Graduating High School Life Analysis

2017 has been a year to remember. I did many things that can only be imagined in one year. Graduating high school, traveling the world, starting college, and having people enter and leave my life so fluently.

“Life After High School” by Joyce Carol Oates is a brilliant demonstration of the tragedy that follows when individuals refuse to be true to themselves. The protagonist, Sunny Burhman, must reconcile her high status and the ensuing idolization of her character with the pursuit of her hand in marriage by the antagonist, Zachary Graff, whom she does not love. As Zachary presents her with a ring, she finally realizes that she no longer can lead him on; she rejects him. He commits suicide as a result, and Sunny assumes she was the solo motive for his actions, though it is later revealed she was not. Consequently, she draws upon the reader’s pity by renouncing her cheery demeanor and devoting her life to accomplishments rather than the pursuit of

A person's character changed for the better during his service in the military. To begin with, mandatory service teaches the person self discipline. Michael Anthony, an author who served in US army, writes in his article, "What the Military Teaches About Self Discipline," that discipline must be ground into conscript. He needs to gain physical strength, perseverance, knowledge, and courage, "n.d." When an individual joins the military service, he forces to do more than he thinks he can; he learns to obey commands and commits to important values, such as learning how to be punctual in time. Daily workouts, meals, and sleep have specific time in the military service

Growing up I always had an admiration of the military and all the stories that went along with it. In grade school learning just briefly about the wars that happened in our past and ones that were going on in present day time. Watching tragedy’s happen right in front of me on live television and seeing our military take action in no time at all. To being in high school and doing in depth research papers about wars, that opened my eyes so much more to what really happened. I have always had an eye for the military and what goes on inside, where no one else can see.

The military has the ability to provide a new set of social opportunities and is one of the few social institutions with the capability to initiate long-term change. This change begins immediately when the recruit enters basic training. At this time, the recruits are

joining the military you have to work as a team no "I" in the Navy which I was familiar with because of my sports background teamwork was number one rule so the military wouldn't be such a shock if I never be a team player. but i learned a lot even more about different cultures by actually visiting countries that people I met in the United States and see their way of life back in their native homeland also eating their food and drinking the local beer while sighting seeing always made me enjoy the experience of being a sailor. Besides traveling the world and having fun the military shaped me to be even better person not just through teamwork but through the training and the spirit of being a American patriot with honor,courage , and commitment and willing to fight for America in the world's greatest Navy.

Senior year has pegged it’s own challenges. With the ongoing stress of finals my stress level has hit an all time high. For some reason this year has become harder and more cutthroat. I have the added task of officially deciding my future to the extent of what I want to do for the rest of my life. Currently I want to binge watch my favorite show on Netflix in my pajamas by a fire. However, something tells me that would not be the best idea. Senior year has given me a new perspective on life, making me realize that to become an asset to society I need to be involved and up to date on current government and societal issues and events. This being said, I have begun to read up and become aware of the direction this country wants to go in.

Everyone human being lives their own lives, each experiencing different situations and encounters, which shape and influence their choices, intern their lives. These lives lived are thought to be ordinary, normal, nothing special or distinctive about them, but compared to others they might not seem so bland after all. Ordinary goes hand in hand with normal, standard, and average. Each of these words opposites of the extraordinary and abnormality.

Unconsciously adapted. I like to think I had served my country for many reasons. I was raised in a military family and our mindset was either you go to college on scholarship or you join the military. October 29, 2009 was the day I swore into the military, so I could achieve my duty of serving the Unite States and receive a scholarship in return. Because of my lack of consistency in my senior year in football, I discovered football was not my calling. Furthermore, I have always loved the idea of traveling and going to the beach was always a passion of mine: pursuing the Navy was the only logical option. After traveling to multiple countries over my six year enlistment, it did not take me long to acclaim that I have the best country in the world! With that chapter being closed, there are three things I took away and will forever cherish.

My time in the military has taught a thing or two about Honor, Courage, and Commitment. I believe it ties into the results of my VIA character profile, and the top five that I chose really is who I am as a person, and how I always strive for every day.

My earliest recollection of wanting to join the military was when I was in the 8th grade. When anyone asked me what I wanted to do when I got older the answer was always the same, when I turn eighteen I’m joining the military. The branch of service may have changed by the focus was always on serving in the military. I wish I could state the drive behind joining, I believe it may have been for the glory only at that time. My only real connection to the military was my maternal grandfather who had served as an enlisted Army MP for over 20 years active duty. My parents were behind me in my decision to join but always hesitant, especially my father who grew up in the Vietnam area. My dad would always mention how his parents were ready to head to Canada if his draft number was ever called, and I know he meant it.

My greatest success was graduating high school. High school was the toughest thing for me to transact throughout my senior year. I had so much going on with my personal life, I began failing my classes. When I started failing my classes, I thought it was all over so I started missing school here and there. Then one day, I talked to one of my favorite teachers and we discussed what was happening. He told me the words I needed just to get by and graduate high school. After that, I started to get on the grind trying to pass my classes. I think this is my greatest success because I was at my worst state. I ended up graduating when I thought I wasn’t going to graduate with my class. One obstacle that I faced was doing my work and turning it in.

Joining the Military was one of the most important choices of my entire life. It should of been an easy decision as most of my family have served in the military in some capacity but I struggled with it for far longer than expected. The two men I most respected in the world are my grandfather and adoptive father. My grandfather was an Army Ranger with 27 years in the service. He played for the army football team and I will always remember the pictures he had behind his big pink armchair of him in his old leather football gear as he would sit me on his knee and tell me stories. My father spent 21 years in the Army. He was in the Special Forces for 17 of them as an Weapons Sergeant and before that he was Airborne Infantry with the 82nd Airborne Division. Alot of the reason I joined was to get closer to the two of them. However, I did not want to be an infantryman so I enlisted in the

In the latter part of my high school years, I was continuously asked, “What are you going to do after high school?”. At the time, I didn’t really know for sure what I was going to do after high school, and my uncertainty about my future lingered until my senior year. Once senior year rolled around, I became aware of the reality that I truly needed to decide what path I was wanting to take following school, because the time to make that decision was approaching quickly. I began devoting serious time and effort to thinking about my future, and that was hard for me to do, because up until that point in my life, I had never really given that topic much serious thought. It is for this very reason that I am eager to complete the Whole Life Concept project, because I know that it will help me get a better understanding of what it is I am good at and passionate about, and will help me to be able to begin to make decisions about my future based off of what I learn. I also believe that this project will allow me to propose my short term, long term, and complete career long goals. The Whole Life Concept Project will allow me to understand the nature and extent of technical and non-technical skills and knowledge that will be required of me to know, and to know well, in order to achieve my goals. I have put some serious thought and time into considering potential career paths for myself, and I did a lot of research on the subject fields that interested me. I knew that I wanted to do

“What do you want to do with your life after high school” is a frequent question that I am asked from family, faculty, and friends. Deciding what I want to do after high school was surprisingly quite easy for me, considering the fact that I have known what I wanted to do since freshman year. To find out more information about becoming an anesthesiologist, I conducted a research project on everything I will need to complete to get on the right track to seizing a job in this exciting medical field. The first phase of research included learning more about what being an anesthesiologist is, and the different things that came along with the job. I learned more about what their tasks are, what the salary of an anesthesiologist is, and miscellaneous things such as work hours and job placement. The next phase involved conducting an interview or job shadow with someone who has a career in the field. I conducted an interview with Dr.Barrett at Clarion Hospital. This interview provided me with insight on what I need to do to successfully obtain a career as an anesthesiologist. The last research phase was education. I researched three different undergraduate universities and one medical school which were the University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University, Grove City College, and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. After all of this research I have concluded that this career is the right career for me. Although the career choice of an anesthesiologist will involve a long