Personal Statement : The Club

Communities play an essential role in the development of the self and learning about the stranger. Through communities, individuals are able to socialize and gain a greater understanding of each other. A community can be defined in many different ways based on every individual’s experience with it. Developing a strong community takes time. Some people, like Jeannette Walls, do not have the opportunity to develop strong communities throughout their childhood.

I’m going to give the example of when I enrolled to southwestern college, here they offer me financial help, places such as the library and bookstore that I can get the materials that I need to progress in my work, they offer me help if I plan to transfer and many other things. That is an example of how I rely in this community to support me. This sample shows us too how can a community helps the individual and the great feedback it takes from it. But it can have negative effect, because communities can also assist us in negative behaviors our

Throughout our lives we find ourselves associating with different groups of people. The thing that makes all the difference is the impact one make when one finds himself/herself part of a discourse community. Whether you impacted the community or the community impacted you, it still matters. The Navigator Program at DFW Airport was my community. Much of my personality and social skills come from my time volunteering at the airport. Through this program, I learned to guide travelers to their gates and terminals, while continuing to learn about the little nooks and cranny’s that the airport held. I’ve grown much since that scared teen who was afraid of interacting with strangers, but my experiences and how they nurtured me are what changed my life for the better.

By this time I would be on the track getting my workout in to run the 300 hurdles. I was solid in that event, but the events I took the most pride in was the 400 and the 4 by 4. It had been a rough ending to basketball season but this would be the major turning point for me. I could make it all up by going to state. My track coach knew my coach from middle school so she has heard quite a bit about me. I never really had training or anything I just ran at first. I started to do summer training and ran with a local track team. Coach George wanted me to run the 200. It was new to me so we trained in the mornings before school. She bought in the assistant coach and he had me and few more girls lined up on the track. He wanted us to stand side by side and sprint out and merge into lane one. It was kind of crazy because we were all kind of jumbled up together. The first time as I merged into lane one my legs tripped another girl and she fell so I felt bad. So the third time I tried to make sure I didn't trip anyone up because my legs were so long. I dodge tripping the same girl but I almost hit another. By the fourth time I was really just over it, I jerked my body one way and my hip went the other. I ended up limping to the finish line. I thought it was just a little kink and I could just pop it out. I was completely wrong. It was way worse than the ankle injury. I guess it was a sign from good telling me to

From this club I’ve learned people assemble and assisting each other on a project, can be very refreshing. Our club works together, getting certain things accomplished. However; all of us learn the same thing at the same time. I’ve also learned you don’t have to be rewarded for every good thing you do in life, sometimes the most rewarding things are just doing it in the first place. And I participating in theaters and know that I am a helpful person when it comes to helping people remembering their lines. And also I worked at the church café and learned my leadership skills there as well I have also applied it everywhere I go.

The girls team was going to be better than ever, it was actually the first time in the history of Cameron Cross Country that we would have a full girls team. Around the fourth week of practice, late August early September, I was running in practice and could hardly move my left leg. It got tight and I was unable to straighten my leg. I found out that I pulled my hamstring, so we immediately got into physical therapy. I was in physical therapy for about four weeks and I made it back for our home meet. I got to run four meets after being out of physical therapy for a month. My last race that I ran at was Kearney and I did not get to finish the race due to reinjuring my leg, this time patellar tendonitis. I was in physical therapy for another four weeks and was not able to finish out the

My community has played a huge role in shaping my identity. My mother, being a doctor, always taught me to be caring and loving towards others. The children and teachers around me have all been hard working and determined. Throughout my school years, I have persevered, not giving up on hard math problems or getting discouraged by people who were smarter than me or more athletic. The multiple food drives and fundraisers has taught me to help those in need and be nice towards others.

I am a junior at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) majoring in Kinesiology. I am

They congratulated me and I saw and felt their pride. I, myself, felt pride for conquering my obstacles and overcoming my frustration. I had more confidence and even though Running Club ended after the 5k, I continued to run with my friends and my renewed confidence. Joining that club aided me to realize that I truly enjoyed running. My enjoyment for the sport influenced me to become a member of the 7th and 8th grade cross country team, along with the track and field team. Overall, my experiences in the Running Club guided my participation in running sports and improved my attitude toward those

When I had gotten to the meeting, thankfully, I had seen a couple of my friends who had chosen to go. My first impression of the leader of the running club, was that he seemed very nice and also corky. I truly did think that this would be a really great club to join after he talked more about it. He had explained that there were different categories from the running club that we could choose. There was the expert, advanced, couch-5k, and the walking group. For me, I was personally the couch-5k because I had not run since junior year of high school for the track team. I thought this would be the perfect in-between group for

Up until recently I have had a great deal of difficulty carrying about anything. That all change this year. I don’t know why or how, but I started to care about my grades, my friends, and my future. One of the things that I’ve found myself to care about is this club: the kids, the members, everything about it. When I say, “I will dedicate 100% into this club” I mean it. I have always wanted to help people, in any shape or form. I’d like to help the world in any way. I think about being a doctor or a lawyer so that one day so I can do something meaningful, but that won’t be for a long time, so let my help in this way. Vote for me and hopefully, when it comes time to, I can help.

I came in 19th out of around 100 runners. I am a decent runner. The season kept rolling on meet after meet. Soon enough our first league meet came and I once again could not sit still and had major anxiety.

I thought it would be impossible to be as good as everyone else on the team was. However, I told myself I would not give up and try to continue to get better. On days that we didn’t run, I would run at night time. I started off running a mile, gradually built up from there. After a few weeks, during practice I started to run longer with the group until I got the pains, but I knew I was improving little by little each day. I kept running on my own at home. Every day I showed signs of improvement, but I still was not able to keep up with the rest of the

I had the stamina, I was fast, and I had the times. It was the day of the competition and my event was called. Only two ran at a time, meaning there was a winner and a loser, and I knew I didn’t want to be the loser. When I heard the name of the girl I was running up against, I thought it sounded familiar, but due to the stress I forgot about it. I was already set up in the block, when the judge said “On your marks, get set…” and the gun went off. I was off to the first 100 meters when I started losing feeling on my left knee. I knew that I was moving, but not fast enough, the other girl was beating me. I decided to pull harder with my right knee, I had never moved that fast. It felt like nothing could stop me, I had just 25 meters left of the race when I stopped feeling my right knee. I just told myself, “This is your only chance. You can do it! There is no pain!” I had gotten to the finish line, all I felt was the asphalt on my face, my legs had failed me. I couldn’t feel anything on my lower body. I had never been more scared in my life. What if I had lost all of my chances just because I hadn’t listened? Would I be able to walk again? My coach ran into the track and pulled me up. I started moving my legs but they still felt numb. My parents rushed me to the car, but I didn’t want them to worry, so I just told them that I was exhausted.

“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members” (Coretta Scott King). A community consists of many individuals and how those individuals act, either alone or together, will determine whether the community will foster or die. Consequently, in order to be an effective individual in my own communities, I believe that being true to myself and really immersing myself is a powerful way to impact any community. For the most part, two of my communities are Providence College and Pasa Esek Hopkins. Reading about great leaders like MLK and Mother Teresa, who advocate for such strong love of neighbor and standing up for beliefs in the face of adversity, is at the focal point of my inspiration. I believe that believing in one’s self is how an individual can shine in their own community.