College Admissions Essay: How Chemotherapy Changed My Life

I enjoy being there for my grandmother and cleaning her house or doing some picking up here and there as long as I have her company there while I do the work, I don't mind one bit. It's important to me to have strong family values because I feel it makes me a better person and helps me to never forget where I came from. I remember in middle school I did community service and the feeling you get from knowing that you’re being a small part of helping someone in need is a satisfying feeling. I went to Feed the Children to package boxes with everyday necessities. I also have spent some time at the food bank helping packing food for those in need.

To wrap it all up, I deserve to be in National Junior Honor Society because of my strong character, my leadership skills, my strength in working in a team, my willingness to help people in need, and for honoring our country. The first reason why I should be in National Junior Honor Society is because of my leadership skills. The first example of my leadership skills are applied to my youth group in the Cecilton Parish. I am the treasurer and help with the Ideas for fundraising. We, as a group held a spaghetti dinner for the church and I managed the money and the setting.

I have worked in a restaurant as a bus girl which helped me learn responsibility because I was making money for myself. I also help babysit my nephew and niece and family friends children which helps me prepare for Nursing; due to going into a field working with

It indicates that the mother’s baby has such an exquisite food palate that the company trusts her baby to try out their food. In both cases of diction the company uses pathos by declaring the honor that those who eat Gerber baby food possess. Gerber also ties in their credibility with numbers. The use of “2000 taste testers” indicates that there is a large number of mothers who have put their trust in the baby food company in order for feed their child. The large number appeals to the reader as a credible amount of other parents who have relied on the product.The word “Organic” is also used to point out that their product is all natural.

If she could change on part of her life it would be high school. She would relive high school because she would want to try harder and care more about her grades. Her greatest success in life was graduating college and becoming a teacher. That was her greatest success because it was her dream to be a teacher. My favorite memory with my mom is when we took a cruise the day after christmas.

There is a lady in the area that I live who is making a difference. This lady name is Betty chin and she is known locally and nationally for making a difference. She has met the president when he gave her an award for her work. Locally she is known as the lady that helps the homeless. I first heard of Betty after reading articles about how she went around camps of the homeless offering food to people.

This motivates me to make the world a better place. This experience makes me the caring, compassionate, helpful person I am today. I am the student representative on the quality of life committee so I can have a say in how to better the lives of the community. I am Vice President of the senior class because I want everyone’s opinions to be heard and acknowledged. I am Treasurer of the National Honor Society because I want to organize a service project and buy supplies for schools on the neighboring islands of Ebeye and Gugegue.

In the story, the reader never receives examples of how his father corrects him or shows him how he needs to act. Possibly, Paul never realizes what his father is trying to do for him and finds it unimportant. The author did not mention Paul’s mother very often throughout the story. The only information the reader is told about his mother is when Paul’s teachers are conversing about him. One teacher mentions that his mother died when he was only two months old (2).

I chose Ruth Fertel, because she was a great motivation for lots of people. Ruth raised on her own two children, and on top of that she became a famous business owner in the food industry. Fertel had a great virtues which were: being independent, and a hardworking woman. I like Ruth have also incorporate this two virtues into my life. One of the virtues I incorporated, is being independent when having to express my opinions or points of view.

Each day I would call my mother asking for updates on how he was recovering, yet all she would say is “you’re too young to understand” and hang up. I could feel the pain in her voice through the phone and I could sense something was terribly wrong. Over and over I envisioned that my grandfather never actually woke up from the anesthesia; I wasn’t wrong. My grandfather’s funeral was another day that I will never forget, it was as if God was showing to me that everything was going to be all right. The date of his funeral was on the day of Dallas’ birthday.