Tenth Grade POL
32Q
The thrill of competition, the stress of doing your best and pushing yourself to the limit. My focus this year has not been solely upon school. It has bin upon the building and improving of what I have done over the summer. For those of you who don't know, I went to Kayaking worlds, and I kick some euro ass. I got mid pack, one of the best placements for an american in forty years in this sport. I worked hard to get there, and I am happy I did. So for a solid month I did nothing but kayak, and work out to get stronger and faster. Since I placed mid pack, I hope that I could possibly win worlds in the next few years, I just have to work harder. I must work harder as I go into the future, harder than I ever had before, stronger than before, and finally better than before,
On my off season, I enjoy Dry Tooling and Ice Climbing. I have found that I really like to go, train hard and go at some difficult problems. I have yet to find my flow, and quiet while I train, but when I do I can be unstoppable. I find Dry tooling fun because I can see the physical improvement, and I can feel how much better I will get, given the period of time. I am stoked for improving in dry tooling, because I have a long way to go before I get as good as I am in kayaking, which for me means that the ceiling is just getting higher for me to work towards. I can become better, and that's what really speaks to my heart with dry tooling.
I am extremely excited and thrilled about a possible internship at Stone Age Water tools. With them, I hope to learn new things with engineering and machining. I have talked to some people there, and there more than happy to have someone there to learn about what they are doing. I am very excited to be apart and learn about it. I talked to Betsy Fitzpatrick, and she said that they are always looking for interns. So hey, I am decent with a bunch of computer programs, so I think I could really help with what they have to offer.
Areas of growth.
As being as motivated as I am, I have a problem. I believe that if something doesn't add to what I like doing, or somthing I am working towards, then I believe that I shouldn’t do it, or do it crappily last minute. The homework stuff was manly from Biology, and Math 2 because I already knew the continent and was ready to move on. So I would think that the homework is easy so I would just try to pass my way by. For example I have some unfinished home work from there classes. I have done this a lot with the past assignments over the year, I have realized that I was wrong, and I need to put in place more value in all of the things I do. Even if I don't like it I need to suck it up and become better than before.
Also, being who I am I can often be short with people if they don't actively contribute or help. I need to understand that people have things in there life that I can't control. I need to understand that I can be lenient with all people. I don't like to have to ask people, or tell people what to do or how to help. So it just is what is its.
Question:
How can I improve, and learn from here?
The thrill of competition, the stress of doing your best and pushing yourself to the limit. My focus this year has not been solely upon school. It has bin upon the building and improving of what I have done over the summer. For those of you who don't know, I went to Kayaking worlds, and I kick some euro ass. I got mid pack, one of the best placements for an american in forty years in this sport. I worked hard to get there, and I am happy I did. So for a solid month I did nothing but kayak, and work out to get stronger and faster. Since I placed mid pack, I hope that I could possibly win worlds in the next few years, I just have to work harder. I must work harder as I go into the future, harder than I ever had before, stronger than before, and finally better than before,
On my off season, I enjoy Dry Tooling and Ice Climbing. I have found that I really like to go, train hard and go at some difficult problems. I have yet to find my flow, and quiet while I train, but when I do I can be unstoppable. I find Dry tooling fun because I can see the physical improvement, and I can feel how much better I will get, given the period of time. I am stoked for improving in dry tooling, because I have a long way to go before I get as good as I am in kayaking, which for me means that the ceiling is just getting higher for me to work towards. I can become better, and that's what really speaks to my heart with dry tooling.
I am extremely excited and thrilled about a possible internship at Stone Age Water tools. With them, I hope to learn new things with engineering and machining. I have talked to some people there, and there more than happy to have someone there to learn about what they are doing. I am very excited to be apart and learn about it. I talked to Betsy Fitzpatrick, and she said that they are always looking for interns. So hey, I am decent with a bunch of computer programs, so I think I could really help with what they have to offer.
Areas of growth.
As being as motivated as I am, I have a problem. I believe that if something doesn't add to what I like doing, or somthing I am working towards, then I believe that I shouldn’t do it, or do it crappily last minute. The homework stuff was manly from Biology, and Math 2 because I already knew the continent and was ready to move on. So I would think that the homework is easy so I would just try to pass my way by. For example I have some unfinished home work from there classes. I have done this a lot with the past assignments over the year, I have realized that I was wrong, and I need to put in place more value in all of the things I do. Even if I don't like it I need to suck it up and become better than before.
Also, being who I am I can often be short with people if they don't actively contribute or help. I need to understand that people have things in there life that I can't control. I need to understand that I can be lenient with all people. I don't like to have to ask people, or tell people what to do or how to help. So it just is what is its.
Question:
How can I improve, and learn from here?