Personal Narrative Analysis

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Arriving here was as much of a shock as it could possibly be. My bubble of success burst as I realized that middle school was just the miniscule appetizer in a six course meal. My classes were exponentially harder. I realized how misguided I was by thinking being at the top of my middle school class would mean the same would happen in high school as well. The competition and high level of stress were suffocating. My self-confidence was slowly decaying, and my ambition and motivation were verging on non-existence. I stagnated and began thinking of school as a chore.
I have always been pit against my peers in every metric available, especially due to my severely competitive parents and overachieving community. Everything was essentially a competition, from the grades I get, to the classes I take, to the sports I play. This competitive atmosphere in middle school led me …show more content…
I went to HackBCA, my high school's hackathon, and became enamored with the environment. I was thrown from the competitive monotony of school into an event where competition was matched with equal parts of collaboration. The sense of community and friendship I experienced at the hackathon changed my view on life. I found myself meeting people that were vastly different from me, but felt a sense of shared struggle and camaraderie with them, as we toiled endlessly before the deadline. I found people were genuinely willing to help me with my project rather than ignoring me and focusing on their own (something that was exceedingly uncommon in my previous experiences). As this hackathon ended, I realized I had experienced a new side of life, one where teamwork and community are hallmark characteristics. A side where competition, while still being important, became a positive learning tool rather than a scythe that cut down those who were not at the

Personal Narrative Analysis

I realized, as I stood at the counter of the only open coffee shop that early in the morning, that my exchange program was not going to be an easy task. "A duhnit, please" The waitress stared at me with a puzzled look. "A what?" "A duhnit." I pointed my finger. She inquired in an awkward tone, "A donut?" In Canada, the only option of having to learn and speak in English threw me off course. As my peers grew with knowledge, my learning remained stagnant. I couldn't comprehend the lectures from my…

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Personal Narrative Analysis

sneakers, smashed. The undeniable force of gravity pulls them down as they try to counter it. There is something uniform about all of them; they gulp for air, yet don’t receive any. The matted hair is streaked with sweat. Emotions running high - is a personal record possible? After watching the boys crest the top of the pain cave, only to be met by another hill. This grassy hill has no affectionate name. I can tell you from experience it is a unfortunate sight to sore legs. As the runners fly by, the…

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A month later, I received rejection emails from the universities that I have applied; time and time again, my depression worsened every time I saw “We regret that we are unable to offer you admission.” I thought that my life was over and did not go as planned. I felt so embarrassed like the time in first grade I accidentally urinated myself in front of everyone in my classroom. I wanted to hide inside a huge cave to avoid contact with anybody, especially my family. Every time I told my mom that I…

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The world of living with constant moving is the life that I grew up in. At a very young age, I moved to and lived in China and Taiwan and then in Utah, Nevada and California. My academic life was marked by transfer after transfer to different schools - four elementary, three middle, and two high schools. Each time it was hard to make new friends, but at the same time I developed great coping skills. And learned to appreciate social and cultural differences in various international as well as local…

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I got to the store and it was a slow day due to many of our customers on vacation this time of year. I talked to my assistant managers about management responsibility to get a better idea for my paper. The month is over on Saturday and we will need to make up an additional $7,000 to make team share for the month that is our store bonus. I had a sale a woman came into the store who bought a purse that we took down from the display due to transfers, and was able to save the sale by offering her the…

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Growing up I never thought of past I found myself living moment to moment and just experiencing everything life had to offer. It’s actually quite ironic that I have learned to live this way because in my family everyone is constantly looking back at the better days. My family was social in a way that I was isolated for the most part. Being a third generation latin america caused a langues barrier for me and the other member of my family the barrier grew much larger with the fact that many values…

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Today around 3:25, Mr. Brewster’s sub called me and asked if I would come and get Luis. She said that he was not listening to either her or Mrs. Konkoleski. When we got back to my room he was quiet and did not communicate. I left him alone and set the timer. When the timer went off, I asked him if he was ready to talk or work on his homework. He did state, “No” but once I was getting ready to walk away he started talking. He let me know that he wanted some food. I told him that he first has to start…

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Since July of 2014, I have been an Independent, maintaining a full-time position while in school. During the summer of 2014 my father, and primary provider, passed away. As my mother and he were not married, she did not receive any financial inheritance from his estate and as a result, my family and I were left without a car or a permanent place to call home. I used the resources in my community to find temporary housing, a full-time job, and food assistance. For the duration of my senior year,…

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I'm happy with the way semester one concluded. My exam results were the highest they have ever been and I worked harder than I have in past years around exam season. I did have a few bumps in the road with managing swim, homework, and other activities as well as some troubles with friend groups changing. Although I lost some of my friends, I believe that I came out with more supportive people around me! In English, I got extremely high grades on my papers and my CRJ presentation, which I got stressed…

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It was a couple weeks before I turned 14 I was really excited about getting my driver's license. It was 1 week before I was going to go in and take my test. I was studying really hard. I was going with my mom to the place I studied the whole way there I kept asking my mom what if I fail this test. In response my mom said “don’t worry you will do fine just do your best”. When we finally got there I got super nervous I didn’t want to fail the test. I Studied for a little bit longer before I went into…

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