Personal Narrative: Yankton, South Dakota

Looking back out of the small window, I catch a final glimpse of corn fields and lonely railroad crossings before they dip below the horizon. For my first time on a plane, the excitement of adventure meets me as I depart from the comfort of home and enter a world unknown outside of Nebraska. Seeing the world in God’s view as the landscape evolves below, I fall in love with flying. Looking down from 30,000 feet and seeing earth on such a vast scale, I realize how much there is to discover.

In this personal narrative will be telling you all about the struggles of moving from Box Elder South Dakota to Dupree South Dakota.

I'm from Round Rock, or for those of you who don't know where that is, we'll just go with Austin. Round Rock is great and you can find activities to find on some occasion, but when I am in Austin I am never bored. I used to go downtown a lot when I was younger with my Mother, Father, and older sister, but as my parents became busy and my sister and I became more involved in school we make the 20-minute travel to Austin less and less. I grew up with my two sisters and mother in the safety and growing town of Round Rock, but when I was able to drive my friends and I would make the drive downtown to enjoy the ambiance of Austin. I was given more freedom than my older sister was given in high school, but I couldn't complain my mother trusted me

The town is small and the roads are worn, but Chancellor South Dakota is where my childhood happened. Chancellor is a town with 252 people and everyone knows just the right everyone. The town has everything a Midwest small town has: a local diner, gas station, casino, two churches, Veteran memorial, and a wonderful, little park. From when I lived here from when was born till middle school. The memories I made in this town where fun and childish, but each one left something in my mind.

Over the summer Megan and I went to Wisconsin with her family . It was an outstanding trip with my best friend. We went to many different places and got all kinds of things. We stayed for 6 days. We stayed in a cabin on Lake Twin.

Ideally, the celebrations of hard fought victories will outnumber the agonizing losses in large quantities. However, the lessons learned from devastating defeats are often the most important tool in the quest for success. As Bobby Jones suggested, losses, by their very nature, offer the most compelling evidence that modifications and improvements are warranted. In other words, a loss encourages the athlete to channel the disappointment into a positive progression of steps, thus instigating a more favorable outcome in the future. The fact is that in both life and sports, defeat is inevitable, and the skill to use the lessons learned in a loss to initiate the groundwork for future success is a winning

When you ask a kid where they are from, they can usually give you a fairly simple response of the town and state they grew up in, but when I was asked this question, I had two answers instead of one. I had one home in Grand Island, Nebraska and another in Silver Creek, Nebraska. While Grand Island is the third largest city in our state, Silver Creek is among the smallest with a population of only about 400. I like to think that being a part of both of these very different communities has had a definite influence on the person I am today by offering me exposure to unique perspectives and experiences that I wouldn’t have had otherwise.

The barrage of arrows soaring down range and the sudden almost simultaneously, yet not, collision with the targets. My friend and I just entered the warm interior of the range that was a pleasing contrast from that of the cold winter night in the midst of January that it was outside. The Smell of wood filled our lungs that of s similar sent to an old wooden cabin. I took a quick glance around at the 10 or so people currently preparing or packing up their bows of all different colors, sizes, and makes. I only got a short glance before I noticed my friend start walking towards the counter in the store section of this range.

Archery is one of the oldest arts still practiced today. Archery dates back all the way to 3,000 BC. Although this invention most likely goes back to the stone age, many people disagree on exactly how far back it goes. One thing that we do know is that the earliest people to use bows and arrows were the ancient egyptians. The ancient egyptians adopted this technique aswell for hunting, warfare and to create an empire. This technique or “art form” was originated in South Africa. Archery allowed the person to be at a safe comfortable distance from their target but still be very lethal. Many people look past archery as a child’s toy and not used for harm.

For the first 10 years of my life, living in a small town in Kansas was all I knew. That was, until my father decided he was being called to join the military. Our first duty station in Japan was a complete turn-around from land-locked Kansas. We went from flowing fields of grain to beautiful, blue oceans. Through this, I was able to experience different culture and living-styles. I believe that should you have the opportunity to travel, you should jump at the chance. Whether it’s on a road trip across the country, or flying over the ocean, wherever you go, you are sure to find diversity among people. I believe whole-heartedly that in seeing new cultures, you can grow exponentially more than if you never left your home town. Traveling and

Each year, Dan and Brandon attend our town’s annual Medieval Festival, because we appreciate learning about ancient times. While we were watching people shoot arrows, one of the ambassadors notices my gaping jaw and asks me if I would like to learn a little more about archery. The ambassador asked Brandon and Dan if we would like to take a lesson on archery. Brandon and Dan agree to the lesson then get a drink and head down to the archery lesson.

From the beginning of humanity, mankind has had an affinity for marksmanship. Beginning with humans hurling stones at desired targets, marksmanship has evolved and shaped the history of humankind. What began with stones lead to throwing spears, shooting arrows from bows and eventually resulted in modern day firearms. Since the beginning of projectile use, humanity has practiced increasing their precision and accuracy. As a result, with the advancement in projectile technology (i.e. from spears to bows to firearms), the sport of Marksmanship transpired (1.1). This essay will briefly summarize the history of marksmanship.

One day, my mom got a phone call from my dad saying he was going to be working in Idaho for a couple of months. It was very unexpected. During the end of July, we went over there to visit him for a couple of weeks. We went over there for my birthday. I was turning ten at the time. It took us two days to get there. We drove for ten hours the first day, stayed the night in Ontario and drove six hours the second day. My dad was working in Montpelier, Idaho. We visited four different states while we were over there: Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and Utah. What I learned from this trip is that an unexpected trip turned out to be fun and create great memories.

Almost every age group can participate, and children as young as 6 or 7 have taken well to the sport, while it is not unheard of for people in their 80s to be shooting competitively. It also teaches the benefits of teamwork with some competitions involving groups of people. Archery can be an individual sport or a team sport. When an archer competes in a tournament they are usually grouped together with other archers for scoring. Archers can get to know each other while they walk the course together. Teams are important in archer too. Working as a team and supporting one another is important for the success of the

Traditional bow hunting is the most difficult type of hunting, but is also the most fulfilling. Using a traditional bow is a whole feat in itself because of the work required to be proficient with it. With a traditional bow you don’t have any high-tech add-ons like you do with other types of hunting weapons, it is strictly just the stick and string. Most traditional archers practice religiously, make their own supplies such as arrows and quivers, and are mostly self-sufficient in this hobby. With this type of archery everything is instinctive, there are no sights to aim through, it is about you focusing and trusting yourself to make an accurate shot instinctively.