Personal Narrative Analysis

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I heard the horn, and felt my legs get shot with a rush of adrenaline, and I heard, my coxswain Keith yell, “C’mon boys lets go! Catch!… Send! Catch!… Send!”. And then his voice began to fade, as I looked out at all the boats flying through the water. No wasn't I in the boat that just left, I was holding it. Helping my team on the day of the South West Rowing Championships. Though I had stopped my rowing career a little earlier because my parents told me it was time I started focusing on school, I could not and can not take my heart away from Lake Notoma. Since stopping football after freshman year, the Sac State Aquatic Center was home. After school I would immediately go there to practice, only coming home after the sun had set to do homework …show more content…

For most people getting a new phone, a new x-box, or some kind of gift makes them really happy. For me, rowing with my brothers, all eight in unison, the boat set, with the sound of the oar lightly splashing into the water, and the “clunck” of the oar after every stroke, made me feel like I was on cloud nine. Rowing made me into who I am today. It taught me the fundamentals of what hard work, teamwork is, as well as help me build a sting foundation for my character. Because rowing taught me, that when it gets into the thick, you don't hit the “wall”, you run right through it. My coaches would read us their college essays as we crunches, and they would tell us how to get girls while we did push ups. And my teammates and I would go play volleyball almost every Friday to bond. Everything I did in those 4 hours Monday through Friday, and sometimes Saturday has culminated in my current thought process. Thats why after stopping crew I found so much success in speech and debate, where I became one of the best debates in the state, and achieved a national ranking. This carried over into me having confidence when interviewing for a position on Congressman Ami Bera’s

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