“Love what you do and do what you love. Don’t listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it. You do what you want, what you love.”- Ray Bradbury. Bradbury’s quote caught my eye in eighth grade English while we were reading some of his works. This quote changed the reason I did things in my life and has set me on what I hope to be a bright path. I am Hazel Ambort. I was born on September 7th, 2000, three minutes before my twin sister, Lilli. I also have another younger sister named Janey, who turned one this summer. Additionally, I have two dogs: Buster and Ava, and two cats: Clara and Claws. I started going to Bettendorf Schools when I moved from Rock Island, Illinois in sixth grade. I enjoy playing softball and tennis, I also participate …show more content…
My mom has recently become concerned with my sister and I, because she feels as though we overwhelm ourselves with our class load and our extracurricular activities. This weakness has caused harm to myself in past events not only physically, but also mentally. Softball has caused a permanent injury in my right wrist from overuse, I have to wear a wrist brace whenever it starts to hurt again, which is every couple of months. Back-to-back tennis and softball has caused tendonitis in my left elbow, which also stemmed from overuse. I have also accumulated shin splints in both legs, which tend to come back during sports season. One week during the last school year, I was swamped with homework from all honors classes and debate work for an upcoming tournament that weekend. That entire week I stayed up until one in the morning and woke up at six in the morning, causing sleep deprivation. One night, I ended up breaking down and crying because I wasn’t going to have enough time to finish all of my work for the next morning and the upcoming debate tournament. I was so stressed out and so tired that I woke up the next morning sick from no apparent cause, I slept the entire day and finished my work from the night before and returned to school the next day better than ever. That night taught me that everyone needs a break every now and then. I fear that in the future that
I was born on May 6th, 2004, in the morning. Even when I was very young, 2 or 3 years old, my interests became prominent. First of all, I loved music. I would dance to all the songs that came on the radio, and I started singing to my favorites. I loved the way songs came together- the complexity, the unique array of notes, and the placement of rhythm. I started painting at an early age, when I was four, in 2008. As I painted I would hum my own tunes, which began my love of singing and art. That same year we got our family’s first dog, Ruby Sue, who has been a major part of my life. But into every life, some rain must fall. When I was 8 years old, and in second grade, I became very ill. I missed nearly four weeks of school, and was hospitalized for three days. When I was over the illness, the doctors determined that it had been atypical measles; I began to get anxiety on a regular basis, and had to be talked down frequently.
I am Brittany Humes –Cox and I was born and raised in a small town in Illinois, known as Carbondale. My biological mother suffers from a drug addiction and my father made other choices aside from being a part of my childhood. As a result, my two older brothers and I were raised by my maternal grandmother. As a young child, I would always question why me however, I became adamant not allow my circumstance to detour my success. I found peace in playing basketball along with writing poems to mend my broken
Hello, my name is Amara Strande and I was born on April 16th 2002. I live with my Mom, Dad, and younger sister Nora, along with three cats Jenny, Truffles, and Etta. I’m a pitcher in softball while being an actress in multiple musicals. I also foster cats with my family for Wags and Whiskers Animal Rescue in our spare time. It was fun getting to know Kacen and creating this book!
I am Aliyah Shaleese Crawley. I’m just a small town girl. I was born in Fayetteville on September 18, 2001 and was raised in Lake Waccamaw with my mom, dad, and older sister, Amanda. As a baby, I was always bouncing on my bed, looking over the rail. I was constantly smiling with a red rash under my nose from allergies.When I upgraded out of my pen, I was happy playing with my blocks on the regular making houses with them for my dolls play with and sometimes, I'd go organize the tupperware cabinet. I'd sit in front of it, to surprise my mom, even putting a child lock on it so she couldn't get in it.
My name is Sammie Spisak. I was born on July 19,1999 in Bridgeport, CT. I grew up in Fairfield, CT and I am the oldest in my family. I have two younger siblings, who are twins named Matt and Molly. They both just started their first year of high school. I have two dogs Georgia and Sophie, both Tibetan Terriers. My mom and dad both grew up in Fairfield. My mom is one of 7 and my dad has a sister. There are five sets of twins on my mom’s side of the family. I am one of 26 cousins.
My favorite outdoor activity is to ride my bike. When it’s warm that is. When it’s cold (like winter cold) I like to throw snowballs at my Mom. My special talent is being good at video games. The video game that I am the best at out of all the games I’ve played is Medal of Honor: Rising Sun. Medal of Honor: Rising Sun is a first-person shooter game which honestly i’m not that good at first-person shooter games but I am good at this one and i’m surprised I am. There’s a few other things you could know about me. I have a 22 year old brother named Ryan. My brother just recently got married, So now i have a sister-in-law named Emily. Also I have a one year old nephew named zayne. Also on an unrelated note i’ve just recently been on an airplane. We drove to Chicago to get me onto the airplane to go to my dad’s house in South Dakota. When i got back we spent the day in Chicago. We went to the navy pier. We also went to the lincoln park zoo. We went to get Chicago-style pizza at Giordano's (my favorite pizza of all
I come from an athletic and musical family. My dad is a soccer coach and my mom is a musical director. I have an older sister who is my best friend and basically my twin. I love spending time with my family and friends. When I am not playing soccer, going to school, or doing activities for ASB you can find me at church, in my room watching movies, or at Disneyland. I enjoy being active and playing games. I also enjoy helping others and helping out the community. When I’m free I love going to San Diego and feeding the homeless community. I also love cheering on others, whether it be at a sporting events at my school, or going to a Padres
L’s sisters have no reported mental illnesses and she states that she gets along with them when she has too. L attends her local high school and is in Year 12. She stated that she gets average grades as she only does the work needed for her to pass her subjects. L has a part time job at her local fast food restaurant. She works some shifts after school and some shifts on the weekends. L enjoys working; however since her favourite manager has taken maternity leave she has struggled with the current management and feels bullied and belittled by them. She cites this as a current stressor. L does not engage in any extracurricular activities at school or outside of school hours. L states that the reason she does not engage in these activities is due to her mother not allowing her to participate in sport or dancing. This has been since Year 8 when she broke her arm for the second time.
I constantly preach to my friends and family about the necessity of a healthy mind but I know for a fact I constantly neglect my own. I tend to overstress myself constantly and put my self in certain situations that I am not happy in, which is obviously horrible. The fact that Maria stressed getting a therapist and practicing self-love just shows me in yet another light that I need to become more concerned about my own mental health. And lastly, I took into great consideration the comment about B’s getting PhDs. Knowing that when Maria looks back she wishes she had given her self more free time also just lets me know that I need to let myself have a social life and to understand I can still get into graduate school if I get a B in a
I am a thirteen year old girl and I am in eighth grade. My hobby is being active, because it helps clear my mind, and hanging out with my friends makes me extremely jubilant. My treasured physical fitness is soccer, it is my treasured athletic activity because me and my friends like to play all together. Also, my cherished animal is an English bulldog, because I used to have one, but then my grandpa didn’t want him so he threw him out. English bulldogs are my most favored because they like to be lazy and cuddle with you, but when you want to run he/she will run with you. I have a total of six siblings, but I only live with two of them, my twin brothers live with my mom, and my little sister lives with her dad. My parents are divorced and have
Hi my name is Rachel Bergkamp. I am a junior at Andale High School. My family contains 6 people. One brother and two sisters. At this time I do not know what my major is going to be. My current goals is to get all Aś in school this year. Some of my hobbies include; sports and my friends. The sports I play are basketball and softball. My family has three dogs. Two labs and a weiner dog. My favorite qoute is ¨Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.¨ -Babe
My name is Laura Phelps, I was born on 6 March 1992, in San Fierro, San Andreas. I was raised there, and frequented the San Fierro Elementary, and High School then I moved in Los Santos for my university studies. As a kid, I was taught to be respectful towards others, caring, and well-behaved. Having such attributes, did not stop me from developing a strong and severe character. I am a person who lives by the rules, and expects everybody else to follow them. In my childhood, I took ballet classes, which I continued up to the age of fifteen. Then, on my late teens I completely focused onto my studies, as my main goal was to reach university, the best one possible. I grew up in a family of various members, where I've learned that everybody's
I, D’Kendrick McBeth, was born on March 30, 2000 at 12:33 a.m. I have one brother, Ladarrius, who is 12 years old, and one sister, Jynazhia, who is 13 years old. While growing up, I was always told to give a 110 percent on everything I do. Being a very educated young man, I have receiving a lot of awards such as honor roll, citizenship, most dependable, top 10 readers, mathematics award, language arts award, reading, and the physical science award, all because I am dedicated to making my family and myself proud. I am in the National Beta Club and FBLA (FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA). In FBLA, I placed second in computer problem solving in Computer Problem Solving.
Allow me to introduce myself. I am Tanequa Cox. Born and raised in Miami, Florida now 30 years of age, I am the older of two children from my loving mother and late father. My mother who is also my best friend sacrificed her life to ensure a contented lifestyle for us, by working hard. She instilled values into her two beautiful children, which lead us to be career oriented individuals, who is obstinate and driven to break generational bondages. In addition, my mother keeps me saintly; believing once I discover my purpose in life, set realistic goals, and pursue them. Goals such as continuing my education, land the career of my choice, travel the world, and form a healthy family.
Three problems i’ve been having lately is a work-school balance, seeing friends, and health. My health has been an exponential problem the older i get. To be specific; my knees are deformed in combination with having spaghetti noodles for tendons, they dislocate often. I also had to have spinal fusion surgery, I cannot twist my torso cannot lift much weight. On top of that i have a history of spontaneously fainting. These are problems because it makes it difficult to hold a job, it’s embarrassing and expensive to have an ambulance called for you so often, doctors say my health would improve if i exercised- yet i can’t exercise because of my health. The alternatives to combat this i’ve tried are to warn people such as professors and bosses not