When I think about my role in my school, my role in my community, and my role as a part of something greater than myself, one word comes to mind: pride. Ever since I have been young I have always made it a priority of mine to participate and make myself known as a member of my community willing to help others around me. My personal belief is that my love for helping those around me stems from my personal experiences seeing the lives of those who have so much less. I lived In Bangladesh for 5 and
Growing up, my cousins and I would always play school. We would argue back and forth on who was going to get to be the teacher for the class. It was fun and exciting to play school then. But, I learned from all those play times that it was easy to play the teacher, but it is not quite so easy to turn into one. I wanted to be a coach because I truly enjoyed sports. I had some coaches that I really looked up to and knew that being a coach was the profession I wanted to go into. I soon learned that
As Valentine's Day approaches here are some options of what you can do to celebrate the day of love. Valentine's Day can be celebrated in many different ways. However, a common activity most people do is go out to a fancy romantic dinner. There are many restaurants in town that can be the perfect spot to take your significant other out on that special date. Trip Advisor has a list of the 10 most romantic restaurants in Gainesville, Florida. Ranging in prices, one out of the 10 is bound to be the
Nowruz, meaning "new day” in Persian Dari, is a distinctive tradition in Afghanistan that marks a three-day celebration of New Year beginning on March 21. It celebrates vitality, freshness, ends winter, and welcomes the arrival of spring. Nowruz is a hallmark of Afghan culture, and during the three days of the Nowruz celebration, the process is that Afghans generally visit one of the two most famous places in Afghanistan on the first day, relatives on the second, and on the third day visit their friends
coming true as I work each and every day to build my knowledge to share with the future leaders of our society. When I was young I would sit in my basement with the neighborhood children and play school. This was the start of my love for teaching others. As I have grown older I have realized the importance of having educated teachers that will shape the minds of each and every student. In a few years my childhood memories of the neighborhood kids playing school in my basement will become a life changing
Once a year, you have a day where you get to be as self-centered as you want to and no one would blame you for it. It is your day and no one can take it from you. It is the day everyone would be there for you and only you. Everyone will let you feel the love they have for you in every way possible. You would have a lot of people celebrating your achievements throughout the year. The goal will be to encourage you to achieve even more on your new year to come, a lot would be happy for you, so proud
interest in working with special needs children. I feel they have so much to offer the community, yet they are extremely ignored. As I grew older, my interest in helping this community developed into something bigger. I realized that there is so much suppression of people who are viewed as “less than.” This was the beginning of my interest in social work. I have taken part in volunteer opportunities almost my entire life. I was benefitted with financial comfortability during my childhood, and it allowed
Visit to Grandmother,” by William Melvin Kelly, all have a relationship between a character and character, or character and animal. In the story, “Without Title,” by Diane Glancy, the Father and Buffalo have a very special relationship. The Father would hunt the buffalo every single day, but that changed when the Father had to move into the city and work in a packing house, The Father misses hunting the buffalo and always admired it. “I remember the silence of his lost power, the red buffalo painted
bring to the table as a Woodring applicant. I desire to inspire. Everyday I want my students to feel the way that I felt each time I would walk into class every single day. I bring inspiration with me everywhere that I go. I believe it is our inspiration that keeps us motivated and excited about the future. That is one of the reasons why I can honestly say that by me being admitted into the program I will be giving my inspiration to everyone I surround. There is no other place that I would rather
“Hey hey, get up!” My mom screamed at me. “What is it mom, it’s 6:41 in the morning” I moaned as I rolled over. “We are running late, as always” she yelled. That’s when I remembered that today was the day we were going to Mackinac Island. I have been waiting for this day for over two weeks and it was finally here. I sprinted out of my room and ran straight for the bathroom. I flung the shower on and hopped in. “Ahhhhhhh” I screamed the water was so cold. I jumped out and through on a pair of