Welcome parents, administrators, and classmates to the eighth grade promotion. After surviving through three years of essays, assignments, and tests, we finally graduated. Everyone here has accomplished so much since sixth grade. For me, I was able to wake up early roughly 540 times in the past three years. If I have learned one thing during my time at MJS, it is that I’m not a morning person. Waking up early was presumably the most challenging part of middle school, but somehow I found the motivation to do so. An unknown individual once said, “Desire is the key to motivation, but it's commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal that will enable you to attain success.” This is certainly correct. With perseverance, one will ultimately …show more content…
They danced in perfect unison like soldiers. Their technique was flawless; every foot was constantly pointed. They performed with such grace; it seemed as though they were floating above the dance floor. I hoped one day I would be able to dance like them, so that year, I worked diligently to prove I belonged in such a class. My technique did improve, and teachers at the studio started to notice. I paid more attention to the teacher’s feedback and attempted to apply the corrections to my dancing. I focused on minor details like arm placement and stage presence. At the end of the year, I walked into a lyrical audition with full confidence. Miraculously, the vigorous work paid off, as I got into the exact lyrical class I had previously marveled over. Today, the lyrical class is still my favorite. It was the first time I had attempted to complete an important goal. I realized that hard work and perseverance amount to success; it’s not pointless. The advanced class was a lighthouse that led me across the ocean. I dodged massive waves and sharp rocks until I was strong enough to reach the shoreline, my …show more content…
Princeton wants a student who puts in 50 hours of work to receive a useless silver award, so that’s what I did. Well, that’s what I’m trying to do. For my silver award, I’ve been working at the community garden, planting vegetables for local soup kitchens. I have about 20 hours so far and only a few months to complete 30 more hours. I suppose I haven’t been committed to this project. I lack motivation, except for that college application. Honestly, the last time I visited the garden, I barely did any work, as there were little roly-polys occupying my soil and I didn’t want to touch them. It’s almost as if my lighthouse is dimmed and I can't view the obstacles in my way- the time constraints that are not on my side, the vegetable garden I don’t know how to care for. Most importantly, I’m unable to detect the shore. I can’t imagine completing this project or receiving this award. However, my goal will be in sight if I just keep moving
Waking up early at 6:00 A.M in the morning isn’t the funniest thing to do. The times on when school starts should be changed to a later time. Schools should change start times to later there is even factual evidence that this is true. In the article ‘The Teen Who Woke Up Her School’ by Jane Bianchi wrote about a teen named Jilly Dos Santos who put hard work into petitions and powerpoints to show how more sleep can better not only her but other people on school work and sports. People need more sleep to function and get through the day and to be more alert about things around them.Evidence from scientist and from teens show that people work better when they have more energy and got a good night's rest and when students don’t they sometimes start
and in front of the whole school during spirit week and international week, without a bit of apprehension. Gaining this confidence was and is the key to victories in dance competitions. Confidence and my familiarity with a variety of dance forms such as hip-hop, jazz, and several Indian classical dances can be credited to my winning first place in a memorable competition, where, for the first time, my two friends and I choreographed the dance piece that we performed. This experience also helped as the same friends and I had 2 weeks to choreograph, perfect, and perform alongside a famous Indian singer as he sang live. These values specifically pushed me advance further into the art form, and were also extremely useful outside of the dance
My traits have led me to my current path in ways unimaginable. My dancing skills allow me to persevere through difficult challenges, be more flexible, and adapt to change more efficiently, while my quiet confidence allows me to be more humble. With the help of these talents and traits and the lessons I learned from them, I am able to be the most excellent version of myself and make the best out of my life. In the present day, I can assess how these traits help me in school, at home, and in the dance studio. Ultimately, possessing these talents and traits, I have the potential to go far and be successful in the
It is said that ancient times were simpler than the present day. Life was simply about surviving. But of course, change is inevitable. Humans constantly feel the need to expand grounds or to go where conditions are best suited for them. Eventually, a tribe or race would have met another on their own. But what was life like before the different tribes and races met? In present day research, it is seen that though there was no contact whatsoever, separated ancient tribes and/or races were deemed similar. Somehow, human minds branch off into different views of the same topic, depending on where the people are located. Take the Hawaiians and Middle Easterners for example, they remained on opposing sides of the world and yet they have similar forms of
As a dancer myself, I can understand why people do not think dance is a sport. For my 11 years of dancing, I have been told that dancing is not a sport. I might be against this statement , but I can somewhat agree that dancing isn’t a sport. Dancing is more considered an art than a sport according to Tengaged. However, dancers are not always competing against another team, which is one reason why dance not considered a sport. Debate.org states that people do not think that there is much physical activity required to dance. Lastly, dancers are not scored by how many points or goals they make, but by a panel of judges.
My passion for ballet ignited in preschool when a guest ballet teacher handed out a flyer. Beyond ecstatic, I held onto the flimsy flier with my two small hands to ensure that my mother would sign me up so I could dream of sparkling tutus, pink slippers and bouquets of roses. Eventually as my determination expanded beyond these innocent dreams, I faced the reality of ballet training: long hours, agony, pain, and sacrifices.
Although I am not a great dancer by any means, I learned through my years of involvement in dance that if you want something you should not let any hardships stop you. This message is what helps push me toward success in my educational
During my High School years, I lived in a boarding school which helped shape students to act responsibly when we were out on excursions, debates and sports activities with other schools. I was never the early bird, when I got enrolled into the boarding house. A matron was assigned to each dorm to get the students ready by six in the morning, everyday for school. She did blow a whistle every morning exactly by six a.m, which meant "get up". She did give us twenty minutes to take a shower, ten minutes to lay the bed, another ten minutes to get dressed, and then twenty minutes to get breakfast and join the morning assembly of what I dreaded. It was a structure that did help shape me for the future. In Junior high, I grumbled when getting out of bed each day, I also exceeded the time frame given and faced the consequences at the end of the day. It was hard to keep up. One day, I formed a group of students to join me in protesting against the hectic time frame
I have many idols that I look up to, but not all was just a one hit wonder of life experiences and risks. I take them all into consideration and developed a mutual feeling towards the way they put together their work and how they performed life tasks. Also, how they took it upon themselves to stand out in honor of their community, rights, spiritualness, war with love and most important...themselves.
As an athlete who spends countless hours practicing, building strength, working with my teammates, listening to feedback from my coach and refining my skills it is very frustrating when people say that dance is not a sport. I am a member of the Palm Desert High School Competition Dance Team. The Google search engine defines sport as: an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. Based on this definition and the examples elaborated on in this essay, competitive dance must be recognized as a sport.
How can I become a dance teacher? When I am older, how am I sure I will get this job? We all ask these questions about our life and, what it would be like some day. But, how are we sure that we want to do this for our life? Nobody is really sure about what they want to do.
The alarm goes off at six am and the typical high school student is barely able to open their eyes. It is time to get up and prepare for a full day at school, about eight hours. Most teenagers, according to the National Sleep Foundation, will only get about six hours of sleep since they tend to stay up until midnight (“Should schools start later in the day?”). After getting ready, many students look forward to a nap in their first hour class despite the information they will miss. Teenagers seem to always have had trouble getting up in the morning, even earning the title of lazy from their parents. However, recent research on adolescent sleep patterns has produced a biological explanation for this tendency. This raises a serious question: why are high schools starting early in the morning when teenagers are biologically programmed to sleep in? For most cases, school start time has not been conformed to fit student physiological needs simply because of transportation issues.
The Northern Territory is known for its culturally diverse population and some would say it is the ‘multicultural hub’ of Australia. With all of these cultures comes distinctive customs and traditions. Throughout history dance has been used to help people develop a sense of identity, the younger generations are also taught social patterns and values through the different dances. The significance of these traditional dances was to reinforce and celebrate cultural law and practices including the celebration of the passage from child to adulthood or spiritual worship. The predominantly Western culture in Australia often causes minority groups to struggle for recognition regarding their beliefs and traditions. This is parallel to the Australian dance industry, where many cultural dance groups feel they have to justify who they are and are often
“Dance, the art of precise, expressive, and graceful human movement, traditionally, but not necessarily, performed in accord with musical accompaniment. Dancing developed as a natural expression of united feeling and action.”
I wake up in the morning after the alarm draws me away from my blissful ignorance of time. I grab stop the annoying noise coming from my morning alarm on my phone that has counted the time while I slept. Looking at the time, school started a half an hour ago. The bell has just rang, all other students are rushing to their desks, teachers begin to speak. I lay in bed for a couple minutes, my mind is groggy, and my body resists the urge to start the day. My mind finally clears and wins the struggle and takes command again. The morning routine begins, I start as usual with a bowl of cereal and some cartoons. By the time I'm finished, school started a complete hour before. I pull out my laptop, sit at the dining room table, and my schoolwork begins.