My Greatest Accomplishment Was Being A Three Time Heavyweight Champion

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

Throughout high school and undergraduate studies, I have tried to achieve academic excellence, improve my athletic abilities and become a better employee at a law firm. Although several experiences have shaped me as an individual, I believe that wrestling set the foundation for most of my improvements and accomplishments. I first started practicing wrestling when I was six years old and competing when I was nine. Although I was training four times a week, I failed to win anything for several years. I became less confident in my abilities, but I did not give up on the sport. I wanted to prove to myself that I can compete for medals with other athletes. Poor performances motivated me to work harder in practices, spectate older wrestlers and exercise

I was late for school, and my father had to walk me in to class so that my teacher would know the reason for my tardiness. My dad opened the door to my classroom, and there was a hush of silence. Everyone's eyes were fixed on my father and me. He told the teacher why I was late, gave me a kiss goodbye and left for work. As I sat down at my seat, all of my so-called friends called me names and teased me. The students teased me not because I was late, but because my father was black. They were too young to understand. All of this time, they thought that I was white, because I had fare skin like them, therefore I had to be white. Growing up having a white mother and a black father was tough. To

My single biggest accomplishments that i have achieved, is graduating from middle school and starting a new phase in my life, this is inportant to me because i have turned from a boy to a man. I have also learned priceless lessons and values from the people around me that helped me become who i am. It helped me be defined as someone else and not just a shell of a person going through school, what i do now defines the life i have, and will forever be me. I said goodbye to me elementary and middle school teachers that inpacted my life

Being an African-American female I have been faced with many obstacles in life. These obstacles have consisted of being faced with stereotypes because of my gender and race. Despite these challenges I have learned to always embrace my ethnicity and culture, and use these stereotypes as motivation to not only better myself as a person, but to prove those who doubted me wrong.

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.

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.

was hard because of my racial and religious limitations. Much like John Howard Griffin from Black Like Me, I was able to switch from one racial group to another, somewhat understanding yet not completely grasping both perspectives. In most of my

One of the challenging obstacles I have overcame was my appearance. Growing up I developed a lazy eye. My parents had retained this from me and I found out in a harsh way. Hatred was the feeling towards the fact that my parents did not tell me, but I assumed that it was for the best. Even if it was for the better, I felt worthless and depressed. Unlike a common person, I assumed that I had limitations.

Muhammad Ali was named the one of the greatest heavyweight champion in boxing history by Ring Magazine in 1987. Besides being an amazing boxer, he was a people person and outspoken figure who took championships and won.

The extreme obstacles that I faced as a first generation Vietnamese-American presented many challenges that developed my character and solidified my strengths. My parents came from a third-world, communist country with only high school diplomas, which were not valid in the U.S. To feed and clothe their family of six, they had to work endlessly, and eventually our quality of life improved.

The biggest challenge I faced was coming back to the U.S. after spending three years in Yemen. I was in seventh grade and knew no one, while other students had already formed tight friendships and were unwilling to accept others into their groups. I felt like an outsider, torn between two different worlds and forced to change habits and identity in order to fit in. Adapting to a new environment was nothing new to me; I have been to 7 different schools as a kid because of all the moving we had to do. However, this was different because I was the only Muslim-Middle Eastern girl in school, and wearing a scarf only made me stand out more. Moreover, the media's portrayal of Muslims was not helping my case and made it harder for me to adapt, as people

My biggest obstacle was August 1, 2005 when our apartment building caught fire. My Mother, Brother, Sister, and I were home, it was the most distressing thing I've ever had to encounter. The night of my Aunt's birthday a fire started and the smoke made me feel as if I was drowning. My cousin Kendrick Weber woke me up, because I wasn't waking up when my sister tried. He pulled me out through the window and my forehead

I think the biggest challenge I have faced and still face today, is being adopted from Russia. Based on the situation I was in, the chances of me being where I am today were definitely not in my favor. I was a 3 1/2 year old boy with no mother or father. As I got older the odds of me finding a forever home were getting slimmer and slimmer by the day. I was never supposed to be where I am today. God blessed me with two loving parents that adopted me, and brought me home to the United States. Although, I had a great life here in the U.S, I still faced the challenge of fitting in and being different from everyone else. I didn’t grow up in this culture or know these kids since birth. I was the different kid. The Russian boy, not the normal American

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.