Personal Narrative: Angle On The Sidelines

I cannot honestly say that I remember the first time I met Dr. Demarcus Smith. He is an active member of the Cleft and Craniofacial Team at Children’s Hospital in New Orleans that I have been seeing ever since I was

Dr. Phillip Calvin McGraw was born September 1, 1950 best know as D.Phil. is an American television personality author, psychologist, and the host of the television show Dr. Phil, which debuted in 2002. In the late 1990’s he was on the Oprah Winfrey show that’s how he got famous. He was born in Vinita, Oklahoma the son jerry and Joe McGraw he grew up with two older sisters, Deana and Donna, and younger sister Brenda in the oilfields of north Texas where his father could pursue a lifelong dream of becoming a psychologist. Dr. Phil attended Shawn mission north Texas high school in overland park Kansas. In 1968 he was awarded a football scholarship to the university of Tulsa, where he played middle linebacker under coach

Dr. Scott Timmons: He was born and raised in Forest Lake, Minnesota. He currently resides in Lake Shore with his wife Alison and their three children. He received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Minnesota in 1999, and purchased Wyoming Family Dental in 2001. In 2002,

Born Phillip Calvin McGraw, Dr. Phil was born in Vinita, OK on September 1, 1950. McGraw, growing up to be six feet four inches tall, was a star linebacker at Shawnee Mission North High School in which he attended. In 1968 Phil McGraw was awarded a football scholarship to the University of Tulsa. After attending Tulsa, he transferred to Midwestern State University in Texas graduating in 1975 with a Bachelor's degree in psychology. Furthering his education, McGraw went on to the University of North Texas earning his Master's degree in experimental psychology in 1976 followed by a PhD in clinical psychology in 1979. A dedicated family man, McGraw married to Robin Jo Jameson since 1976, has two sons Jay and Jordan, and two

“Although the hours of study and hospital duty were long, life was rich and full. Symphony Hall and the Gardner Museum were within walking distance, squash courts were available for daily exercise, our singing group met weekly, bicycle trips and club dances added to the variety. It was heaven. (Nobel Prize)” Even though the academic part of college was difficult and long for Murray he participated in the singing group, bicycling, and dance club. During his last few months at the college, he met his wife, Virginia Link Murray at the Boston Symphony Orchestra concert. Murray graduated from Harvard Medical School in

My whole life I’ve felt like an outsider. When I was younger dealing with a learning disability, I have had a hard time making and keeping friends even to this day. I struggle with being a follower instead of a leader. My own adoptive father verbally abused me growing up and I also had kids in fifth-sixth grade who constantly bullied me. I still am reminded of an instance when the first day of fifth grade approached: I got on the bus and these older girls started making fun of my pants saying, “She’s wearing high-waters.” I was humiliated in front of my peers every day since than during those two years. After being bullied for so long I made a vow to myself to never forget the pain inflicted upon me on a daily basis.

It was my first time going geese hunting with a shotgun. I was really nervous to going because my uncle and my grandpa are really good at it. They go every weekend and more than half of the time they get their lemont. Also I was very excited to go just growing up going and always watching them going hunting with guns and i always watched. I was getting tired of it. I thought it was time for me to have a gun and on more messing around as much

When you first walk into the Hornets Nest the first thing you see is one of the friendly crew member there to swipe your hornet card. Then you smell the freshly stoned cooked pizza and nearby you can see some choices on pasta. I normally don’t the eat pizza. Honestly the pizza is not as good as it smells. I haven’t touch the pasta once because I avoid the pizza so I forget that there’s more than pizza.

The day we found out that my grandma was battling cancer for the second time, my parents didn't want me to visit him in the condition that he was in. but finally I told them that I just need to see my grandpa and they were right, I didn't want to see him like that, they had him strapped to a hospital bed, and wouldn't let him up. You could tell my grandpa didn't want to be in there he couldn't even speak but by the way he was grabbing us in the sense of “let me leave”. I just knew this was bad. S few weeks later they sent him to a hospital home, and we went to go visit him he was doing GREAT he was walking talking eyes open and watching the Sunday night football like he usually did, cowboys were his favorite team. I was so happy for him and me that I wasn't going to lose him and I knew in my heart that he was getting better.

Have you ever been so desperate for something that you redevelop your motive in its entirety? Throughout my life I’ve found myself placed in this frightening situation multiple times; the most confusing of which would be what I’ve endured this year. People in their 20s have it rough anyway. We’re old enough to feel like we’re supposed to know what we’re doing, yet young enough to be clueless and it still be acceptable; then there’s those of us who think we’ve got it all figured out only to be proven tremendously wrong. I have learned, however, that being tremendously wrong can lead you right where you need to be.

I would say distraction was one of the challenges I had to overcome to get where I am today. My friends, relationships, staying up late, watching television or doing something else rather than doing my work, would always back track me even if I thought “I’ll be okay” and just catch back up; it’s not that easy. I use to focus so much on other people in my life, I’d forget about myself and what’s best for me. When I was in the middle school, I would get so distracted by my cell phone, my mom would have a restriction on it so that I couldn’t send or receive text within school hours. Nevertheless, I didn’t understand, but now I see where it could hurt my grades.

Growing up as a teenager you go through many obstacles. Some face more difficult ones than others. One of the many obstacles most teenagers go through is finding your comfort zone, and being able to step out of it at times. Many people including me are skeptical about crossing their line of comfort. These past four years I have had a lot of growth, and most of the experiences have had to do with me finding myself outside my comfort zone.

The cars continue to zoom by me as I begin to cry. The acrid smell of burning tires and exhaust fumes fill my nose. A horn honks, prodding me to cross, but my own indecision forbids me. My tears only make seeing harder, and now I’m crying both at that fact that I’m immobilized by fear, and at my own futility. I’m a chubby, little eight-year-old girl standing at the edge of the curb, trying cross the street. I am at the final intersection before my school, but all the crosswalk guards are gone. Earlier that morning I woke up late, so I had to ride my bike to school. The cars seem to be going at an impossible speed and veering toward me. I stand there for five minutes, contemplating whether I can cross, before I finally give up and walk back home in shame.

Yesterday in Language Arts class was very awesome. The class got to go outside and me and Jesse were walking down the hall, when Jesse saw his little brother.

Hello I am Marcus Mims, and there are many reasons why I am interested in becoming a Doctor. A Doctor is something who has the ability to impact someone’s life in a positive way. My life explains how much impact a Doctor can have on someone’s life. I am an identical twin born premature at 26 weeks weighing 1 pound 8 ounces, spending 68 days in the NICU. I was born at Michael Reese Hospital which was located in the Bronzville neighborhood on the south side of Chicago . The fact I was born premature, caused me to have other medical issues such as, being diagnosed with Hydrocephalus at three months old. In the early 2000’s Michael Reese was facing huge financial problems so my health records were transferred to Children’s Memorial Hospital which was located in the