Personal Narrative: A Letter In Northview Cross Country

It was a nice summer morning we I was all of a suden shoke like turbulence on a plane to wake up. It turns out I slept threw my alarm to wake up for the day. It was about 11:00 am and today we were heading to Florida and our flight takes off at 1:00 pm. You may think that we had time to make the airport in Milwaukee but, we had to drive all the way to Chicago, Illinois because there was no flight for Florida in Milwaukee. Luckily I had packed the day before with the rest of my family so all we had to do was wait for our aunt Lisa to take us to the aiport in Chicago. She showed up five minutes later with a mini van and there was about seven of us jammed in there. It was alright for me because in our family if you called “shot-gun” or “I

National Honors Society is an amazing opportunity to be chosen for. By being accepted, it shows that the hard work that I have done in the classroom, and in the community have done well for not only the community but for myself as a person. Since I have started High-school, I have done many volunteer hours at my church. I have done many things such as help lead game-time for the little ones during a learning program called Awana. Awana is a program done by some churches to help raise children to love and serve God. I also help most Sundays in the sound room at church. I help to run the sound and the computer that displays the songs that we are doing that particular Sunday. I enjoy doing these things because seeing the children’s faces, enjoying

Ever heard of the Appalachian trail, it’s 2,000 miles of wildness stretched of all you see.

Failure is all around us, but so is success. Both result from one thing, setting goals. I set goals to achieve a sense of accomplishment when they are completed. From doing my homework every night to getting 100 percent on a test, goals help me focus my time on the activities that I must accomplish. Taking responsibility for your own failures is difficult. My failure makes me wonder what could I have done differently. I was forced to ask myself that question after Cross Country Districts Junior year.

It was October 2016 of my junior year, right in the heart of the Cross Country season. Cross Country was fun and team was doing great, but I was looking forward to the upcoming winter track season. High jump is where it is at and that is where I wanted to be and then it happened… I went down and my ankle was caught underneath me and twisted. I'm not exactly sure how it happened, but I was hurt. I was on the ground, in pain as other racers passed me. I was able to get to the finish it wasn’t pretty, it wasn’t fast, but I did it.

In my time at North, I have had countless amazing classroom experiences. The classes that I’ll never forget though will be AP Calculus with Mrs. Buckley, AP Statistics with Mrs. Schmid, and multiple advanced science classes with Mrs. McCreery. From the funny moments and inside jokes shared with classmates to the feeling of satisfaction after finally understanding a super tough topic, I will always have terrific memories of these classes. These classes taught me to challenge myself and to always stay curious. My experiences also showed me that hard classes are as enjoyable as they are difficult. It seemed that as the classes got harder, the stronger the bond was between the students and the teacher. My life will forever be changed because of

During my sophmore year I recieved a letter from Rensselaer that simply stated the school had seen promise and was interested in me. At the time, I had never heard of Rennselaer or even considered going out of state for college. However, my curiosity took over and I looked through the school's website. I marvaled at the fantastic oppertunities RPI had in store for students in the STEM fields. I always knew that I would go to college in a STEM field but Rensselaer opened my eyes the distinct and individual paths that science can take me. Through further research, I began to see myself falling into the community of students that seemed to thrive in the rigorously intellectual enviroment of Rensselaer. Most importnatly, I connected with the school's

For example, lemon tartes are one of my favorite desserts, but making the tart crust is extremely complex. I spent hours attempting the crust but kept failing. I was getting discouraged and was at the point of defeat. However, I gathered myself and tried again a few hours later and the crust was a success! The next day I had a scrumptious lemon tarte for my family to eat. This was a time when it would have been so much easier to give up and admit defeat, but I pushed through and was so proud of myself

Many times in life there are goals that we want to achieve, but an obstacle occurs and stops the opportunity to achieve the goal. A goal that has occurred in my life is winning the first place championship in NHRA Junior Drag Racing. I was unable to receive the championship due to having late reaction times, and the other competitors being able to beat me. When I had realized that I was unable to receive the championship I was disappointed, discouraged, and determined. I know that if I want the championship next year I will have to put in an effort and concentrate during the time of the race. I haven't overcome the obstacle, but I have overcome the emotions I had. I have continued to stay concentrated and keep practicing my reaction times.

My grandma owns a old cattle farm, even though there isn't much cattle there anymore. Before my cousin, Aunt Jen, and uncle moved to Hawaii, they built a house on the property. Whenever they come to visit, they always stay in their old house.

Sometimes do you ever just feel like there is someone out there waiting for you, to change your life, but you just haven't met them yet? In a world with over 7 billion people that is often the case. Out of those 7 billion people about 10,000 of them live in a small suburb of Michigan called the East Bend. Sounds fancy huh? Well you could say that. About one half of our town is full of nice well kept homes owned by businessmen or doctors. Then one fourth is owned by those regular everyday cookie cutter type families. Then the remaining fourth are well the others. The weirdo rednecks who love four wheelin and cow kicking, or just that one family the whole neighborhood just stays as far away as possible from. I’m one of those well normal families.

Although one alluring element of Northwestern is its location (a large subset of my family lives in Illinois, and I rarely have the chance to visit), the multiplicity and variety of the University’s opportunities are most captivating. Developing my knowledge of several topics while balancing my course load and social life has been challenging in high-school, and I have instead chosen to focus intensely on a few. Northwestern, however, would force me to dial down my perfectionist tendencies and expand my skills across other disciplines.

I’ve been through moments where I have failed. I would always doubt that I could do anything considering I always failed at everything. Sure, I could have given up and forget to ever try again. Yet, I didn’t, I got up every time and tried again.

I writing you in regards to the letter I received. I Have been charged $100 for failure to clean which I feel strongly I am not responsible for.

When I was younger I had a paper route. My brother and I shared one. It wasn’t to big. We earned about $20 each every month. We could usually do it in about 20 minutes. We had to do it year round. Rain or shine. We usually did it when we got home from school on Tuesdays. It was pretty easy.