College Admissions Essay: The Journey That Changed My Life

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This school year has been a rough journey, I pondered countless hours are the friends and family I have supportive of my academic schooling. There has been a lot of slacking but at the same time there has been a lot work. Sometimes friends are great but not always supportive of academic accomplishment.

One of the biggest supports I would have to say, was my older deceased brother Connor Valenter. It’s unfortunate I didn't realize how supportive of my schooling till after I lost him. Since I was in middle school connor was always hounding me to perform a well as I could in school. He wanted me to set high goals for myself and achieve them. But I seemed to be more interested in goofing off and losing sight of how important an
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When I started high school over at kuna high school. I started out the year very badly. In less than six months I had gotten in trouble with the law for a M.I.P( minor in possession of an illegal substance) in my case it was alcohol unfortunately. I was heading down the wrong road. Honestly I think my only saving grace for turning my attitude around for an embetterment in my life.

Would have to credited to my step father Gary Gammel. Gary has influenced me to become a better person, he helped me turn my grades around he help me stay on track for a successful future. In a sense it was kind of like beowulf and wiglaf but instead of gold at the end of high school. I will leave knowledge gained from all of the stories I’ve read. To the people I befriended and the bad influences. From all of theses relationships, I’ve had during the course of my life the all have had an impact on me

But sometimes peers can be a bigger influence, through the years i have had countless friends. Some good and many bad ones. And a lot of times i would let them distract me from performing well academically. It like all of beowulf's warriors they left him to die but not wiglaf. If anything Gary and Connor can be thought of as wiglaf and me as beowulf there helping me at my lowest