I Am A Best Assistant

Being a part of a community is nearly essential in the process of becoming an adult because during the teenage years people are constantly shaped into who they will be for the rest of their lives. Throughout my kid and teenage years, I have always been a part of a dance team mixed with people my age, and younger or older. Being a part of several teams has made me feel as though I belong to a group and has helped me to gain a better sense of confidence in

Everyone has different qualities and interests that make them unique individuals. After interviewing a fellow classmate of mine, Ruedi Kasabach, I have learned why he is the person he is today. Ruedi has lived with his family in Trenton New Jersey, his entire life. He is currently a boarder at Peddie. In his free time, Ruedi often watches tv, plays soccer, or spends quality time with his brother. In the future, Ruedi plans to take on a career focusing on sports. Ruedi’s hobbies, aspirations, and values demonstrate his active lifestyle and express his distinctive personality.

Last year, I experienced something that changed my life forever. It didn’t make me a different person, it just changed how I viewed things in our daily lives. Last year, I volunteered with a group known as Challenger Baseball. Challenger Baseball is a program, that gives differently-abled kids, a chance to experience all the fun parts of playing baseball. Each player is paired up with an able-bodied buddy. Not only do the buddies help the players play baseball, but they are also there for the player to talk to. Last year, I volunteered to become one of these buddies. At first, I was a bit nervous, not knowing what to expect. However, that fear quickly turned into joy. The smiles on all the players' faces, was more than enough to get rid of any fear. Although

From my first T-Ball team to my senior year track club, the comradery and confidence I have gained from competing on numerous sports teams has made an enormous impact on my life. Growing up, I went to a very small Catholic school. With less than 100 students in the entire school district. In third grade, our family moved to Manteno. Where each grade level had at least 120 students. Baseball and Basketball were crucial for me in my early years. It was how I became acquainted with most of my friends growing up in Manteno. If it wasn’t for competing on a team, I would have stayed timid for the rest of my life. With the confidence sports have gave me, I have been able to challenge myself to experience the world and all

Throughout my life I have always been involved in sports, whether it's for a team or just with friends they have always been apart of me. Once I entered junior high I began playing competitive baseball, a commitment that taught me how to manage my time. With practices everyday ranging from 2-3 hours I was limited to the time I was able to hangout with friends as I decided to put my schoolwork first. I realized I needed to create a balance between school, sports, and friends so I could further my education as well as do the things I love.

One of my primary interests is the formation of communities, especially those involving competitive environments, and even further should that competitive environment involve teamwork. Involvement in communities like them seem a fair pastime, and an effective device for the improvement of one's personality. American soccer and baseball were the two sports with which I was most involved throughout my youth, and it's through that participation I found the aforementioned to be true, and found too some friends I Imagine I'll cherish for the remainder of my life. Though sports such as

At the start of high school my life began to take a turn. Up to that point my life had been predictable. I had the same friends, played the same sport, and was still an introverted person. My life was bland. Baseball is what I grew up playing throughout my childhood. It was that sport I looked forward to practicing, playing, and enjoying. As I started to get older, the people and coaches I played with changed. I began to play less, and wasn’t improving every week like I had hoped. I even tried out for the school team, but I was cut. For these reasons, my dedication to this sport was deteriorated. Trying out for the school team wasn’t what I wanted to do, but it’s what I presumed everyone expected of me. Once I ran passed this realization, I stopped playing baseball. This is not how I envisioned the future.

Sports have always been a major part of my life. Since the beginning, I have always been involved in some type of sport. I am the middle child of two boys, so i wasn’t exactly “girly”, I was mainly considered a “tomboy.” I tried gymnastics, but it just wasn’t my thing, I stuck to a bat and a ball. Growing up there wasn’t a time when you wouldn’t find my brothers and I, or my dad and I outside throwing pitch. We all played baseball/softball, so it was kinda our thing just to go out and play a game of wiffle ball.

I started my love of sports when I was very young. At three years old, I played flag football for a local youth league. I was not shy and withdrawn like the other kids. I was outgoing and energetic. I don’t know if the other kids were embarrassed to play or they just didn’t understand the game, but the ball always came to me. I loved the attention from stealing a flag and scoring a touchdown. After flag football, I played every sport in every season—soccer, basketball, football, volleyball, and baseball. Every sport was the same—the ball always came to me. I was not necessarily an aggressive player, but I was athletic and demanded a lot of play time because I knew I could get

At age 16 I was told that I was incapable of being an athlete, I was told tennis was not a sport, I was told I could never play “a real man’s sport”. That same year, I stepped onto a soccer pitch for the first time in my life, I lined up against young men who had been playing the sport for more than a decade.Yet, I went out there with confidence and challenged them along with the notion that I could not play a real sport. Although, I was scared to embarrass myself, I knew that this decision would be one of the greatest I would ever make because of the life experiences I would gain from leaving my comfort zone for the first time,

I would say that my nature as a person is lonesome and introverted. That’s not to say I don’t like to talk with my friends or hang out, I’m just more likely to be by myself reading a book. Even then I kept company with people who honestly were very much like me , as in nerdy, asian, and keep to themselves. The football team at my school was nothing like that. In my school there seems to be no ethnic majority, and that reflected in the football team. Joining the football team exposed me to a lot of people who were very different from me and those who surprised me with the connections I shared with them.

Sports have always played a huge role in defining who I am as a person. When asked to describe myself, one of the first things that come to mind is a “sports enthusiast.” It is not until recently that I learned there was a deeper meaning to this description I once used to label myself. I found that my love for sports was a direct reflection of the word teamwork and the impact that this simple term had on my character. The first day I stepped on to that field the importance of being a team player was introduced. At six years old this concept can seem out of reach, but as I grew older and wiser I began to better understand that my desire for being a team player was something special. Being a

Being involved in a variety of school activities, was one of the key factors in the transition of my new school environment. The fact that I was involved in a volleyball team, helped the transition into these new surroundings. Through the social aspect of being on a new team, I was able to quickly establish new friendships before school started. With the start of school, these friendships helped me get acquainted in unknown terrain, further allowing me to meet even more people. These new friendships quickly spiraled into more opportunities of new ways to be involved, including both homecoming activities and becoming a member of the Spirit Squad. Engaging in these school activities allowed me to

I was born on an overcast summer day at Parkwest Hospital on August 31st, 2001. I don’t remember many key parts of my early childhood, but I have been told that I was very much a “social butterfly” and always making a mess. I was always wanting to help people do things, whether it was cooking, cleaning, or fixing something, I wanted to be involved. Although I was active, I never stayed playing one particular sport or activity. I participated in Upward Cheerleading for a few years, up until it became difficult for me to be at practices due to being at my mother’s house since my parents were not together. A few years later, my cousin and I played softball at Eaton Ruritan, on a team called the Dodgers. Around this time, I actually started enjoying school and learning new things, so sports were no longer important.

I was made who I am by Video Games, My Father and Mother. When I was a lot younger my father bought me my first gaming console. It was a PlayStation One by Sony Entertainment. I remember playing an abundance of different games, I mostly played Tekken games and early games in the Ace Combat series. I had neighbors that came over to my house to play on it. I used to think they were my friends, but in reality they were at a minimum 3 years older than me and only used me to play my games. I didn’t, and don’t mind though, they were nice to me.