1. Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
2. Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.
3. Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
4.Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.
5. A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.
6. Topic of your choice.
Your homework tonight is to brainstorm possible responses to these topics. You can do this in one of two ways:
1.) If you are already inspired and know what you want to write about, you can simply generate a list of ten possible essay topics. Each one should be detailed enough to give me and your classmates a good sense of what the essay would be about and how it reveals something significant about you.
2.) If you aren't there yet (and I don't blame you if you aren't), here is what I ask you to do tonight: Copy the following subject areas into your comment box and respond in bullet-point form. You are simply generating ideas here of who and what have impacted your life, what is important to you, and what makes you unique. You don't need to word your responses in essay topic format--simply take stock of your life and answer honestly and thoughtfully. You can divide your responses however you like, but to have a complete blog post, you need to list 20 total.
1. What experiences in your life stand out?
2. Who has had a significant impact on you, good or bad, and how?
3. Name the biggest lessons you have learned thus far and how you learned them.
4. Name a time when you were inspired.
5. What are you most proud of?
6. What are you most passionate about?
7. Name a time when you were humbled.
8. Name a time when everything came together for you.
9. Name a time when everything fell apart.
10. What are the best parts and worst parts about where and how you grew up?
11. Name a time when you had to make a difficult decision.
12. Name a moment when you knew you were changed forever.
13. What is your greatest strength?
14. What is your biggest weakness?
15. Name a time when you were successful.
16. Name a time when you failed.
17. What is your most satisfying accomplishment to date?
18. Name a time when an experience with a piece of art (book, music, visual art., etc.) impacted you.
19. Who do you most admire and why?
20. What risks have you taken in your life and how did they turn out?
21. What frustrates you the most?
22. What makes you feel the most alive?
1. What experiences in your life stand out?
ReplyDelete- I was born without a pulmenary valve and went through a series of surgeries as a baby and one procedure in 2008
- My brother came out when I was in 6th grade
5. What are you most proud of?
- Being self motivated
- Being independent from my parents in my veiws
6. What are you most passionate about?
- Learning new things
- Singing
7. Name a time when you were humbled.
- Mission trip to New Orleans in 2007
- Helping prepare food for IHN every month at my church
10. What are the best parts and worst parts about where and how you grew up?
- Best: Signal Mountain is a small town where most everybody know eachother; has a strong sense of community
- Growing up in the Episcopal church has encouraged me to be accepting and has allowed me to figure out my beliefs for myself
- Worst: I have gone to private schools and lived on Signal Mountaim all my life which means I really haven’t experienced much diversity
- A lot of pressure put on me at GPS
11. Name a time when you had to make a difficult decision.
- Last year, we had to make the decision to put my 11 year old Dashchund, Trixie, to sleep. She had Diabetes, Cushings Diease, and a brain tumor
12. Name a moment when you knew you were changed forever.
13. What is your greatest strength?
- My curiousity
14. What is your biggest weakness?
- I get frustrated, discouraged, and overwhelmed very easily which makes me want to give up on a lot of things
- My negative thinking
18. Name a time when an experience with a piece of art (book, music, visual art., etc.) impacted you.
- My life is pretty much defined by my love and passion for everything Harry Potter. It taught me to love reading
- Synchronisity: The book Eat, Pray, Love came into my life at the same time that I was going through the breakup of my first real relationship; reading that book at the time enabled me to be sad but also see change as an opportunity for growth
19. Who do you most admire and why?
- Rebecca Nelson Edwards- I’ve always known her as someone who is very peaceful and happy but on an over night trip with her this summer, I had a chance to observe how she creates her life out of little comforts, little passions that form an indvidual expression. This comes from inside her rather than being externally dictated.
Ex: at 32 she still unashamedly carries around her stuffed bunny (Ha-Ha Bunny)
- Jack Harrison (my brother)- even at a young age he was never afraid to openly express who he is; he is one of the bravest people I know
- Betty Ford- She is said to be one of the most candid first ladies. She raised breast cancer awarness and was a passionate supporter of, and activist for, the Equal Rights Amendment. She was Pro-choice on the hot-button issue of abortion and a leader in the Women's Movement. She discussed issues such as feminism, equal pay, ERA, sex, drugs, abortion, and gun control. She also raised awareness of addiction when she announced her long-running battle with alcoholism in the 1970s. She forced america to face important issues before were considered inapproriate to discuss. She was also a big advocater of the arts which I think is very important.
2. Who has had a significant impact on you, good or bad, and how?
ReplyDeleteMr. Tumelaire with his mantra "study is hard work." it made me realize that studying really is hard work because up until junior year I was able to just scoot by with the minimum.
3. Name the biggest lessons you have learned thus far and how you learned them.
"Honesty is the best policy" - learned this from the good ole' GPS. The honor system has kind of become a part of me (in the least cheesy way possible). I've discovered that the only way for any school/work environment/organized system to work properly, everyone has to be honest. Everyone has to pull their own weight and do their work, but also fess up when they do something wrong. The consequences are always less severe when you're honest.
While I was at camp, one of the big focuses that my boss tried to get us to grasp was the act of "living in the moment." not looking forward or backward, just enjoying and appreciating how awesome every moment is, even just the small, seemingly insignificant ones.
4. Name a time when you were inspired.
I was inspired at camp this summer. We had "say so" at the end of every week where if campers had accepted Christ that week they would say so. I worked at camp for four weeks and every week I was amazed at the amount of kids that stood up. It inspired me to do my best every week and to do my best at home as well.
5. What are you most proud of?
My relationships with my family
Being able to maintain friendships with people that I don't see every day and that live on different ends of the country.
6. What are you most passionate about?
I am extremely passionate about learning just for the sake of learning. I love to learn new things, but I don't necessarily love being tested on them. Ex: Math and Art History
7. Name a time when you were humbled.
When I was at camp, there were 45 of us working and we all shared our stories with one another. Through hearing others' stories, I realized how truly blessed I've been.
10. What are the best parts and worst parts about where and how you grew up?
Best part: I am very privileged and I was brought up in an environment where I am aware of the good and I am thankful for it.
Worst part: I am very sheltered from "the real world"
11. Name a time when you had to make a difficult decision.
Decision-making in general is really difficult for me. But no matter what I choose in the end, I just have to trust that what I've chosen is best for me, and I can't complain so far
13. What is your greatest strength?
I am a really good listener and I strive to keep my promises.
14. What is your biggest weakness?
I am easily stressed out and frustrated and I don't handle it very well most of the time.
15. Name a time when you were successful.
When I made Terpsichord
17. What is your most satisfying accomplishment to date?
Beginning running
"Surviving" a month working at camp
"Surviving" 6 years at GPS
18. Name a time when an experience with a piece of art (book, music, visual art., etc.) impacted you.
I can't really name one specific experience, but almost every time I read a thought-provoking book, hear a beautifully composed music score, or study art history, I am moved and inspired.
20. What risks have you taken in your life and how did they turn out?
I auditioned for Terpsichord instead of staying with cheerleading which I didn't love but was a safe guarantee. Terpsie is the best thing that ever happened to me.
21. What frustrates you the most?
I am most frustrated when I don't succeed at something that I feel I should be really good at and succeed at automatically.
22. What makes you feel the most alive?
When I learn something new and that light bulb goes off in my head
1. What experiences in your life stand out?
ReplyDelete• Being the oldest child and cousin which allows me to witness all the others grow up and see the changes and stages that each one goes through
2. Who has had a significant impact on you, good or bad, and how?
• Mr. Hill- He was my tennis coach when I was younger. He taught me how to win by fighting for a match and never giving up.
3. Name the biggest lessons you have learned thus far and how you learned them.
• Never give up- from Mr. Hill who taught me this lesson regarding tennis, yet it can be applied to everything in life
4. Name a time when you were inspired.
5. What are you most proud of?
6. What are you most passionate about?
7. Name a time when you were humbled.
• Heightened risk of dying from skin cancer (history of pre-melanoma cells)
8. Name a time when everything came together for you.
• Junior Year- academics, friends, ability to have fun and relax in the midst of lots of stress
9. Name a time when everything fell apart.
• When my grandmother was diagnosed with cancer. At the time it seemed unreal to me, but my mother was a wreck and was constantly diving to Atlanta to visit her. Watching my mother go through this was awful. I also had to grow up a little bit because my sister and I often had to take care of ourselves because my father had to work during the days.
10. What are the best parts and worst parts about where and how you grew up?
11. Name a time when you had to make a difficult decision.
12. Name a moment when you knew you were changed forever.
• New Testament Class with Mr. Cook- taught me to question
13. What is your greatest strength?
• Self-motivation
• Competitiveness (because this is always making me work harder and do everything the best that I can)
14. What is your biggest weakness?
• Perfectionism (However, this is also slightly useful because I always do things to the best of my capability. It is bad because I can never be perfect, so when I mess up or make a mistake, I am too critical of myself)
15. Name a time when you were successful.
• State Team Finals- beating Erica in the third set
16. Name a time when you failed.
• State Individuals- losing to Samantha
• Not making the team in 6th grade my failure was what made me successful
17. What is your most satisfying accomplishment to date?
• Beating Samantha for the very first time after losing 0,0 multiple times and then being down 6-0, 4-0 and coming back to win the match; being able to feel like all my hard work paid off and that I really understood how to win and never give up
18. Name a time when an experience with a piece of art (book, music, visual art., etc.) impacted you.
• Miracle- the movie about the 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team
• Pride and Prejudice- my favorite book and movie. The story is so interesting and inspiring in the sense that a girl takes her life, in essence, into her own hands
19. Who do you most admire and why?
• Rose- my aunt, she is always upbeat and happy and I feel like I can talk to her about anything and she will always support me and cheer me up (she is very unlike me… paradox)
20. What risks have you taken in your life and how did they turn out?
• Quit the tennis team in 6th and 9th grade- I ended up improving my game
21. What frustrates you the most?
• Losing- the feeling that all your hard work has not paid off or feeling so inferior or minuscule compared to someone else who is better at something than you are…but then I end up motivated to work even harder
• Imperfection
• Betrayal
22. What makes you feel the most alive?
• Exercise, physically challenging myself
• Thinking, discovering new ideas, questioning my beliefs to try understand completely
23. Most bittersweet accomplishment
• Winning state against my coach- He coaches the rival school and I had to beat his player in order for my team to win
1. What experiences in your life stand out?
ReplyDelete- growing up with almost all Mennonite relatives and a huge extended family
- going to an all girls school has totally formed me into who I am.
4. Name a time when you were inspired.
- everytime I watch the movie , “pursuit of happyness”
6. What are you most passionate about?
- cooking; enjoying and appreciating food
- pleasing others through cooking
7. Name a time when you were humbled.
- backpacking and trudging over ice realizing there’s no way I’d make it on my own
9. Name a time when everything fell apart.
- I didn’t get the job I’d put everything towards
10. What are the best parts and worst parts about where and how you grew up?
- loved growing up in a little neighborhood where we could play with the neighbors, homey
14. What is your biggest weakness?
- worry about other’s opinions
- worry about the outcome too much, which definetly slows me down a lot
-have a hard time loving others well without having preconceived notions in my the back of my head
15. Name a time when you were successful.
- our state finals match this past season, I failed in that I lost my match, but the whole team pulled through and we won
16. Name a time when you failed.
- the first time we played Baylor this past year, on my birthday, and I lost playing number six
18. Name a time when an experience with a piece of art (book, music, visual art., etc.) impacted you.
- read “Same Kind of Different as me”, impacted my view on homeless people and how to love others better
19. Who do you most admire and why?
- my mother for all she’s been through and how she still has such a great passion for life
21. What frustrates you the most?
- eating yogurt or ice cream with a metal spoon
- tennis players, they have to be, but they’re all so single minded
22. What makes you feel the most alive?
- I love family dinners with our two Romanian friends and their wives out on the deck eating peach cobbler
- standing at the top of a mountain, getting ready to ski down (on top of the world)
- visiting Italy, their lifestyle is so relaxed, and they really know how to live and enjoy life
“We have to help him”.
ReplyDeleteI want to write about an experience I had at Camp Ocoee during a Youth Trust retreat my Junior year. One of the campers unashamedly told his peers that he was an atheist. Word got around to some of the camp leaders including myself. I thought nothing of it until I heard those five words slip out of another girl’s mouth. The thought that this boy, having his own independent and different beliefs needed to be fixed was astonishing to me. It was as if they thought he was sick. I stood up for the boy by telling my peers that it was not our responsibility to tell him what he should believe and should not believe. When I expressed my feelings, they were angry with me for not wanted to help him. I was hurting for the boy and now for myself. What was happening to him was beginning to happening to me.
In my essay I want to convey who I am as a person, by the actions I took to resolve this “problem”. I am a leader, but I also know when too much leading can be taken too far. I believe that people are subject to making their own decisions, especially emotionally and spiritually challenging ones. I learned how hard it was to be stuck between a rock and a hard place. I was trying to help someone else, someone smaller, younger, while being demoralized by some of my closest friends at the same time.
Still working on exactly how I’m going to execute this paper, but I hope it will end up telling a lot about my personality. Open-minded, caring, a leader, independent, and sure of myself.
1. What experiences in your life stand out?
ReplyDelete-I have volunteered at Erlanger for the past four summers.
2. Who has had a significant impact on you, good or bad, and how?
-People who I’ve worked with at Erlanger, especially in the medical mall
-Patients I’ve worked with at Erlanger
5. What are you most proud of?
-I don’t simply stick to what my parents have taught me. I have learned to form my own opinions about things.
6. What are you most passionate about?
-Photography.
-Dance
-Writing lyrics.
9. Name a time when everything fell apart.
-Most of my friends have family problems. I had never had such a problem. This past summer I found out that my mom is having health problems, which caused my previously "normal" family to have problems too.
10. What are the best parts and worst parts about where and how you grew up?
-Being an only child, I loved how much attention I always received from my parents. I never had to deal with sibling rivalry or anything like that. However, I feel live I've missed out on having a sibling.
13. What is your greatest strength?
-I do not give in easily to peer pressure and really stick with my morals.
14. What is your biggest weakness?
-Being too sarcastic at times.
-I don't know when to drop something. When I'm fighting with someone, I can't just give in and let them win, even if that would be the best option.
-I have trouble with letting go of people.
18. Name a time when an experience with a piece of art (book, music, visual art., etc.) impacted you.
-I have read The Perks of Being a Wallflower five times, and every time I read it I am able to find something new that I love about it. It is just a story about a boy's time in high school, but the author does not try to hide the realities of what actually occurs in high school, unlike many.
20. What risks have you taken in your life and how did they turn out?
-I applied to SCAD summer seminars, I was accepted, then actually considered not going because I had never been to anything like that before. I'd be putting myself in a completely new environment for a week. I had never even been to an over-night summer camp. But I ended up forcing myself to go, and it ended up being one of the best experiences of my life.
21. What frustrates you the most?
-There is no known cure for my mom's health, so her only option is "natural cures," which I can hope work, but that I doubt actually will.
-Having only organic and other types of very healthy foods in my house. I understand that it is for my mom's health reasons, so I feel bad about being frustrated by it, but I still get very frustrated.
-Parents who don’t care if their kids cheat. Once, at Erlanger, a lady came up to me who asked me to help her daughter with an algebra problem. She took me to her office, set me in front of a computer, told me she'd pay me $100, then asked me to take a bunch of online tests for an online course her daughter was taking, so her daughter would pass. She said that her daughter was great at school, other than math, and that it wasn't fair that they expected her daughter to have to do this. (I obviously didn’t do it)
22. What makes you feel the most alive?
-I went to Canada a few years ago and we went out on the frozen lake, built a fire, then just decided to lay down and be quiet. The stars were beautiful because there was no electricity for miles, and I was surrounded by my best friends, so it was one of the most peaceful moments of my life.
-Going outside when it is storming and raining, just because I love dancing and playing around in the rain.
1. What experiences in your life stand out?
ReplyDelete· Moving to America when I was 5 years old
· Moving from a public coed school to a private all girls school.
2. Who has had a significant impact on you, good or bad, and how?
3. Name the biggest lessons you have learned thus far and how you learned them.
· Failure is necessary in order to succeed. I learned this when I took my first AP class at GPS. I automatically assumed that this class could not possibly be harder than any classes I took before. I mean, nothing is hard for Yashi, right? (pshh whatever!) This mind set immediately changed for me when I took my first test in that class. It was the hardest thing I ever! And the grade wasn’t to hot either. Failure taught me to realize that I'm not perfect. After struggling through the first few weeks of that class, I starting developing new study strategies and eventually started doing better in the class.
4. Name a time when you were inspired.
· "Reach for the moon and if you miss you'll land among the stars." This was a sign in my eight grade Algebra 1 class. I actually took the time to understand the meaning of this quote. Later, I made it a common practice.
5. What are you most proud of?
· My Culture and heritage
· My School
6. What are you most passionate about?
7. Name a time when you were humbled.
8. Name a time when everything came together for you.
9. Name a time when everything fell apart.
10. What are the best parts and worst parts about where and how you grew up?
· Chattanooga is a great place to grow up. I really love the beauty of this city. The best part about growing up here was that I was given many opportunities. I got to attend GPS and got to become more involved with the community. The worst part about growing up here was that I was sandwiched between two cultures. After we moved here from India, we, as a family, faced a huge culture shock. Yet, while living in this new culture, I was always expected to maintain my old one. It is not as easy as it seems.
11. Name a time when you had to make a difficult decision.
12. Name a moment when you knew you were changed forever.
13. What is your greatest strength?
· Listening to people and understanding their problems
14. What is your biggest weakness?
· Time Management
15. Name a time when you were successful.
· Winning the Business project at Governor's School for IT Leadership.
· First time winning an award at Science Olympiad State.
16. Name a time when you failed.
17. What is your most satisfying accomplishment to date?
18. Name a time when an experience with a piece of art (book, music, visual art., etc.) impacted you.
19. Who do you most admire and why?
· My Dad. I admire him the most because I know the hard circumstances in which he grew up in. Yet, he didn’t let any of them hold him back. He still turned out to be very successful but also very humble and down to earth.
20. What risks have you taken in your life and how did they turn out?
21. What frustrates you the most?
· When people automatically make conclusions about something, or someone, without knowing the whole picture
· Failure
· Not getting the right answer to a math problem
· When everybody is talking at the same time and therefore, I can't hear anyone.
· Impatience.
· Stubborn People
22. What makes you feel the most alive?
· Helping others.
· I feel the most alive when I take my mind off of little things like grades and hw (although they are very important), and look at the big picture. We live in such a beautiful place yet we are too stressed to notice and admire the beauty of all the greenery around us.
. What experiences in your life stand out?
ReplyDelete- I had to leave GPS my sophomore year and go to a public high school. Being able to return to GPS my junior year was the answer to all of my prayers.
2. Who has had a significant impact on you, good or bad, and how?
- My mother has had the biggest impact on me through her support, strength, and love in times of adversity. I wouldn't be anything without my mother.
3. Name the biggest lessons you have learned thus far and how you learned them.
- I have learned that God answers prayers and always has a plan for everyone.
- I have learned that hard work is the only way to achieve a goal.
4. Name a time when you were inspired.
- I was inspired in Saint Patrick's Cathedral to work harder on my relationship with God.
- I was inspired this summer on my family's road trip by all the people we saw and how they seemed to share many of the sentiments that I have.
5. What are you most proud of?
- My relationships with my family.
6. What are you most passionate about?
7. Name a time when you were humbled.
8. Name a time when everything came together for you.
9. Name a time when everything fell apart.
10. What are the best parts and worst parts about where and how you grew up?
- The best part of my neighborhood is Thursday Night Dinner. My family and neighbors eat together once a week, and it is very important to us. We never miss it.
- My neighbors are some of the best people I know, and it wouldn't be home without them.
11. Name a time when you had to make a difficult decision.
12. Name a moment when you knew you were changed forever.
13. What is your greatest strength?
- I have a good sense of humor.
- I have a good work ethic.
- I am able to work well under pressure.
14. What is your biggest weakness?
- I am very shy, and sometimes that keeps me from saying or doing what I should.
- Sometimes I procrastinate, which leads to me making lower grades than I should.
15. Name a time when you were successful.
16. Name a time when you failed.
17. What is your most satisfying accomplishment to date?
18. Name a time when an experience with a piece of art (book, music, visual art., etc.) impacted you.
- I love the painting Nighthawks by Edward Hopper. Inside the diner, it seems warm and friendly, yet nobody is talking to each other. This painting has had a an impact on me because it portrays a common situation that is not usually addressed. The subject matter of lonliness in an area filled with people is very interesting to me.
19. Who do you most admire and why?
20. What risks have you taken in your life and how did they turn out?
21. What frustrates you the most?
- My computer. It never works when I need it to.
- People who don't understand the blessings they have the and sacrifices that have been made for them.
- People who cheat. It is so much easier to study.
22. What makes you feel the most alive?
- I always feel the most alive when I am traveling. I love the anticipation of getting there and the feeling of moving.
- I love being at the beach. I love the air and the water, and I love how there is never a bad day at the beach.
1. What experiences in your life stand out?
ReplyDelete2. Who has had a significant impact on you, good or bad, and how?
* My swim coach has had a significant impact on me teaching me the value of hard work and of course the excitement of the hard work paying off
3. Name the biggest lessons you have learned thus far and how you learned them.
* The best things in life are the simple things
* Instead of trying to grow up too fast, it is better to enjoy the advantages of being young.
* I have learned through my years of swimming on my neighborhood team and academically at GPS that although you may try your best, practice hard, or study long, someone can do absolutely nothing in preparation and still be better than you.
4. Name a time when you were inspired.
5. What are you most proud of?
6. What are you most passionate about?
* Helping other people resolve their problems
7. Name a time when you were humbled.
* I was texting a friend about something totally unimportant when a man sitting across the lobby from me struct up a conversation with me. He told me about his wife and how he held her hand while she took her last breath.
8. Name a time when everything came together for you.
9. Name a time when everything fell apart.
10. What are the best parts and worst parts about where and how you grew up?
* Best parts: living in a city which had the advantages of a town and a city
*Worst parts: moving eight or nine times in five years
11. Name a time when you had to make a difficult decision.
* I had to choose between what I wanted and what I knew was best for my friend
12. Name a moment when you knew you were changed forever.
13. What is your greatest strength?
* My greatest strength is being able to handle a lot of stressful situations simultaneousnesly without being stressed.
14. What is your biggest weakness?
* My biggest weakness in life is my fear of change, fear of not knowing what the change will bring
* My fear of being judged by others
* Taking what I have been given for granted.
15. Name a time when you were successful.
16. Name a time when you failed.
* In the spelling bee in 3rd grade I was registered and ready to go but then I freaked out and wouldn't go on stage
* When I thought I could change someone who did not want to change
17. What is your most satisfying accomplishment to date?
* Remaining faithful to my values in a world where people are constantly trying to convince me to do differently
18. Name a time when an experience with a piece of art (book, music, visual art., etc.) impacted you.
19. Who do you most admire and why?
* My mom because of all the difficulties she has dealt with and still manages to provide everything
20. What risks have you taken in your life and how did they turn out?
21. What frustrates you the most?
* What frustrates me the most is the immorality of the world today
* When people lie about frivolous things
22. What makes you feel the most alive?
* When I think about how blessed I am to live in the US and attend to GPS and have amazing friends
1. What experiences in your life stand out?
ReplyDeleteContrast playing cards with Grandma as a child when she was in good health and playing cards with her at the end of her life.
2. Who has had a significant impact on you, good or bad, and how?
Grandpa- taught me to have a sense of humor and to not take life too seriously.
Greyson has always been one step ahead, leading me along and helping me.
3. Name the biggest lessons you have learned thus far and how you learned them.
I learned through giving lessons to special Olympians to appreciate and be happy in the small moments. (couple hugging after lessons)
4. Name a time when you were inspired.
5. What are you most proud of?
My relationship with my family.
6. What are you most passionate about?
Promoting tolerance in any form.
7. Name a time when you were humbled.
Working with the homeless in the Summer New Testament course.
8. Name a time when everything came together for you.
9. Name a time when everything fell apart.
10. What are the best parts and worst parts about where and how you grew up?
I have grown up privileged, yet sheltered.
I have grown up in the same home, in a neighborhood where I could freely and safely explore outside.
11. Name a time when you had to make a difficult decision.
12. Name a moment when you knew you were changed forever.
13. What is your greatest strength?
My ability to see the good in something.
My perseverance to finish things I have started.
14. What is your biggest weakness?
My lack of ability to keep emotion separate when necessary.
My indecisiveness.
My lack of self-motivation to start a project.
15. Name a time when you were successful.
16. Name a time when you failed.
17. What is your most satisfying accomplishment to date?
18. Name a time when an experience with a piece of art (book, music, visual art., etc.) impacted you.
19. Who do you most admire and why?
My brother, Louis, because when he wants something, he stops at nothing to get it.
My grandmother, for her strength and for her acceptance.
20. What risks have you taken in your life and how did they turn out?
Reaching out of my comfort zone to others that always ended well.
21. What frustrates you the most?
Other’s intolerances of people different from themselves.
22. What makes you feel the most alive?
Interacting with others.
Being outside in nature, especially in a garden where I am growing the food I am about to eat.
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ReplyDelete1. What experiences in your life stand out?
2. Who has had a significant impact on you, good or bad, and how?
3. Name the biggest lessons you have learned thus far and how you learned them.
* You can try your best, train your hardest, or study for hours, but someone can come having done absolutely nothing to prepare and still do better.
* Don't try to grow up too fast, enjoy being young
4. Name a time when you were inspired.
5. What are you most proud of?
6. What are you most passionate about?
7. Name a time when you were humbled.
* I was texting a friend complaining about something totally unimportant when a man in the mechanics lobby struck up conversation with me. We talked for awhile and he talked about having to raise his grandkids on his own and holding his wifes hand as she took her last breath. He said she was the love of his life and he misses her every day.
8. Name a time when everything came together for you.
9. Name a time when everything fell apart.
10. What are the best parts and worst parts about where and how you grew up?
11. Name a time when you had to make a difficult decision.
12. Name a moment when you knew you were changed forever.
13. What is your greatest strength?
14. What is your biggest weakness?
* My fear of change and the uncertainty of the outcome of change
* Taking things for granted
15. Name a time when you were successful.
16. Name a time when you failed.
17. What is your most satisfying accomplishment to date?
* Staying true to my beliefs when the world is constantly trying to convince me otherwise
18. Name a time when an experience with a piece of art (book, music, visual art., etc.) impacted you.
19. Who do you most admire and why?
20. What risks have you taken in your life and how did they turn out?
21. What frustrates you the most?
* The terrible morals of the world today
22. What makes you feel the most alive?
1.One of the topics that I could easily write about is my grandfather, Jack. He had so many interesting stories and such a strong character.
ReplyDelete2.Another topic I could easily write about is my experiences with the theater department at GPS.
3.My biggest weakness and also my greatest strength would probably be my friends and my relationships with them.
4.A human issue that is very near to me is the general issue of human rights, or lack thereof of basic human rights around the world.
5.Another issue that I could easily right about is a more specific version of the previous topic, with an emphasis on LGBT rights.
6.The effect that religion has on life around us and our life. It has both negative and positive effects.
7.Music is a very important part of my life. I don't really have the desire to go into the music business, but I love to listen to music and I love to sing. Both of these are very relaxing to me.
8.The art exhibit that was at the Hunter Art Gallery, the work of Lesley Dill, had a huge impact on me. Just the amount of emotion and the awe inspiring stories that she told with each piece of art was amazing.
9.Going to a school like GPS has had a huge impact on my life, a very positive one.
10.Love is the most powerful emotion. To love someone is to give them a part of you that you can never get back. Love can be positive, negative, or any where in between. Love is raw and very real.
1. What experiences in your life stand out?
ReplyDelete-The day I was diagnosed with diabetes because it was the beginning of a new lifestyle for me.
-The day my Great Grandmother passed away because it was the first time I had ever seen my father cry.
2. Who has had a significant impact on you, good or bad, and how?
3. Name the biggest lessons you have learned thus far and how you learned them.
-You can't trust every person you meet. I met a girl from volleyball camp who lived in Ohio. We became friends through playing together and I told her what dorm room I was staying in and when she came up to see me I was taking a shower. She went into my room and stole all of my money and my ipod. I never saw her again at the camp.
4. Name a time when you were inspired.
-When I was 14 years old, I saw one of my best friends at church get saved for the first time. She was crying, I was crying and I found out a lot about her that day that I didn't know. I was I was inspired to pursue my spiritual journey that day because of the feeling I got when she was saved. I was saved later that same month.
5. What are you most proud of?
-Surviving through GPS even through difficult times.
6. What are you most passionate about?
-Volleyball
-Becoming a doctor
7. Name a time when you were humbled.
-I met a homeless man and didn't know he was homeless because of the way he carried himself.
-I went to a Christian gathering called Winterfest and was surrounded by thousands of people praying and singing and being saved and I realized that my life isn't the only one involved in God's plan.
8. Name a time when everything came together for you.
9. Name a time when everything fell apart.
-The one time I went to church and I was the only one in my youth group to show up. I realized that because of family struggles and hard times that many of my close friends in church had stopped coming. They wouldn't be back. I was the only one left. Youth group had been a huge rock in my life, keeping me grounded and stable, and I had just lost what had kept my life together for years.
10. What are the best parts and worst parts about where and how you grew up?
-Best parts would be that I never had to worry about if I would eat. I never had to worry about if I was going to get shot going to the grocery store.
-Worst parts would be that I haven't had many life changing experiences because I have a bubble around myself that I don't have many opportunities to step out of. I have never risked more than I was willing to loose.
11. Name a time when you had to make a difficult decision.
12. Name a moment when you knew you were changed forever.
13. What is your greatest strength?
-My capability to forgive. My compassion.
14. What is your biggest weakness?
-My carelessness.
-My forgetfulness.
15. Name a time when you were successful.
16. Name a time when you failed.
17. What is your most satisfying accomplishment to date?
18. Name a time when an experience with a piece of art (book, music, visual art., etc.) impacted you.
19. Who do you most admire and why?
-Grandmother-she fought cancer, death of her parents, death of a daughter-in-law, and diabetes.
20. What risks have you taken in your life and how did they turn out?
21. What frustrates you the most?
-My lack of experience in the real world.
-How I want more out of life but have no way of getting it for years to come.
-Wanting so much more out of life but at the same time wanting to stay an innocent child.
22. What makes you feel the most alive?
-Playing volleyball
-Talking with my friends because it makes me feel like a real person. Sometimes I feel disconnected from life, like an observer, but when I talk with my friends and go places with them I feel like I am in some small way connected.
-Being outside in the grass because I feel close to the world around me.
-Being with my family, especially my nephew because I feel that he trusts me with his life and that gives me a whole new reason be alive, to protect him.