Personal Narrative Analysis

I spent the five years competing to acquire skills and experience. I trained five days a week for ten months leading up to the tryouts. I filmed my practices to analyze my techniques. Tryouts consisted of a morning skills session, the competition, an interview, and a written test. I felt like my morning skills and the written test did not go well; however, the interview and the competition went incredibly well. Unfortunately, when they announced the nominees for the national team, I was not chosen. My dream that I trained so long for had been crushed and there were no second chances. I kept thinking if I had trained harder, studied more, that there was more I could have done.

Growing up, my parents and I always took the time to read stories together. Before bed, before school, while playing with dolls in the bathtub. Fiction and nonfiction stories alike taught me about both the physical, literal world around me, and the world I could create in my own mind when I needed to find comfort. It was through the works of fiction, however, that I learned despite the hardships of life, I could disappear into a world I could mold however I pleased.

“I didn’t spend a lot of time being afraid…. Just before and after and during patrol. John answered, as he finished his coffee. “There’s nothing like a cold cup of coffee.”

I usually neither support nor oppose the candidates running in the local elections. But, I am going to take an exception this time to openly declare my support of Dr. Nazeera Dawood for the Johns Creek City Council's Post 5.

“In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.”

Northwestern has already played a massive role in my development as a learner. Starting in fifth grade I took an Astronomy summer class with the Center for Talent Development program. I was hooked! I continued to take CTD courses throughout middle school. Having a group of likeminded classmates fostered a passion for science that catapulted me into AP courses in High School. Northwestern attracts a student community that I want to be a part of.

While I have had a surplus of extraordinary events happen to me it is still very hard for me to choose just one. I have already enjoyed high school more than I ever liked middle school. I think I can narrow it down to just one thing. It sticks out like a sharpened stake.

I am fifteen years old and will be turning sixteen in less that two weeks. The main difference that turning sixteen will bring into my life is the ability to drive by myself and have a license. Being able to drive by myself would improve different aspects of my life; however, in order to drive by myself I will need a car. I truly believe that my dad should purchase a car for me sooner rather than later because it would highly benefit the both of us.

Travelling throughout the dirt roads in the green state of Michoacan, Juan Cabezas Jr. expected a pleasant afternoon. He is a carpenter who travels from village to village often taking roads isolated throughout the countryside, but on this sunny day with spotted clouds in the sky he expected what any other human being would expect, a calm day, he was wrong. As he drove along the road, he thought he was alone, but he soon began to see a convoy of large Ford pickup trucks. The convoy then began to snake in front of his car eventually bringing him to a hault. Men in ski masks armed with what seemed like American made rifles, handguns, even grenade launchers. A man soon approached my cousin Juan telling him to keep his head down because these men

The summer of 2016 my brother was 18 months old, and he got sick. First he had a bad cold that stayed for three weeks, and his cough started to get worse, and he started to sound like a dog, and he couldn't keep anything down, and every time he tried to talk or say something he would cough. He had no appetite. He had a 103 temp.

On February 24, 2016, to my surprise, I woke up earlier than usual. While lying in bed, I decided to drive down to the American River to watch the sunrise and take a walk to explore the rising of wildlife. I arrived at the trailhead, along the levee, at 6:00AM. At this hour it was pretty chilly so I came prepared with warm clothes. Experiencing the river in first person gave me a better look on the evolving world of wildlife and its natural beauty that can only be beneficial to you and whomever you decide to go with. You get the opportunity to imagine and see the nature grow into something a lot more enticing and mind boggling than at first glance due to the atmosphere that surrounds the environment.

When you upload a video to Youtube, Google attempts to transcribe the speech into subtitles, usually with comedic consequences. I am able to add the correct subtitles at the correct times of the videos.

I remember my tragic event like it was yesterday. I was in six grade at the time. My family and I just moved to Lawton, Oklahoma from Schweinfurt, Germany. In six grade, I had two teachers Ms. Parker and Ms. Smith. Ms. Smith was the one who "Switch the Channel" in my life. I will never forget the negative comments she said to me. I went to her class every Tuesday. In her class, only three students attended, including me. I always felt miserable at the end of class, for she would say some negative comment to the students and me about how we would never succeed in school. Ms. Smith comments had a big effect on my life. Ever since I attended her class, I never felt the need to do well in school anymore because her negative comments got to me.

I moved here when I was three and I quickly found friends. With my spare time, I enjoy hanging out with my friends, playing on my trumpet, playing my piano and reading. I’m currently reading Harry Potter for the sixth time and watching all of the movies with my dad for the second.

At the young undeveloped age of 17 I decided to be independent. However at the age of 17 I also learned that I wasn't ready to be independent. Being still in high school, and not meeting eye to eye with my family created a sense of direction that I believed I could attain. What most people don't do until college or even after college, I had done. I managed to move out in a impulsive manner. Statistically, most people move out between the ages of 18-25, I convinced myself that one year wouldn't make a real difference, it was only a year, or so I imagined.