The story I tell myself about myself is one of inquisitiveness, resourcefulness, and drive. I am consider an extremely blessed person. I was adopted from another country. I have no clue what would have become of me if it was not for my parents. I was put into a family of four, making me the youngest of five siblings.
From a young age I was always into sports and asking questions. Ask my teachers from kindergarten to fifth grade about me. They will say I was a pretty smart. But if you ask my middle school teachers they will say I am not “sharpest tool in the shed”. The one thing I used as an outlet for me in those days was sports. I always prided myself in being one of the fastest and strongest kids in my middle school’s graduating class.
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At the end of July my grandpa on my mom’s side passed away. He was only one of my true grandparents I ever had the pleasure of knowing. I was very young when my dad’s father passed. I was very close with my grandpa. My mom told me how he wished for his kids and grandkids to go to college. But my mom was the only one in her family to go. I remember a few days after his funeral I found the last card he ever sent me from earlier this year for my birthday. This was not one of those funny birthday cards it was very sentimental and had meaning. It read, “Having a grandson means happiness. But seeing a grandson grow into a man to be proud of...there is no word to describe how that feels.” I recall in my tears the catharsis that took place. I decided to rid myself of all bad academic habits I slipped into. I decided I would do this no matter how hard it was. I would get myself turned in the direction that I need to go. The message in the card hit home and hit it hard. I imagined how proud my grandpa would be when I walk across a stage to accept my diploma from a university. I believe that in doing that I would be the man he hoped to see me grow into. The question for me now was: Where to begin and how could I make this change come about?
My final nights of summer were far from anyone’s definition of fun or exciting. I spent those nights watching videos, reading articles, and science journals about the way people learn and do well in
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One thing I have a strong passion for in life is sports. My favorite one was volleyball. It taught me a lot about life and myself. My sophomore year I made varsity, but was upset when I sat the bench more than I played. However, I still pushed myself every practice and never gave up hope. This payed off because the next season I was a starter and a team captain. Being a student athlete has been an incremental part of who I have become in the future. I did not realize it at the time, but my participation in sports has affected my life in more ways than I thought. Consequently, sports have had a major influence on the career path I have chosen, and have also been a significant part of bringing my family together.
I play sports, football, basketball, baseball, track, and soccer at one point. On my very first day of preschool, I did not know what was going on. All I knew was I was not going to be home for long, and I was going to be around people I didn’t now. Besides school, ever since I was younger I always loved sports, and have been good at it. Besides my sports obsessions, academically, I’ve always disliked reading because I felt it was a waste of time , writing is the one thing I usually like to do, and I’m slightly scared of presenting in front of an audience.
As I got older, my father’s strict educational parenting became a thing of the past. My father started using drugs and became less of a father and more of a person just there to occupy space in a room. He didn’t care about what my grades were like or what I did in school. My grades did start to slip and I went from straight A’s to barely passing classes. It wasn’t until I went to take out the trash one day and found an opened letter from a college recruiter at a college I really wanted to attend in the
My entire family is an athletic family, everyone did or does sports. However, I never really enjoyed sports to the extent that my family did. I tried to find something I had a passion for, but didn't really find anything until I was in 5th grade. A time that I was open to growth was my entire time in Phoenix Boys Choir.
During my senior year of high school, my paternal grandmother was very ill with cancer. My paternal grandmother would always talk about how happy she would be if I went to UC Davis for my bachelor's degree. She mentioned my older brother’s dream school as a great school for my passions. With her health declining, I decided to fulfil one of her biggest hope and dreams. My grandmother passed away in the summer of 2016 and I knew she would be able to pass on to the afterlife happy, knowing her grandchildren are going to achieve at their highest potential in the future. Although I am grateful for my own achievements, support from my family and where it has taken me, UC Davis was not truly the place I want to be. I truly wanted to attend a school
My whole life since the age of 3 revolved around sports. I excelled in soccer and continued to play at the collegiate level. During my high school years I wanted to be the best player I could so I started reading fitness magazine and as much about nutrition as I could. At 16 years old, I started to lift weights before school started and immediately fell in love with the combination of weight training and nutrition.
This is an autobiography about myself. In this autobiography, I’m going to tell you some of the things that has shaped me into who I am today. There will be about ten things I’m going to name.
I have been attending karate lessons since I was 11 and after 6 years I finally acquired a black belt, this shows how patient and disciplined I can be (a trait required in the working world today). Likewise, I also play cricket. I started playing in my early teens in high school, eventually progressing into my town’s team. Cricket allows me to improve my communication skills as well as general social skills, both of which are needed throughout life, especially in neuroscience research teams. During my first year of college, I also took part in a year-long charity event.
Ever since i was a little boy, I was into sports. I love to run,exercise,and work out. I have play'd sports for about 10 years but I only have 5 trophies and 6 medals. I have play'd soccer,track,ty kwon do,basket ball,swimming,and cross country. Most of the sports that I play'd in was in middle school. I was one of the most athletic kid in the whole school. Middle school introduced me into ty kwon do,track,and cross county. I was not the fastest person in the group, but I was sure one of the most hard working kid out of the
She did not live long after she get out the hospital and one of my uncles get married and move away from home to live with his wife. My aunt and her son migrated to another Caribbean country which she ends up die a few years later also by cancer. In this case, at age ten I was living with one of my uncle and grandfathers. Growing with two male figures in my life was not fun because they would have to be at work and I would have to stay at home all by myself but they will always ensure the house have enough food for me to eat and my grandfather did not let me miss a dad from school. My granddad motivates me in every way he can he would randomly say "Sam hold up your head and keep focus in school we are from a poor family", numerous of times he would remind me he's very sick with diabetes and he would love to see that I'm successful before God take the breath away from him. I want to become a crime scene investigator or a divorce lawyer to contribute back to my grandfather and also let him live to see my
Writing about myself, is honestly the hardest thing anyone has ever asked me to do. My life has been filled with great opportunities; I have been able to see parts of the world; and meet some interesting people along the way. In doing so, seeing the world has given me a great perspective on myself, it
What I am today is the reflection of my family's history. History of endeavors, pains, failures and growth. One evening, I was talking to my grandma and she started telling about our family. At first, it seemed quite boring, but ended up in tears and made me learn the most important lesson of my life. It was quite a deep thing to realize for a kid but fortunately and eventually I understood.
My story may seem simple and beautiful to those on the outside but for the ones on the inside they know how complex and different it has been and still continues to be. I always wonder what makes a person, meaning what makes them their true and most authentic self’s. When people ask me what “my story” is, I never really know where to start; at the beginning? Skip a couple years? Or just fast-forward till now? At times people have said my story/upbringing is not normal. Which baffles me because I did not know the word “normal” was still used in today’s day and age. I never took no offense to that though, I always brushed it off because different is the new normal.
Growing up with parents who didn’t know much about money put me in a position where I had to learn how to be financially responsible at a young age. Before my 18 birthday I wanted to open my own checking account and eventually a credit card in my name without any cosigner. With this in mind before my 18th birthday, I research every bank from big banks such as Bank of America to little credit unions like Arizona Federal. I learn about the fees, how to avoid them, the advantages and disadvantages of a big bank and credit unions, credit reports, the different type of credit cards available and what the best way to obtain them is. Then at 18, I opened my first bank account and subsequently a credit card a couple months later all without a cosigner. With the knowledge I have obtained on my journey, I know I would be an excellent fit for the company and looking forward to working with the team, and ready to educate the public about finances.