Personal Narrative: Union-Wade

It seems today that the main objective in life is to become the most successful you can be, to have the best job, to make the most money. I have grown up in a generation focused solely on self achievement, that the utmost important thing in life is self. This has created an ideology of selfishness among millennials. The underlying want for more has clouded the vision and need to help our fellow man. What good is one’s life if one does not positively affect others. What has one accomplished if, when one leaves this earth, one has not left it for the better?

San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan and Coach Gregg Popovich have held a player-coach relationship for what’s approaching nearly 20 years. One that has rewarded both with levels of success and popularity that place them atop the highest of pedestals in NBA history. I briefly contemplated analyzing a relationship between various political leaders in American history, but found the coach-player relationship of my very own hometown heroes to provide me the best example of reflecting upon a successful dyad. Gregg Popovich is undoubtedly known amongst his peers as an introverted, no-nonsense Coach, who has mastered the art of communicating to his players his own expectations in a straightforward fashion without straining the relationship of the team.

I believe that the best dreams are ones that you share with people, who conceive them be so preposterous that they cannot help but laugh in your face that you could even think of possibly reaching that point one day. Entering High School, I had begun taking basketball more seriously than any other sport and had the goal of earning a Division 1 scholarship. Which would be the first step in making my dream of playing professionally a reality.

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.

I received the 1823 scholarship and I never would've expected to be so blessed. I was initially scared to be attending Trinity, I come from a title 1 (low income school) in the middle of Georgia and to be going to a school so far away with such prestige felt amazing, but nerve racking at the same time. I was excitedly anticipating starting school in the fall, but I also doubted myself as a minority coming from a background not as extravagant as others attending Trinity. Then one morning I got an email and a call that changed my life. "The 1823 Scholarship is awarded to students who continue to represent our deep-rooted history of strong academic vitality and personal character." It wasn't just the scholarship fund that brightened up my day, it was the fact that Trinity would choose me as a person that represents academic vitality and personal character.

I’ve just arrived in Washington D.C and departed from the Addison Road. Now I’m making my way towards the bus stop, then from there I’m on my way to the airport. The sun was shining much brighter outside of the train; however, the luminosity of the sky did not reflect well the temperature. Walking, what should have only taken 5 minutes, felt like an eternity. Once you’ve been traveling for long enough, you start to pick up on some things. For starters, the bus drivers start to get getting uglier, and uglier the farther you descend south. Also the activities you do to pass the time differ depending on the mode of transportation. I’d say your mental state of mind has more to do with how fast time flies than anything. You don’t expect to be on

When they first meet, Wade is surprised at who he finds waiting in the cab of the RV. This is where we can see examples of a nonverbal communication in the form of silence. Because of his surprise, Wade doesn’t say anything at first. “I stood there for a moment, staring at her in silence, waiting for her to acknowledge my presence” (page 318). Silence can convey many meanings, and in this instance the communicator (Wade) is using it as a way to get Aech to say something to him.

The days leading up to the fifth of August had been characteristically Irish, complete with clouds in Connemara, a daylong drizzle in Dingle, and forty-mile-per-hour winds at the Cliffs of Moher (which, under said conditions, were more deserving of their Princess Bride alias, the Cliffs of Insanity). In Ireland, the island nation that gifts its western seaboard with 225 days of rain each year, fickle weather is a fact of life. But now, for eight hours, my family needed the Wild Atlantic Way to tame itself—perhaps, for just one day, the Mild Atlantic Way could suffice?

I am so humbled to have been a part of such a huge production and event this past weekend in West Palm Beach, FL. I Co Produced the first ever A Concert for Humanity benefit concert, benefiting the amazing charity Wells of Life. Did you know? every 21 seconds a child dies from drinking contaminated water. The Incredible team and I put together a concert to bring awareness to this and I have to say, we kicked ass. We got the Grammy Nominated NEEDTOBREATHE to fly out and put on the concert of a lifetime. 5 (short) weeks of hard work, planning, studying and preparing we were able to bring it all together. There were many highlights of my weekend, talking with the creators of Wells Of Life, meeting to many selfless people, hanging with the band,

Before any of that, I head first to the drunken dragon to sell my latest items, and then I go to visit my home, which is now fully built. I meet with the supervisor and his wife, as she handles the furnishing side of the contracts, and I give her a rough idea what I am looking for, she tells me a few days and most of it will be complete. I leave the books and items I have collected for the designer to incorporate in the house, if need be I can move them to my hidden abode later, I also note the outside pool is complete, I predict some interesting times ahead in there. I spent the night in the half built bed that will be in my bedroom when it’s complete, unable to sneak into my house, as a group of the workmen were fishing near the entrance. Talking with the workmen I learned that the civil war hasn’t moved any

My collaboration with James Evans consisted of one song called Breathe Me. First of all I struggled to write to his classic rock style but I eventually overcame it. I felt this collaboration held good development skills for me as it helped me learn about writing to different genres and styles. To further my development writing to different genres I could sign up to websites (such as http://www.unfinishedsongs.info) to find backing tracks to write lyrics to for all different styles.

My Essay by Pamela Hines Well I really don’t know where to start so I’m just going to say it, at the age 16 I had to drop out of school to help my mom take care of my sister and brother by me being the oldest. That was one of the hardest thing that I ever had to do and the reason is because I didn’t want to go through with what my mom had to endure in her life 10 kids and not married. So journey begin. Leaving home every day going to be very important to me, it made me fell whole and that my problem would go away. So I get up every morning doing my work around the house. I hate that time of my life. Now it’s a year later and I am 17 and I meet this young man and we begin to date, which he was a very nice guy ,But my mom didn’t want me to date boys because of the situation that she is in.

Courage is a trait that every person possesses; it is a sort of spell that washes over a person, giving them strength, and the ability to overcome a task that may be daunting or hard to do. It Just so happens that I felt and acquired this; when I was about ten years old I was taking Tae Kwon Do, a form of Martial arts. I was lucky enough to be invited to my first every tournament, in which I had the chance to compete against people from all over the nation. As I discovered I would partake in this, I felt very proud, but as I thought more about it the more I felt overwhelmed and pressured. I knew then I would need some kind of luck to get me through this, I felt I was going to fail, as it was my first tournament after

Next , after I wanted for my division to be called I was out in the area with a lot of really good looking hogs and in my head I was freaking out. So the first and second places people out of the three classes, all the first place winners go out and that was me. With the hog not walking again, I still got picked for grand in my division. I think I was the most surprised, but what can i say i amd going back out in a minute. When my dad met me at the fence he told I had a good chance. So there I was freaking out again and excited about what I could get.

It is a universal truth that we all need love in our lives. We all have different ways in which we like to receive and give love. Many of us may not even realize that we do. Gary Chapman writes about five different ways in which we love and titles them five love languages. It is important to identify how we love, because it can allow us to have a happier life and make other people’s lives better. It is especially important to identify the love languages of the children which we encounter, because it can shape their identity either for the better or worse. There are five major love languages that can be identified and can pretty much sum up the best ways we can express our love.