Personal Statement : My Skate Hits The Ice

There is also an advantage of expanding my knowledge to more than just the basics of Science. Since, all we learnt about Science is just the basics of Science, it barely scratches the surface. Also the more we all accomplish, the more pleasant memories we will have later

Second year as an Under-10 Squirt level hockey player for the New Jersey Colonials ice hockey team proved to be a challenging and harrowing experience that shaped the course of my future hockey career. I was a determined, naïve child with fantasies of playing in the NHL when I grew older. The source of my troubles began with Coach Ruben, a relentless, unforgiving hockey coach. Coach Ruben was in charge of determining the AAA hockey team that I desperately wanted to make. Unfortunately, I would not have that opportunity. My mom, compassionate and sympathetic, guided me through the confusing maze of anger and depression. My dad, a coach and former hockey player, gave me valuable, supportive advice that would change my hockey expectations and

When I was eleven years old, I started playing field hockey for a simple reason: all of my friends were playing. Everyone else had quit playing soccer, so I decided that I wanted to play both. One season later, the soccer practices disappeared from my schedule. I started to play hockey year-round, and I fell in love with the sport by complete accident. I learned to dodge, pass, and shoot, and I got to run around and laugh at practice a few nights every week. Middle school recreational leagues turned into the high school varsity team in the fall and a club team for the rest of the year. Many of my friends stopped playing when we got to college, choosing to devote their free time to other organizations. I, on the other hand, could not let it

I have also volunteered at youth lacrosse clinic for the past 3 summers. It’s for middle school girls who have never played before. I teach them the basics for the game. It is wonderful to be able to witness their skills developing and improving at every practice. I also love the fact that we are expanding the sport in our community. It’s really fun to play a key role in that experience.

Growing up, most kids in my generation had Disney Channel or Barbie Dolls. As I was raised with 6 siblings and cousins and having just emigrated from England, my family did not have ample money to expend on cable or fancy toys; subsequently, I resorted to books. As I read more and more, my interests began to broaden, and my keen admiration and curiosity for how and why things work in certain ways progressed. As I grew older, I realized that science could be used to answer many of life’s most complex questions. Once I was accepted early into The University of Georgia, I declared my major as Biology with a pre-medical intent, deciding to further pursue my curiosity about living organisms. I soon realized that I needed to achieve more, and decided

Every person has a place or a person they can go to in order to experience a sense of belonging. This positive feeling gives one the opportunity to escape the stressful factors of life and the ability to not feel like an outsider while being yourself. Looking back on my life before a sport, I was lost. After picking up field hockey, my life was transformed socially, physically, and mentally. Now, four years later, I am grateful to have such an amazing school team that allows me to feel like I belong there almost every time we are together, both on the perfectly trimmed grass with straight, white lines that mimic turf field, or in the noisy hallways crammed wall to wall with kids. Because this is a school field hockey team, I can always remember that I have somebody to talk to from the beginning of the school day to the end of practice. Without this group of people, I would not be lucky enough to become familiarized

After playing five years of house league my skating had improved immensely, insomuch as, at the age of twelve, I decided to audition for the top major peewee travel team in the region. Following two intensive weeks of tryouts, I was elated to discover that I made the team. Although I was enthusiastic at the prospect of excelling as a defenseman, I was somewhat apprehensive about how I would integrate with a team whose players, all friends, had played together since the age of eight. Early on I experienced isolation in the dressing room, some of that in part due to my shy nature at the time, as well as being the kid from house league that took one of their friend’s place on the team. For the most part, I was the teammate that did not get

Throughout high school, I have participated in numerous school sports and activities. Cross county had a tremendous impact on my life and the lessons I have learned from the sport I will perpetually cherish. Another activity I have been a part of for three years is yearbook. I am the senior editor of the yearbook and have, thus, learned to engage my leadership skills. Additionally, choir is an activity I am passionate about. Singing is an escape from the chaos of my day and I revel in the joy it brings me. Furthermore, my two friends and I brought forth the idea of a cross country ski club at our school, and we initiated its formation.

My first Opening season game was two years ago at the Blues Hockey stadium in ST. Louis Mo. It was a cold day, The sun was barely shining and I had just got to ST. Louis driving thru the city making our way to the hockey rink. The traffic was horrible and not safe there was tons of people walking on the streets trying to get to that game. When we finally got there we pulled into the parking garage and got out the car after we did that we put on our jerseys and went to the side of the garage and watched tons of people rolling in and not to mention the band that was there. After the band was done we went inside and found our seats when we got there we had an unlimited buffet of food to eat, I had chicken tenders, hot chocolate, soda, and hot

I was unable to find an activity that I liked and so I decided that I would make one when I get to Rowan. A couple of months ago I had my last Sled Hockey Banquet and if you don’t know what Sled Hockey is, I will explain it to you. Sled Hockey is a sport similar to Ice Hockey, but sitting down. This is for those who can’t play normal stand up Ice Hockey. There are these sleds with bars and blades under a bucket that support us and two mini Hockey sticks that help us move on the ice. This sport was everything to me and I will miss it and my goal is to try to make Sled hockey at rowan. I want to incorporate this to Rowan because I know some students are going to have the same issue as me and I want to change that. It doesn’t even have to be

From my point of view, nobody can really be successful in anything without a positive attitude towards learning. I consider myself passionate about science because of my curiosity about new concepts, particularly in biology. For instance, last semester during the genetics unit, I really enjoyed working

I’ve had the opportunity to view several research labs over the course of the UNMC High School Alliance school year, but so far visiting Dr. Conda Sheridan’s lab has been the most interesting so far. We got to see several of the projects that they were working on, and what was different from some of the other labs that we have visited is that you could actually see the changes happen in the solutions as the reactions took place. For example, Dr. Conda Sheridan showed us how he would isolate specific parts of a liquid compound he wanted by adding chloroform as a natural soluble. We were able to see as the liquids separated before he drained the unnecessary portions and then repeated the process. It was interesting to see some of the ways they

My personal quest for knowledge has been ongoing since the first day I picked up a science book. I have never been more interested in any subject. It truly spoke to me. At a college level, there is a magnitude of opportunities. I had the opportunity to participate in the Student Dissector program on campus in the Spring of 2015, I visited the Stanford Cadaver Lab with Biology Club this semester, and I traveled to see a talk by the world renowned American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator, Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Most things people do are measured at the end by success in some way. For myself I am a sales manager, the more events I can sell and produce the more success I bring to the company I work for. Other occupations that come to mind are a retail manager - the more sales, the more profit for the store, happy customers also make for more purchases. I myself am a competitive synchronized ice skater and when I compete judges are scoring based on the moves I do along with how well executed they are which creates a point system scoring. If I skate well and hit all the moves and all moves are in the judge's eyes seen as being “well executed” I will be award with the most points. Each competitor is than scored and the highest score wins, just like

Finding out how and why things work and discovering how products are made has always my passion. I regularly watch engineering and science shows on the television. From my childhood, I have always been a very curious person who would not believe just because someone told me, but I had to know the reason behind it. Science always fascinated me, and I always wondered how we remained on the ground and never fell off something that is spherical. In school I was more interested in maths and science rather than History or Arts and this made me choose Chemistry, maths and physics as my Higher subjects. This has helped me appreciate how Science has been utilised to improve man’s life and make it easier. It is because of this that I would like to