My Greatest Accomplishment: Gunnison, Colorado

Financial decisions are something everyone faces like buying a car to figuring out how to pay for students loans or debts. We are not taught about these types of financial decisions and how to go about them from a young age. In the news article Working Financial Literacy in With the Three R’s by Tara Siegel Bernard, she talks about how more states are beginning to require a personal finance instructions class. In the article Finance Course Prompts Debate by Gina Davis, she suggests incorporating financial elements into already required classes.

Colorado is a beautiful and historical state; the wide open plains, the glorious tall mountains, the history of its people that have shaped Colorado into what it is today. There is a lot to explore and learn when it comes to the Centennial State. Because of its history, Colorado is considered to be the meeting ground amongst three sections in the American West; the Atlantic Coast and Mississippi Valley, North and South, and Massachusetts and Virginia. These sections have shaped and developed the settlement and region in their own special ways.

Colorado, known for the Rocky Mountains, is a gorgeous place to be. The rectangular state rich with wildlife, covers 104,185 square miles. In the black timber, it is dark and silent, not a sound to be heard. The thick pine trees block out most of the sunlight, only to see about seventy-five yards. The terrain is brutal, almost straight up and down, but the elk love it because it is a challenge for hunters to see them. As I walk my favorite ridgeline in the black timber, I watch for the slightest movement and listen for the smallest crack. Watching thirteen-lined ground squirrels run around and chase each other can be humorous when they fall down from trees. My adrenaline pumps and heart races at a million miles per hour as I wait patiently

My project was to build three park benches for the Pets Alive dog walk area. This is where volunteers can walk the dogs and give them much needed out of kennel time. The volunteers/dog walkers can now sit and rest on the benches that me and my crew built and enjoy a more leisurely experience outside with the dogs.

In 1540, a Spanish Conquistador ( Conqueror in English) named Francisco Vasquez de Coronado led a journey to the Southwest. Coronado was born in Salamanca, Spain in 1510. His army had included Europeans and enslaved Africans. He was looking for the riches of the Seven Cities of Cibola, he was following the footsteps of a man by the name of, Estevanico. Estevanico was also looking for the Seven Cities of Cibola, Estevanico was a scout for Marcos de Niza. It was rumored that it was filled with gold and silver. Sadly, Coronado never found the riches or the cities, all that he found was the Native Americans which had included, the Utes and Comanches. They had looked intimidating to the Native Americans with his army. He had the better weapons and armor. The intimidation made the tribes react and defend, using bows, arrows, and spears. Eventually, the Spanish had decided that they would have to leave. He had ended his search at the Wichita’s Village. He left with discouragement to his home, Nueva Galicia. It was a place where Native Americans rebelled against harsh Spanish rule. Coronado lost his position as governor and retired in Mexico City, and died in 1554.

When assigned my first essay, “My Greatest Accomplishment,” I took time to brainstorm different ideas that defined me. The accomplishment that stood out the most to me was qualifying for State Track in four events on a sprained ankle. While writing this essay, I felt like a baby learning how to walk. My writing was unsteady and I took a few tumbles trying to get the paragraphs to flow. This reminded me of trying to run on my sprained ankle at the State-qualifying meet. However, like I finished the paper, I finished my events with qualifying times. I knew the essay would prove difficult, but I grew hopeful while writing because I knew I had numerous

There is no other place that would make me work this hard at everything I do, but now I know I could do it. Before being an MEHS student, I relied in only my grades, but getting those good grades with such simplicity was bringing me nowhere. After hearing about Mt. Edgecumbe I was scared that I could not make it up there. After two years of being a student there, I understand that succeeding at Mt. Edgecumbe is no simple task, but it could be done by someone who truly give it everything they have. Although this would be one of he most streaneus accomplishments I had ever achieved, I know I that I could do it if given the

Colorado is known for its beauty, breathtaking views, healthy living, active life-style, its mountains, and superior skiing resorts. Colorado has the highest elevation out of any state! Over 1,000 Rocky Mountain peaks reach over 10,000 feet high and 54 tower above 14,000 feet (America, 2017). Running along the easternmost side of the southern Rocky Mountains is the Front Range also known as the “home to the western tip of the Great Plains” (Tourism, 2017). With all the obvious picturesque reasons tourist visit Colorado or individuals choose to make their new home here not many know about the fracking boom and its effect on our Centennial State.

George Orwell is one of the most influential authors in the whole world. What makes him so unique is his interesting background. Orwell is known to be anti-fascist and anti-communist but before he started expressing this ideas Orwell was a supporter of communism and even fought for the communists In the Spanish Civil War. After his experience in the Spanish Civil War, Orwell started writing books about this conflict and the injustices of both the nationalists and communist ideals and therefore came two of Orwell´s most recognized books that being Animal Farm and 1984. These books have some similar themes and more importantly they relate to the Soviet Union. This brings an important question. To what extent were there any other influences besides totalitarian states for Orwell to write both 1984

I did it because it was the right thing to do and the people at that church needed a safe way to get across that spillway. That is how this project went beyond school, work and home. My research paper was about bridges on the outer banks of the North Carolina and how they keep getting torn down by the extreme weather there. My project is building a bridge so it is pretty easy to see the connection. One is building a bridge and the other is about tearing them down. I feel that my project was a bit bigger than my pears projects because I didn’t do mine by myself, I have people helping and it is more about physical labor rather than teaching or doing office work. I also think mine is unique because I don’t think there has been many students that actually build something to this

Community arts organizations are charged with the responsibility of bringing accessible, entertaining works of art to their fellow community members. While this responsibility is one fueled by passion, it is unfortunate to say that it comes at a price. Non-profits, as we have learned from various lectures in our class, have quite a small staff for a reason. Full-time, and even part-time, positions quickly drain what little funds exist for an organization to put on an event. As a result, community arts organizations must heavily rely on the kindness of friends, family, and neighbors to generously volunteer their time to ensure the event is a success.

Our team practice everyday for 2 hours and our record was 23-1. We were the first team ever to win in our age division to ever win for St.Mary’s. We had a hard time in the beginning of the season. One of our best players injured her knee. She was running towards the loose ball and her knee twisted. She was out for the rest of the season. Looking back on it made me better because I learned how hard you to to practice or try to achieve your goal.

We ended up developing an app called NYC Loop. The purpose of the app was to help teenagers find things to do all around New York City. The app did something similar apps didn’t do, and that was bring the focus to teenagers. Of all the projects I have participated in academically, this is the one I am most proud of. Creating it showed me that I could rise above any failure that I encountered, and create something better, something successful. This was significant to me because once we learned that we would have to start over, my other group members and I had thought that all was lost. We thought that even if we did manage to create something, we wouldn’t create an amazing app, or something that we thought would win anything. However, our rise from failure proved us all

What's mine is yours. Having lived a year in a student hostel I understood this phrase was the best to describe my first year student life. We shared everything: all of bright spots, all of difficult moments, all of the books and all of the cakes. My roommates are my best friends now and I trust them as I would myself. I believe amazing adventures and close friendship are waiting for us too! Also I believe, my dear roommate, you’ll get at least one new hobby living with me. I promise I’ll share to you with my frenzy for mountains. Oh, that’s really amazing! I’m a participant of the university tourist all around team(sports tourism university team member) and every weekend we get to go to incredibly picturesque places of Zailiyskiy Alatau.

My greatest accomplishment thus far, has been getting high grades in college. Accomplishing this required: patience, dedication, tenacity, stamina, and confidence. It took patience because there were long hours that were dedicated to homework and studying. It took dedication because I had to continually tell myself that it would be worth it, even when it was difficult. It took tenacity because I knew that I couldn't accept anything less than my best. It took stamina because there were a lot of late nights and just a lot of time in general to complete everything that was required of me. Lastly, it took confidence because if I didn't believe that I could, it would have made it a million times harder.