College Admissions Essay: The Person Who Changed My Life

I’m a calm person, who thinks arguing with someone is a waste of time. From a small town, not from a rich family or perfect one. I’m big on law enforcement and the military. Love being involved in activities outdoors, and a softy for animals. I work my hardest, when I really want to give up, I force myself to finish what I started. When I grow up I want to be a military dog handler. Jones Creek, Texas is where I live and grew up. Go to a high school with students, who don’t try to do something then work at the plants. Live in a trailer that is hanging on by a nail, hate to admit it, but I love that place. My life experience has taught me to appreciate what I have, and not what I don’t have. My dad’s a mechanic and my mom’s a lunch lady at an elementary school. So, that means income is weak. Neither of my parents went to college, they both dropped out of high school. I work hard to get places, in and outside of school. My sister is a stubborn, hot head, so I learned to walk away from an argument and to be patient.

Makes them look professional and bullet proof. In seventh grade I told my dad I wanted to be in the Army, but he said no quick and wouldn’t tell me why. So my career choice went from lawer, doctor, veterinarian, to detective, then in ninth grade I wanted to be in the Navy, and my dad didn’t mind that idea. As high school went on, I watch movies over American soldiers and hear stories over soldiers dying. That is what changed my mind and to say who is my dad telling me what I can and can’t do with my life. Also, I wanted to feel like I’m making a difference, and the idea being on a ship or in a storage yard, is like sitting on the sideline. So, I joined the Army as an MP (military police), and I going to work up to military dog