I believe in equal opportunity

I believe in equal opportunity throughout the world. I believe that all people in the world are created equal, and that their morals are the only thing that matter. As religious affiliation, ethnicity and gender shouldn’t play a part in how people are to be treated at all.

My belief that everyone should have equal opportunity throughout the world has been most influenced by my mother . My…

I Believe in Family

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I believe in family. I believe that a family is the most important thing in someone’s life. A family teaches you how to behave, where you can call home, and that you are loved. I know that my family will always have my back and that they will always support me and I will always support them. Even when my family and I are not getting along, at the end of the day we…

I Believe in Sharing Your Voice

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One of the greatest impacts we as a human race can have on this world is sharing our voices. Every one of us has something unique to say that could alter lives forever, therefore, making sure everyone gets an opportunity to share those expressions is vital. There are many ways this can be achieved, whether it…

I believe that effort is the key to success. By putting your all into every task, goals can be attained much quicker, and your life will improve overall. If you only put in half the amount of effort you have into a task, the task will not be completed to the standards necessary to reach your goals.

I have been a member of the Okemos Varsity Girls’ Lacrosse team for three years. Our goal is to win…

The Importance of Mental Toughness

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Ever since I began playing tennis as a nine-year-old, I have been taught the value of putting in work to become a stronger tournament player. However, it was not only the thrill of competition that brought me to tennis. Over the years, I began to find that the tennis court was a place for me to grow both as a player…

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I.S.O Giovanni

Alaskan River

  The river rushed between my legs

while i looked around

to see the flash of trout

beneath me

and off in the distance

a large splash

as a bear

was chasing after salmon

that were swimming

for their life

“Through My Eyes”

I am so much, and yet,

so little.

I am a giant and yet simultaneously,

I am more miniscule than a speck of dust.

But to me, I am everything.

My thoughts, my words, my very atoms,

Will forever be unique to me,

experienced first-hand by me alone.

  So much lies beyond our lives,

Beyond our world, our solar system, our galaxy.

We know not what lies beyond the realm of our consciousness,

our…

Song of Myself (In the Style of Walt Whitman)

In me there is a love greater than the sum of my being

Greater than the universe himself

And look into the endless darkness!

That void of a night sky!

It waits for my presence to fill its ever expanding emptiness

  Its stars sparkle and glitter and gleam

And these stars are in my veins!

They glitter like all the songs that have been sung

That will be sung,

Or that will never be sung at all!

  In…