Commemorative To Me

An accomplishment or event that marked my transition from childhood to adulthood was being accepted to the Alpha Kappa Alpha Debutante Cotillion. The Alpha Kappa Alpha Debutante Cotillion is a six month program for ladies that are juniors or seniors in high school in order to equip and stimulate them to pursue higher education, academic excellence, and personal development. While doing the program, thirty-four other girls and I attend educational workshops, activities, community service outings, and rehearsals. At the end of the six months, the members of the program attend an elegant ball where we are presented to the community and awarded a scholarship.

My team won 3 out of 4 hockey games in my hockey tournament. It was the championship game for a banner and a medal. We were playing the Ice Dogs who we had originally beaten 3-1. Over the summer we did so much dry land on the track and my dad said it will all pay off today. I stepped on the ice for warm ups and the ice felt smooth under my skates. I was prepared for a hard hockey game.

The biggest and most meaningful accomplishment of my life so far is completing the Leader in Training program at Camp Don Lee. The successful completion of this program truly marked my transition from childhood to adulthood within the camp community.

My first year of high school I had a great opportunity that helped me grow up into the person that I am today. I had the opportunity to go on a moose hunt in Vermont. Growing up in Upstate New York where moose are a rare occurrence I knew this would be one chance to ever get to hunt a moose and maybe my only chance to ever get to see one. My trip started with a four hour car ride through the Adirondacks to Lake Champlain and then Burlington Vermont. The first day me and my dad woke up after spending the night in Burlington we got up bright and early to meet our guide for the hunt. He lead us to the camp we would be staying at for the next week. We were right on the Canadian border in the northeast corner of Vermont. There was not much in this

An accomplishment that set my life forward and taught me multiple traits and allowed my character to develop would have to be when I set out, got a job, and saved up enough money to buy my first car. It was a summer I'll always remember. After my sophomore year of high school I set out during the summer and got a job at Glidden Fence Company. I was nervous not working at all previous to working at Glidden and started wondering whether I had gotten too far ahead of myself. I was assigned to a three man crew and started my career as a fence builder, the crew leader was super nice to me and guided me in every step as I began to learn how to do it myself. So long story short I threw myself into a foreign environment unaware of what the

Cutting bits of me that cannot handle the pressure and stress; developing pieces of the more disciplined me; testing my concentration; forcing my mentality to be flexible; enlarging the best of me: my determination, integrity, confidence, ingenuity, independence. Ultimately, skating leaves me more focused, more disciplined and more confident. It shapes my character, reminding me that success only feels worthwhile if it has a bit of blood behind it; skating tells me to try again, to keep working. Perseverance has been my grace. And as my skating career comes to a close, I have taken the time to teach those around me. The young skaters I teach think I am inspiring them, but they change who I am, altering me into a more caring, compassionate person.

The ripping of blades against the solid and stable ice. I fell in love with the sound the minuet I laced up my first skates. I was at The Falmouth Family Ice Center, lacing up a set of white rental figure skates while my once and cheeks turned numb and blush color filled the tip of my nose. I could hear the laughs and the screams, but under that I could hear the slice of blades ripping through the solid ice. At first, I couldn’t go two feet without another bruise, but after a few hours on the chair I could make it around the entire ice arena without coloring my skin black and blue. I spent every weekend getting farther and farther away from the chair and away from the wall. I fell in live with skating and eventually graduated from my white

Purchasing my first truck has been my greatest achievement so far. Working for almost 1 year, I had the ability to save enough money, to get myself astounding 2010 Ford edge. Through the journey of this, I learned how to manage my money properly but I build the trust of my parents and co-workers. My soon to be achievement will be graduating from Lopez ECHS and attending college at TSC, for me it will be a significant circumstance tome but also my family. Being the first generation in my family to go to college, high expectation are there to fulfill. Just as my older brother has giving me an example.

I have this fear that causes my body to shake. When I think about it, my skin becomes pale and cold. It’s death speeding through my mind. Once I have seen these monstrous roller coasters, the only thing in my mind was fear. Knowing that I’m afraid to go on these rides, I didn’t want to look like a fool in front of my friends. My mind is thinking of deadly thoughts. My palms were sweaty and I was twitching like a fish. I was petrified of heights.

When I was thirteen, I finished National Novel Writing Month for the first time. High on caffeine and enthusiasm, I crossed the 50,000 word threshold on day twenty-three. Even though I’ve won NaNoWriMo every year since, that was still the proudest moment of my life, not because I wrote The Great American Novel (ha ha, not even close) but because I proved that it’s possible to sit down and accomplish something huge, even when you had no road map and no idea what you’re doing.

From their origins to 1500, the attitudes of both Christian and Muslims toward trade shifted as conditions in the Christian and Islamic worlds changed. In the beginning, Christian attitudes were more negative, while Muslims tended to encourage and respect trade and merchants. Over time, Muslims became more like early Christians in that they were suspicious of traders whereas the Christians became more like the early Muslims, equating merchants (at least honest ones) with doing God’s work, reflecting the changed importance of trade in the high Middle Ages in Europe.

Memories can last a life time, so we tend to only remember the extraordinary ones. Extraordinary like the essay “The Yellow Ribbon” by Pete Hamill, in which he talks about how a person named Vingo, was riding on a, bus recently released from jail, to this oak tree explaining to some passengers that he had told his wife to leave him if she wanted, since he went to jail or to go to this oak tree and tie a yellow ribbon around it to see if she wants him to stick around and he will go and check it out. In the end, he saw hundreds of ribbons tied on to the tree. Not only is this an amazing story, but also very unforgettable one as well, because he finds out that after four years in jail his wife has enough love for him to go to this tree and tie hundreds of ribbons just to show the type of love the women had for Vingo. I have to say that, I believe this story is truly unforgettable, but I also got a story that is very extraordinary, like the time that I got my very first car. Furthermore, I didn’t just get a car, I got the love of two truly loving parents.

There are many ways that people pay tribute to historic events, places of scenic beauty, and special anniversaries (World Book Advanced). One way is by constructing historic monuments and buildings, but many people don't include stamps on this list. The Post Office issues hundreds of stamps annually each year in different forms and designs for numerous occasions (www.2-clicks-stamps.com/article/commemorative-stamps.html). These stamps are called commemoratives, they tell a story and tell what events that America explored, encountered, and exchanged through history.

Have you ever been on top of a large building and were too afraid to look over the side? Have you ever climbed a really tall tree and were too afraid to climb down? I have, when I was younger I climbed a really tall tree and when I got to the top I looked down, I was too afraid to climb back down. What I was experiencing was a fear of heights know as acrophobia. Acrophobia (n.d.) according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is an abnormal dread of being in a high place:  fear of heights. I believe that most people become a little scared when it comes to heights. There is nothing wrong with having acrophobia to an extent. It is a defense

I don’t oppose or support the death penalty in society. The main reason I am torn between these to is because there are times when I feel that the death penalty is very necessary for the crime that has been committed. However there’s another side of me that struggles with the idea of killing another human being and in a way playing God. This is something I have thought about many times over the years during different public trial. Like in the case of Ted Bundy he was a serial killer who was executed in 1989 by the method of the electric chair. Based on his many statewide crimes of being a serial killer I feel like this was the best method for him but was this for society to decide. Next I’m going to talk about what the bible has to say about the death penalty which is part of the reason for why I am torn in deciding to support or oppose the death penalty.