can prevent this from happening in the future. In taking AP Human Geography I hope I can learn a range of new topics and soon make a difference.
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Lately in my entrepreneurship 1 class we have been working on creating a business. When creating a business a great way to look at it s where is a problem and where can I help solve this problem. While I have no business plan yet I have already started making the ethical decisions that go a long with creating a business. I decided that my business such as that it will be a non profit corporation.
