Personal Narrative: Determination

“Casey, your group needs to do the stunt one more time!” coach said imprudently. It happened March 26, 2015; it was at the end of a two hour practice. During the summer months in South Georgia, it is utterly hot and humid, especially in our cheer gym (a warehouse with no air conditioner); it only has two heavy-duty fans and a roll-up door. With this in mind, my group became slightly irritated. Everyone was exhausted; nevertheless we still had to do the stunt anyway.

My initial perceptions about the students of St. Angela were very stereotypical. Honestly, I expected those students to come from single parent backgrounds and come from a low income household. I expected to deal with students who live life in a survival type of manner. What I mean by survival type of manner is for one to be on defense seeing the type of the children are from the Austin area. Walking in to St. Angela I expected to deal with kids that didn’t listen and know respect for authority. I expected this due to my upbringing in the same neighborhood.

Determination is an intrigal part of my character, which helps me in reaching my goals. I always try to set clear targets so than nothing would get in my way. One of my short-term goals is to graduate from high school and be top ten percent in my class, that would make my parents and I very proud and to see what I worked for all four years of high school. This is my priority right now because this is the first off all my goals that guides my successful life.Therefore, another short-term goal that I have is to get scholarships, that way I will attend the college of my dreams with out having to worry about how would I pay. I set that goal to myself because I have a high GPA and my teachers motivated me and told me to go for it, and so that’s

“Alright fellas, has anyone else got something to say to Shane Ferguson before he heads off to Mars.” Mr. Wright questions everyone as Shane will be gone from earth forever.

Many things throughout my life have changed for the worse, but also have changed for the better. As the days grow into weeks then those weeks into months you realize that the years are not as long as they seem. All people have a purpose in life, but getting to where they want to go is the struggle. People may or may not share the same opinion or views, but at some time may have similar challenges. I always believed that everyone has a story to tell people to need to be willing to listen. If you listen you might learn something that can help you along your journey in life. If you give people a chance you may not only receive some sort of guidance you may even learn something new. Something new and that you never knew before. The readings over

One aspect about myself, that goes unnoticed in my life is my determination. Determination has been a trait of mine for the majority of my life. Both my mother and father are very determined people. Having them as my role models growing up, I always wanted to one day be like them. I personally believe this is where my determination aspect came from. I don’t think that I was born with it, but rather developed it because of the people I was surrounded by in my life.

Okay you can’t shake the seriousness off this kid neither can you can’t buy it from him. Imagine if a child approached you looking like this, I bet you will give him anything he asks you for. I should have termed this write up determination but I couldn’t stop smiling at this picture enough to decide on what exactly to call it.

I read, the final sentence, of the latest installment, of my favorite series, The Selection, by Kiera Cass; “I knew that for my sake -for my family’s sake- I had to finish my Selection. And, when I did, I’d have a ring on my finger.” I have always loved reading, that is effortlessly proven by the stack of books resting on my desk -eight and counting- that I have already read this month alone. However my favorite part of reading a book is the end. The moment that I can crawl into bed and dream of the sensory details that I experienced while reading is the pinnacle of my day. As the taste of the buttermilk pancakes overwhelms my tastebuds, or when I can smell the roses within the garden where America first meets Prince Maxon, where everything really began, I know I have reached my personal Nirvana. That is easily the best part of reading a book.

Determination is a suitable character trait to describe me.When there is something I genuinely want to accomplish, I will fulfill it no matter how many times I fail. Failure is what fires my inner desire to work hard and to my fullest potential until my goals are achieved. For example, in my Jazz dance class, my instructor instructed the class to do switch leap jump, which is a jump that launches a dancer up and forward into a split in which the extended legs switch places in mid-leap. In my mind, I’m thinking to myself how impossible that sound and fear started taking over my body since it was my very first time being instructed to do such jump. When the instructor played the music for the jump, I decided to stand at the end of the line and

"She had a solid reputation as a crisp, vivid writer of short stories set in Louisiana, where she had lived for 14 years" ("A Look Back"). I wrote many of my stories about experiences in my life. I always loved to read and learn new things as a child. As I grew older, there were many hard times and that helped me to be the lady I was. Some of my stories were very well known, and others not so much. My rough childhood, mother, and family friends influenced me to write; the short stories and novels I wrote were influenced by my favorite authors which caused me to write about controversial topics.

All my life I have struggled with low self-esteem, letting people chosse for me, stepping back when challenging goals step in front of me, and defiantly letting fear keep me back. I knew I could do more in life but every time I was able to set fear aside, my friends and family stopped me and brought fear back in me. Giving their point of view without any knowledge of how an education will improve my life. That I should stick to a waitress position and work hard like most of my family had. Not having enough money to provide for my two boys, has been my struggle for considering that going to college was never in my view. Being the first one in my family to pursue an education, I was terrified to assist my first appointment

My head was ringing. This can’t be happening. There’s just no possible way! Blood trickled down my forehead. My heart beat what increasing with every breath. Why did this have to happen? Why?? My head was beginning to pound. I closed my eyes, and began to remember what had happened and what had gone so horribly wrong.

The feeling of the newly fresh tide smell from the stack of jerseys overflows my nose. I begin dressing myself deliberately and my focus starts to be overcome by a sense of nervousness. Tying the last knot thinking how am i going to benefit my team and my teammates, but however my emotions prohibit my thinking, making me vulnerable to any mistake on the pitch. A tsunami of concerns make me think too much and lasts for an eternity.

My determination, being open minded, and my love to help others has helped me become the person I am today. My determination has helped me through getting the things I want instead of slacking off or having the mindset that I do not care. My determination has helped through challenging classes, and not giving up even when things got tough. Keeping an open mind allowed me to receive better opportunities, and allowed me to explore my interests in new ways. One of the great opportunities I have recieved was Global Glimpse, and seeing the world in a new way. My love to help others also helped me find me peace and happiness in my life. I love to help people, and I love helping my community. One of the great things I have done is do community service

"This book really me think about all of us can be force to behave in ways we don't wan't, but life ani't easy and puts you through situations we can no controll.