Personal Narrative: The Man The Myth

How did I become such good friends with someone like Darcy Calloway? Gets a little complicated, but back in year seven it was just Darcy and Finn. They were the two popular kids. While they were pulling the girls, I was chasing after a ball on the school’s oval. Naïve baby me, with dreams of high school popularity by captaining the football team. Little did I know popularity at Barrymore Rose Private School did not come because of your talent, but because of your

At the young age of six, a dark haired little boy was enjoying his times that he spent with his family. Together, they’d spend time visiting other family members in other parts of Wisconsin, as well as going to the zoo, parks, and much more. He was a very active child who loved playing sports to keep himself occupied. This young boy is someone that I would eventually meet and we have found aspects of our life’s to be similar, for example coming from a rough home situation in common along with our strong work ethic, and our thoughts and feelings. His name is Travis Korff.

Imagine being so poor that you feel like you can’t show your friend your house because you are so embarrassed. Music changed Lewis and made him a better person. In the book If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth the book follows the story of a young Tuscarora Native who deals with seventh grade life. Throughout the book, Lewis is faced with many challenges like being discriminated against because he is Indian. However, Lewis is very smart so he spends school days with mostly white kids who pick on him so he has it really rough. Until he got to seventh grade, he was just the Indian kid who was alone and all he wanted was a friend. All of this changed when George a boy from Guam came to town because that’s where his dad was stationed. George and Lewis became best friends and George helped Lewis a lot because he was so nice and friendly

The film Including Samuel discusses the difficulties of inclusion. The film follows several families and their experiences with inclusion. Each person presented in the film experienced a different version of inclusion, and with their experience arose diverse challenges. Including Samuel follows people varying in age with a variety of disabilities. The documentary successfully established the difficulties of inclusion within an educational institution. It not only included challenges with inclusion in an educational setting, but in everyday life and family settings.

Donald Zinkoff is the main character of the story, he is six years old at the beginning of the story as he is at First Grade. As this book tells us the evolution of Zinkoff over the years, at the end of the book, he is eleven or twelve years old because he is at sixth grade. In addition, he has a physical problem that makes him vomit unexpectedly. Also, he does not get exceptional marks at school, although he really loves going to school and he is not sensational at sports. As a consequence, his classmates start calling him loser, since he makes them not winning the Field Race. He has a dream which is being like his father, a mailman who has to deliver the letters even thought it is raining or snowing. Also, snicker-doodles are the favourite cookies of Donald. In addition, he loves soccer as it is free-for-all and not like football which is only fun for the ball carrier. When he was a child, he always said yahoo and he was not afraid of darkness. Although, he had a deep fear of the Furnace monster.

My best friend, Jake Banfield has impacted my life in numerous ways since the second grade. One of those would be basketball. We played together for 7 years all the way to our eighth-grade year. He is one year younger than me, but is probably one of my closest friends.

Tremaine Townsend, born December 11, 1986 at Sharps Hospital, San Diego, CA, he is my only son, I decided to write about someone who is near and dear to my heart. I am very proud of my son he has been a blessing to me and has made me so proud to be a father. Tremaine was always an exceptional basketball player. He played first string his freshman and sophomore year at North High School here in Phoenix, AZ. During that time Tremaine grew maybe a couple of inches, from 5’10” to 6’0” tall, no major growth spurt but that summer Tremaine grew 6 inches, now that is major.

At the beginning of my sophomore year, August 2015, I fractured my left ankle. My second season of cross country had just begun. The whole team had a Saturday practice at Atlanta Memorial Park. We came to this park for a time trial. Not being able to run was going to be a challenge for me. I loved running, and seeing myself not run was going to be hard for me.

In the production “Fences”, Cory is an ambitious young man who has a dream of playing college football. He is the son of his loving parents Troy and Rose Maxson. Cory Maxson is a smart, respectful, ad goal-oriented young man who wants nothing more than the opportunity to chase his dreams. He tries to tell his father about his dreams of playing sports, but he is automatically shut down every time. Unfortunately, his father destroyed his dreams of playing cancelled his interview. He is fairly afraid of his father and feels trapped and unloved.

Josh Laker grew up in a small town named Philo in the cornfields of central Illinois. He has always had a passion for sports and played a variety of sports growing up. His main focus through sixth grade was basketball, which he continued to play throughout junior and high school. It was in junior high

I drive my white Nissan maxima over the speed bumps probably a little too fast as I leave the parking lot. Once I reach the stop sign, I take a moment to turn around and look at the beautiful school building behind me. Rigby High School—I can’t believe I go there. To me, that beautiful building is almost as breathtaking as the work out I just finished; running over and over through the halls of the school because it’s too cold to run outside. What used to be a small school when I was young has seemed to grow to be competitive and quite big, and seems to grow bigger each year. I’ve lived here ever since I was three. I have a very balanced and happy life here in Rigby and successful career as a student at Rigby High. I run up to ten miles each day in the fall and spring to become an exceptional athlete in both track and cross country in which I’ve had victorious seasons. I go home to three or more hours of homework each night to get straight A’s in all my classes including AP and college courses. Somehow I have found the time to go to sporting events, parties, and service projects where I have made so many friends that are indeed true characters of strength, joy, and goodness. I have worked very hard to obtain the

A person who has really changed in my eyes, and many other peoples eye, is Alexander Joseph Scott. In sixth grade year Alex was named student of the year because he was the most responsible, respectful, caring, and honest person in the school. Everyone knew him, and everyone loved him. He made straight A's on his report card, and he never got lower than a 95 on an interim. As class clown he made everyone laugh and always knew how to brighten up someone's day if they were feeling down. He never got in trouble and because of this he always had ways to get his friends out of trouble. He was a teacher's pet, but know cared because he was just so lovable. Even when he was in elementary school everyone loved him, he is one the best friends a person can have. That all changed at the start of seventh grade.

Michael jordan is the most known basketball player in the world. He won six championships. Michael jordan played for the bulls team who won three consecutive championships twice in the 1900s. Michael Jordan was born on February 17 in 1963, in Brooklyn, New York (from where). Soon after he was born , His parents moved the family to Wilmington, North Carolina. Michael Jordan started playing sports at a young age. “He was cut from Laney High School varsity basketball team his sophomore year”. He grew four inches over the summer and averaged 25 points per game as a junior.

I have three people in my life that have helped me through the good, bad and just ugly. They have shaped me into the person I have become and today. The three people that have made me the person I am now are Brogan Anderson, my mom, and my angel Jacob Roell. Brogan has been my best friend since i have been in 3rd grade, she has helped me when my parents divorce got ugly. My mom is the strongest, most beautiful woman alive, she can keep her head up through anything. Jacob Roell or “Jake”, is my beautiful guardian angel that is watching me in heaven everyday. They have had such an amazing impact of my life. Everyone should have people like this in there lives.

Most people will come across a person that they will become very close with and call them their best friend. Zach Martin is my best friend and there are many reason for that. He is a very trust worthy person, he is fun to be around, and he is like a brother to me at this point. Also, if I ever need help with something he will come to help me if he can.