Write about an event in your life in which you succeeded at something which was very challenging. How much did any of the behaviors listed in Diligence Part-1 contribute to your success? What did you learn from that? (Post the questions and your answers to the questions.)
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On March 9, 2007, I tore my ACL. On March 15, 2007, I had surgery to repair it. This was a very trying time for me. The day after surgery I had to go to therapy. They began breaking the scar tissue in my knee. It was very hard to get my knee to bend at all let alone to be all to sit with my foot flat on the floor. I was not able to do this for a month or so. To gain the use of my knee and leg, I had to work very hard and risk pain to be able to walk and use my knee again. I had to make myself push through the pain to break scar tissue and be self-disciplined. When my knee was strained I had to know not to push it so far so fast. My goal was to get better and I focused on that goal. In order to get well again, I had to keep going and not give up. There was no way I would get better if I had quit in the middle of recovery. I learned that some things will be painful and hard to get through, but it is worth it when you push through and reap the benefits.
When I was in the 6th grade, you know that every girls dream when they come to the high school is to be a cheerleader. Well, I worked and I tried out my 6th grade year. I was very nervous and scared. I did my best but, didn’t make it. I thought my life was over. I cried like everyone does when they don’t make it, the girls that haven’t in the past know what I’m talking about. But, I got over it.
So I started working on cheerleading almost immediately after tryouts. I worked and worked. So I knew when tryouts came around I would be more than ready. So before I knew it the next year was here and it was time for tryouts again. So I started getting nervous and all that. But I ate my nerves and went out there to try out and made it.
So yes sometimes you have to work for stuff in life. And the things you have to work for mean the most to you. I couldn’t see my life without cheerleading now.
Write about an event in your life in which you succeeded at something which was very challenging. How much did any of the behaviors listed in Diligence Part-1 contribute to your success? What did you learn from that? (Post the questions and your answers to the questions.)
When I was in the seventh grade I was very short and very fat. And my older brother had just gone through boot camp and he had gone from being 275 pounds to 180. He showed us that he could get skinny and I wanted to show him that I could too.
He went to Iraq and so that year I made up my mind that when he got back I was gone to be skinny too. So during wrestling season that year all I ate was two pieces of grilled chicken a day and I wore sweats and garbage bags to wrestling practice (garbage bags don’t let out heat or moisture) and I also ran every night after practice. Determination had a lot to do with me doing that as did perseverance. But by the time my brother had returned, I had went from 160 pounds to 128 and I felt like I was almost dead.
Write about an event in your life in which you succeeded at something which was very challenging. How much did any of the behaviors listed in Diligence Part-1 contribute to your success? What did you learn from that? (Post the questions and your answers to the questions.)
When I was younger I was always known as the shy one of the group. I hardly ever talked to new people. I was always afraid of what people thought of me. A couple years passed, and I was still shy. So I said to myself, “ok. You have to get over this.” So I decided that I was going to get over the whole shyness thing. I taught myself to listen and watch how other people interact with each other. That helped me in the long run. Even though it was difficult to get over my fear, I kept on going and I finally reached my goal. I had to realize that I cannot just let people run all over me. I finally got up the courage and wasn’t shy any longer. Now I am not shy to the least. I try to make friends with everyone. I love talking to new people and interacting with others. Watching and listening to other people can help you get through hard times. I learned that In the long run.
In 2004 I was playing Junior High Football. We were at practice two days after are first game and I broke my shoulder half way through practice. The trainer we had tried to pop it back in place three times. So they called a place called Sports Medicine. They did some ex-rays and they said it was broke by then it was hurting so bad. They put in me in surgery the next morning at 6:00 o'clock. They had to put two rods it my shoulder. I had two miss two weeks of school. Then in about three weeks I started therapy. That was the most painful part of it. I had to go to the docter every week. Then about six months after it they took the rodes back out. Then I had to go to the docter every other week. for year and half.
Write about an event in your life in which you succeeded at something which was very challenging. How much did any of the behaviors listed in Diligence Part-1 contribute to your success? What did you learn from that? (Post the questions and your answers to the questions.)
My 10th grade year of softball i tore my shoulder all up in i had to have surgery on it to get it repair. it was the most horrible pain that i have every been in, my shoulder was just hagging there out of place torn. i had to get some pins put in my shoulder so that i would be able to play softall my 11th grade year. i had to work hard in therpey so that i would be able to make my shoulder stronger. my goals for this was to push myself as hard as i could to be able to play softball my 11th grade year. I had everyone in the doctors office support everytime that i was there. it took me a while to get use of throwing a softball again but after that 7 months everything was better. i still have alot of pain in my arm all the time when i am playing or when it gets cold. But i always just put in behind me in go on with the pain.
This year, I had to try out for wind ensemble, the top band at Oak Grove. I really wanted to be a part of the band. Every night that week I took my trumpet home to practice. I knew that if I wanted to get better, I had to practice. Every time I played the piece, I got better. I never lost sight of what I wanted and that was a chair in wind ensemble. I had to tryout against Seniors, Juniors, and other Freshmen. I knew it would be stiff competition. I played my audition piece and did well. The next day, I learned that I tied with someone, and I had to tryout again. We had to tryout on a scale that I did not know, but I still tried. Neither of us could do it so we had to sight read. I had learned to sight read from many years of practice. In the end, I got second chair to a senior and won the chair with hard work and diligence.
In the spring of 2006 was baseball tryouts. I was in the 7th grade and I was really wanting to make the baseball team. A couple of weeks before tryouts I started getting warmed up for the tryouts. The majority of the days when I came home from school, I would throw baseball, hit, pitch, and on occasions field ground balls. After all the practice I did, it became time for tryouts. I was so ready for the tryouts cause I thought I had a real good chance. I came my time to do my thing and I must have been nerveous or something because I stunk the place up. I still thought I had a slight chance of making the team but wasn't really sure. Coach told us that the team would be listed on his door tommorw morning. I got up the next morning worrying about if I was going to make the team or not. I came to school and looked on his office, and my name was not displayed on the list. I was so disappionted that I didn't want to do anything at all that day.
0n Dec. 14 , 2006 I had a cheerleading accdent and the Doctor told us that something was wrong with my neck so i had to wear a neck brace for 2 months.Then we went back to he Doctor because i keep haveing back pain and so we had a bone scan, cat scan,and a MRI done.And come to find out that i had a fractured spine at my L5 on the left and righ side of my back so i thought cheerleading was over for good and the Doctor told us that i was not going to beable to cheer anymore. Well now im about to be out of my back brace and ill WILL be able to do cheerleading again.It was very painful with me going haveing to wear a back brace for a long time but i think in the end it will be all worth it cause ill be able to cheer agian.
Write about an event in your life in which you succeeded at something which was very challenging. How much did any of the behaviors listed in Diligence Part-1 contribute to your success? What did you learn from that? (Post the questions and your answers to the questions.)
When I was about 11 I flipped my fourwheeler on top of me. Fortunately, I was not hurt seriosly. I was scared at first to get back on but when I realized that it was just a shock to me. I got right back on 2 minutes later. My mom said that it was alright if I didn't want to get back on it. I told her that I was going to get back on it anyway.
It takes a lot to stop me from doing something that I like to do.
Write about an event in your life in which you succeeded at something which was very challenging. How much did any of the behaviors listed in Diligence Part-1 contribute to your success? What did you learn from that? (Post the questions and your answers to the questions.)
I don't know I guess it would have to be last year during wrestling season. Anyways, last year was alot different from the years before that because we had alot of seniors like Seth Burgett, Jeff Franklin, and Ren Foreman and they helped me out alot in those years and this year we only had two and almost the whole year one of them was injured and the other one was to big to teach me anything so i had to learn these things the first time or not at all. So I pushed myself to take responsibility and get through it by myself. I wanted to quit and just give up on the whole thing because I thought it was to hard and I wouldnt make it through the whole thing anyways. So when County came up I won 3rd place and went on and wrestled individually after the regular season was over and I used all the training that I went through and used it in the off-season by myself and I guess thats where the self-discipline comes in.
It happens in everone's life, especially at Oak Grove: drama. It starts really bad in 6th grade and it goes on until you graduate. I've experienced a whole lot of it, from rumors, to people getting beaten up, etc. Drama isn't just a one-time thing, it's a lifelong learning experience to get through it and know that you're not the only one it's happening to. It happens to everyone. I used to let all these rumors and other things get to me... but now I know that the people who start this stuff are just looking for attention. I learned that instead of making a big deal out of it, just tell myself that i know it's not true and anyone who believes the crap apparently doesn't know me at all. I don't need to do damage control with these things because that just takes up too much of my energy and time, and also because the only person I have to prove anything to is God. I don't care what people think of me because life is too short to be worried about conformity.
Write about an event in your life in which you succeeded at something which was very challenging. How much did any of the behaviors listed in Diligence Part-1 contribute to your success? What did you learn from that? (Post the questions and your answers to the questions.)
On June 22, 2007 me and my friend Talyor went to a skate competion at Alabaster skate park. I don't know about him but I was very nervous. It wasn't my first competion,it was that I always get nervous. Well on my run I was doing good until I dropped in the bowl. I got in the bowl and was doing good,so I said that I was going to go for the 10 foot high part. Well I got a lot of speed, and on accident I ramp off of it and landed in the spectaters. I wasn't hurt just really embarassed, but I got over the embarasment and laugh about to, because it was pretty funny.
I guess it would have to be this year. I have always struggled with school, but this year I have been trying to do all my work.So as soon as my teacher gives it to me,I start on it because I want to pass.Another reason I struggle with school is peer pressure, bullies, and even my church friends that say they are these big Christians and they always talk to you like "you" are a idiot when no one else is around. But I have learned that they are not me so they don't know anything about me and so i move on.So far I am Passing all of my classes and my goal is to never fail and I haven't yet and I am not going to.
Write about an event in your life in which you succeeded at something which was very challenging. How much did any of the behaviors listed in Diligence Part-1 contribute to your success? What did you learn from that? (Post the questions and your answers to the questions.)
In sixth grade I started going to Stacy Wilks house everyday to work on cheerleading. I was told by everybody you don't have anything to worry about. So i was not nervous when cheerleading tryouts came around that spring. My best friend at the time (Katie Cox) and I worked together some days and we were both good. We did everything together that year. At tryouts we were so close and we were well best friends. When we found out who made it and who didn't I was one of the people who didn't and she was one of the people who did. Well I didn't talk to her all weekend because all the girls who made it hung out that weekend. I was so upset I cried and cried. At school that Monday I sat by her in first block as I always did. I talked to her she talked about her weekend and this really bothered me because I felt like she was rubing it in my face that she made it and I didn't. After a while we went friends anymore and she did a lot of talking about me. I am a very strong confident person so I was not worried until a lot of people quit talking to me and started talking about me. This made me very angry. So one day I confronted her about the situation and her words were that if I wasn't a cheerleader she couldn't be my friend anymore! For me it took so much self-discipline to keep calm and not punch the daylights you of her. Calmly I asked her to stop talking about me and told her I didn't need her as a friend if that was how she wanted to be.
All I have ever wanted to do was cheer! I would have told you snice the day i could talk all i wanted to do was cheer cheer cheer! Well comming up to Oak Grove High School, Lauren Best work with me adn she never did give up on me! She wlawyas told me that i may of hate her by the time she got doe working with me but in the end it would be worth it! Well she was right i hated her the whole time that we started working, i was running every single night and excersing every single night nad dancing in my living room! Well the day of trryouts rolls arounds nad i am just a nervous wreck, i knw if i didnt make it it was just going to be all of Laurens house! But anyways! I ended up making it. All i had to do was know that somebody was behinde me supporting me to where they pushed me to be the best i could be! And i love cheerleading and know i must admit all the hard work from the years, has shown tremdsouly! I lvoe to cheer know! I would have nothing differnet if i ever could
Uhmm... Well... I guess... I'd have to go with the time... ughh... Having a terrible mom! Yeah, that's a good one. Ok, so, I have an absolutely terrible mother who pretty much doesn't care about me AT ALL, doesn't call, pay child support, etc. Anyways, bottom line, she's... terrible. Yeah, pretty much ABANDONED ME. The stuff in the last thing SOTRA helped me... yeah. I don't care about my mom anymore, and to tell you the truth, I have no emotions toward her no matter.
This year, being my first year in the high school band, I had to try out for to make either the Wind Ensemble or the Symphonic Band.I was somewhat nervous knowing that I was a 9th grader among a band of excellent players who had years of experience.I have plenty of determination and faith, but I was stressing out about what chair I was going to be.So, I went home and practiced until I almost bit through my bottom lip.I kept telling myself that only a person with guts and will could get what they strive to succeed in.I tried out for the part, and was for the results.Everyone rushed to see outside.At the top of the list I saw my name for first chair in the top band and flipped out! Many times they get Dakota Aaron and I mixed up, so I actually thought it was a miss print.I went up to Mr.F. and he told me I deserved it.I know I should have believed in myself from the start, but I never would have believed it. I DID NOT give up.I wanted that place no matter ho w hard I thought it could have been to succeed.YOU can do anything when you put your mind to it,especially with GOD's help.
How much did any of the behaviors listed in Diligence Part-1 contribute to your success? What did you learn from that?
I guess the challening thing happened was when I had to get stiches in my knee. I had to keep my leg straght for six weeks straight. When i got them off i had to bend my knee lots of time before I could walk on my leg and bend it so i could walk. It was very tough to not beable to run walk or do anything fun. Thats were the selfdiscilpline came in I had to challened myself to not run where ever i went and to keep myself from tering my stiches up.
Diligence-Part 2 Due 10-11-07
Write about an event in your life in which you succeeded at something which was very challenging. How much did any of the behaviors listed in Diligence Part-1 contribute to your success? What did you learn from that? (Post the questions and your answers to the questions.)
When I was in 7th grade I had field. I when around just smiling like I was just so proud. Well the summer pasted by fast , And when I walked throw the door of my home room class that morning I was so ambaries .
All them betty eye just looking at me. Then I remembered last year someone told me that I can talk all my 7th&8th classes in one year if I field . Will….. I went to the office a they said I could but I had to make at less a 70% in every class. Well I didn’t just make a 70% , I made a 100% in every class. And it was heard .
Something that was very difficult in my life that I overcame has to do with football. Last year in football I was a freshmen and all I wanted to do was start varsity. That’s all I wanted to do, just play on Friday nights. Well, when the time came to prove myself it was me versus a senior. Most of the time a freshmen never starts over a senior because of seniority and experience at the game. For a whole week all I wanted was to beat him out of his spot. I kept trying and trying. At the end of practice coach told me I was starting in the right guard position over the senior. I was so happy. What I learned from that was if I stay focused and don’t give up on my goal I can do it.
Write about an event in your life in which you succeeded at something which was very challenging. How much did any of the behaviors in Diligence Part 1 contribute to your success?What did you learn from that? (Post the questions and your answers to the questions.)
During the summer of 5th grade, I was with Crystal Cagle and her mom, going to their house, and we had a terrible wreck. My dad and my grandmother had dropped me off early, while my mother was at the ballpark with my brother. Crystal's mom and I were very bad, and Crystal was just sore and had a real bad scratch. It was hard for me to just lay there when I got home and all my family doing everything for me. I am a very independent person, and I like to do things myself. After I got better, I was still having to go to court and deal with people. I did have a problem with sitting behind the drivers seat where I got hit at. My other problem was I was scared for my mom to leave me, and I know it was because I didn't see her that whole day until late at the hospital. I finally got over this problem, and I know that God allowed me to be strong and tell her that I was scared, because we now have a better relationship.
Write about an event in your life in which you succeeded at something which was very challenging. How much did any of the behaviors listed in Diligence Part-1 contribute to your success? What did you learn from that? (Post the questions and your answers to the questions.)
In 6th grade I wanted to try out for cheerleading just like every other girl in 6th grade. When I was 12 I wasnt really good at cheerleading over all I just had good dance skills. So I knew my weaknesses; jumps,cheer,tumbling, and spirt. Tryouts wernt untill March so I knew I had a while, but that didnt stop me from going ahead and starting to work in December. I learned alot of stretches and workouts to do to get my jumps up. Almost everynight I would work as hard as I could at doing every stretch and workout I knew. I would stand in front of the mirror and repeat motions over and over untill they were perfect. Im very outgoing so the whole spirit part wasnt that hard to get. I succeded in getting better. The day of tryout I was very nervous and didnt no what was going to happen, if i would mess up on something or what. After I was done trying out I knew I had done my best. When it was time for the results Mrs Rheuby knew i wanted it really bad and called my name out first. I was so happy I had made it.
Write about an event in your life in which you succeeded at something which was very challenging. How much did any of the behaviors listed in Diligence Part-1 contribute to your success? What did you learn from that? (Post the questions and your answers to the questions.)
I wanted to make the basketball team really bad in the 7th grade. I practiced by shooting hoops every day at my house in the few weeks before the try-outs. I did OK the day of try-outs. I did good on the drills and won 2 of 3 of my 1v1 matches, tying the last one. The next day, coach had posted the 10 people who made the team on a sheet of paper outside his office. I made the teeam. Diligence played an important role in my success, it tought me not to give up on a goal. The next year i was even a starter on the basketball team.
This past summer we had our preshow before we went to cheercamp and well of course I got hurt. We were stunting and when I came down from a liberty my foot got caught between the two mats and made my ankle roll. I just thought I landed wrong and I would be fine so later that night me, my mom and sister went to Wal-Mart to get my food and stuff for camp and then my foot starting hurting extremly bad, so bad I ended up in the buggie with all my food getting rolled around Wal-Mart. I felt stupid but I didn't care because I was hurting so bad. I figured well maybe after I sleep it off it will be okay. The next day was the day we were leaving for camp. And I was way wrong I woke up and it was worse. I went to the doctor like 6 hours before I had to leave for camp and the doctor looked at it and told me to get a brace and to stay off of it for atleast 2 weeks. There was no way I could say off it for 2 weeks not to mention I was leaving that day to go to cheerleading camp for a whole week! Well there was no way I was missing camp. I had worked way to hard to just give up, and if I worked that hard to win a trophy; I was going to win a trophy. Not only that I would let all the other girls down because then they would have to change everything. That whole week was really hard but I stuck it through. Even trough all the building, tumbling, cheering and dancing we did I never gave up and in the end we got 2nd in our cheer and 3rd in our homepom dance. Which it that was really good because we had 3 girls get sick during camp and two of them went home so it was rough on us that entire week but we stuck together as a team and ended up doing okay.
When I was 8 years old I flipped my dunbuggy and I wouldn't get back on it because it was to fast for me. Before I got on the dunbuggy my mom told me it was to fast for but I was hard headed and I got back on it and then I finally got the hang of driving it and now I remember to mind my mom when she says something is to fast for me. Because I got really hurt.
In the 7th grade, I had a stress fracture in my left foot just 2 weeks in to basketball season.
I couldn't jump very well, or run. But I was still at practice everyday working on freethrows, there was not much else I could do. This was very hard, I had to try too rest my foot so that I would be ready by the first game. I didn't know if I would be ready or not. over the next few weeks my foot began to feel better, I began running a little and trying to jump. My coach helped me out alot during those weeks. By the time the first game rolled around I was at full strength, and ready to play. It was hard with the enjury I had attained that year, but I got through it and was fine for the rest of the year.
On the day of November 10, 2007 my stomach started hurting very bad. So, I went to the health room and asked if i can call my parents. They came and got me and took me to the emergency room. I had to stay at the hospital for about 4 days while my stomach was hurting.
Write about an event in your life in which you succeeded at something which was very challenging. How much did any of the behaviors listed in Diligence Part-1 contribute to your success? What did you learn from that? (Post the questions and your answers to the questions.)
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One time when I was around eight or nine years old my mom, my sister, and me went on a horse ride.This was when my family liked riding horses with all our family friends who had horses also. Well my mom did not like to ride horses that much it was mostly my sister who rode the horses.But my mom bought us a four-wheeler and she did'nt want me to ride by myself so it was me, Chelsey, and a girl named Christy on my four-wheeler and on the other four-wheeler it was my sister,Leah, and some guy named Justin. We was playing hide and seek on the four-wheelers and we had our lights out(I know how dumb can people be!)and we went behind thid building that we had never gone behind and we was going to fast and we hit this big thing of trees all piled up in a pile.We hit them so hard Christy, Chelsy, and me all got thrown off and my four-wheeler's front rack got bent. We were not hurt that bad we had a few scratches and Christy thought she broke her arm, but it turned out she didn't. We know now never to ride four-wheelers with our lights out on trails we don't know .
Last year it was a clarintet solo in concert band. I was real nervous about it and I really wanted to get it. The solo wasn't really that hard, but that's what made me more worried about because anybody had a good chance of getting it. So I practiced on it over and over it again until I felt comfotable with it. I kind of procrastinated a little because I waited till the week of the tryouts to start practicing. So the day of the tryouts I was more nervous than ever, but I also had faith in myself that I would do good. When Mr.Dumas was about to tell us who got the solo I was shaking like crazy. Then the moment can when he got to the clarinet section, and he said my name. I sat there trying to look all cool, but on the inside I was sceaming like crazy.
i remeber when i broke my arm. i couldnt use it at all with my cast on. so when the cast came off, my arm couldn't seem to do anything. i had to relearn some things. i couldn't ride my motorcylc for a while because i had to get the strength back in my arm to work the throttle. i had to keep on doing special exercis to get it to work again. i went to a rehablitation center for broken bones and continued to work there for weeks. then finaly it came. my arm had the strength to do more work and could work a brake and throttle on a motorcycle.
write about an event in your life in which you succeeded ain something which was very difficult. How much did any of the behaviors listed in diligence part 1 comtribute to your success? What did you learn from that? (post your questions and your answers to the questions.)
A little while back I was working on one of my projects. I was trying to fix my gocarts engine.
When I got it running finally I decided to take it for a small ride to see if it worked right. When I took off I fellback a little and my hand hit the spinning sprocket it tore up my left index finger pretty bad. I had to keep it bandaged tightly for about two weeks untill it was healed enough to use. I piddle around alot and not being able to use my left hand effectively was difficult for me. I had to refrain from doing some of my hobbies lik e riding bikes becouse it would risk me tearing the wounds back open. I guess self dicipline was the main thing out of part 1 that helped me.
Some time last year I wrecked my four-wheeler,and almost borke my arm. As I was riding I saw a tree limb and I tried to run over it, but I fliped the four-wheeler instead. After awhile I had a really sharp pain in my arm and my aunt ended up taking me to the emergency room. Unfortunately I fractured my arm. Like it was so bad. I couldn't get on the four-wheeler for like 3 months after that. I went back to the doctor and he told me that my arm was all better and that I was able to do more things with that arm. I hurt there for a while because I wasn't able to do any thing with it accept move my fingers. I learned that some thing that you go throug in life aren't that easy to conquer. I learned that some things are painful to get through. So if you think its worth it you just might reap the benefits.
Last year in Mrs. Colvin-Mickens class I was lazy towards the beginning of the semester. I didn't do my work, did poorly on my projects, but I did good on test. Report card time rolled around and for some reason I was shocked that I had a 63%. Well, after a good "talking-to" from mom, I decided to pick up my slack. From then on I didn't most if not all of my work, worked many hours on my projects to get good marks on them, and continued to ace tests. I even did some bonus work. At the end of the semester, Mrs. Bryson, our long-term sub at the time, wouldn't tell us our grades. The entire time of our summer break before our report cards came I was scared. I made sure I got the mail every day, so I could be the first one to see it. One day it finally came, and I opened it really fast with anticipation. I breathed out a sigh of relief. I had brought my grade up from an 63 to a 92 or 94, I forget which it was.
Write about an event in your life in which you succeeded at something which was very challenging. How much did any of the behaviors listed in Diligence Part-1 contribute to your success? What did you learn from that? (Post the questions and your answers to the questions.)
About 3 years ago i was in softblall and it was very hard becouse some of the gurls were kinda mean to som other gurls on the team i think they tought they ran it but they did not.so it hard not to fight wiht them becouse i did not want to get kiked off the team so i bit my lip and did the best i could . I finnaly learn if you dont fight back then you will git better in the game and not be so upset and win games, but after like 1 month after the gurls were nicer and we all became friend soo it all worked out good . what I learn from this event was dont fight with your enimeys and you will focus more on what you love to do . so dont let someone runen you chance a something big
When i was little i had always wonted to play softball because the two girls i grew up with and were wich at the time my best friends played softball. well i was never really any good at it but i didnt wont to feel left out anymore so everyday i work at throwing and catching and even pitching intill i got better. so after a while of practicing i finally got better and when i played at rock creek ball park wich was where by best friends played at too i was one of the best players on the team. That really taught me if you really work for something in life that you really wont you will get it but you just caint give up.
Last summer was a very tough, difficult, and a really challenging time in my life. Last summer was when I had my very first job. It was difficult for a number of reasons one being that I was almost 300 miles away from my parents, because I was in Gulf Shores. Another reason being that a lot of people from other Countries were there and most of them spoke a completely different language. The first couple of days were really difficult. But as time progressed and I learned from my mistakes and used almost everyone of the things listed in the Diligence 1 activity, I actually became a good worker. (One that got a lot of compliments form the customers I might add) I left last summer with a good experience that I would not trade for anything, and I even managed to learn a few words in Russian and in Romaine.
Write about an event in your life in which you succeeded at something which was very challenging. How much did any of the behaviors listed in Diligence Part-1 contribute to your success? What did you learn from that? (Post the questions and your answers to the questions.)
One thing in my life that I can remember succeeding at was when I finally brought my history grade up from a D to a B.
I did my best.
I was self-disciplined.
I learned from my mistakes from the previous history test.
I set a goal and stayed focused.
I didn’t give up just because it was difficult.
I learned not to leave things off to the last minute.
Write about an event in your life in which you succeeded at something which was very challenging. How much did any of the behaviors listed in Diligence Part-1 contribute to your success? What did you learn from that? (Post the questions and your answers to the questions.)
Whenever I was in seventh grade, Basketball tryouts were happening after school one day, so I decided to give it a try. I tried out and did alright, well at least I thought. I found out the next day thtat I had made the team. I was really excited about the good news. Well Basketball season had started, and I was not doing good at all. When it was my time to go in, I would always mess up. Then season was over. After realising how bad I did, I decided to work really hard until next season started. From that day I shot basketball every day until next season started. That following season, I did very good. I learned to never give up and try your hardest at everything you do.
Write about an event in your life in which you succeeded at something which was very challenging. How much did any of the behaviors listed in Diligence Part-1 contribute to your success? What did you learn from that? (Post the questions and your answers to the questions.)
Well, last summer, before I went to Europe, I had to raise over $6,000 for the trip. So I had to take like 3 jobs a day, during the summer. And we had to get sponsors for my trip, and by the last week we finally got what we needed to pay for 20 days in Europe. It was the best trip ever, and it was all worth it. (I went to London; France; Holland; Switzerland; and Germany. IT WAS GREAT!)
Write about an event in your life in which you succeeded at something which was very challenging. How much did any of the behaviors listed in Diligence Part-1 contribute to your success? What did you learn from that?
When I was in the 6th grade I went to Australia alone without my parents for 14 days. I had to wash my clothes and everything. It was horrible. I didn't even know how to wash clothes! But it just felt weird them not being there and being thousands of miles away from me. I didn't even know the person I was with. And that scared me a little bit. But I made the 14 days and I came back home and I was one happy little boy, yay me.
Write about an event in your life in which you succeeded at something which was very challenging. How much did any of the behaviors listed in Diligence Part-1 contribute to your success? What did you learn from that? (Post the questions and your answers to the questions.)
Sometime about two summers ago when i was a tigerette we had to do a spin pinwheel above our heads with a saber. everyone seemed to get it on their first try, but me i though i would never get it right. So i went home with my saber everynight and practiced and practiced. I finally got it right. after all the practice it finally paid off. So now i no that your not always going to get something right off the bat. practice does make perfect.
My life has been tough for a while with my mother doing some very wrong things including getting my sister into those same things and allowing her to get pregnant at 15,then my sister got into some things with the gangmember that got her pregnant, my grandmother being very sick,and my aunt has been lying in a bed for four years and cant even talk or move. Come to think of it me and my father are the only ones doing ok in my family, but anyways I've had to deal with these things for many many years and this challenged me more than anything I've ever even thought could happen to anyone. I was tempted to do many things but held strong somehow, plus I had to try to keep my grades up at the same time wich was very hard. Now I think that things are getting better though so I think I succeeded in getting through all of this,hopefully!
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