College Essay

Tufts University

“What makes you happy?”

            There is a lot of things that make me happy like basketball, collecting shoes, hanging out with friends but the thing that makes me happy the most is my family. I am always happy with my family no matter if we argue because we all love each other and we always there for someone no matter what. 

          My family makes me happy because we will always have a good time even if we don't for out or just stay at home we will always have a good time. As i said before basketball makes me happy because when I was young I fell in love with the game and I tried other sports but I never enjoyed the other sports. Basketball makes me happy because happy because I have a passion for it even if I have my ups and down with it, basketball will always make me happy because I want to go to the pros. Collecting shoes is something that makes me happy because the shoes I get are mostly are for basketball and it is just something that I sticked with since I was in middle school. It makes me happy because I know that sneakers is very hyped now and I just want to collect more because it is fun and it makes me happy. 

        Also hanging out with m friends makes me happy because just like my family my friends and I always have a good time together because we know what we all like and what we like to do. Also we will never have a bad time with each other because we will always have something to do like playing sports, video games, or going to the beach or pool we will always have a good time. 

       All of these things will make me happy because no matter what I will always have a good time with it because it is fun to do or be with and it will always make me happy even if I had bad day these things will always cheer me up.

UNLV
It has a 86.4% acceptance rate and close to home. It has a good basketball team and they play Hawaii so my parents can watch me when I play Hawaii. It is close to Vegas so when I get 21 I can go casino. It is sponsored by Nike so I cant get all the Nike Gear.

Utah State
Utah State has a 97.4% of acceptance rate and Utah is in on the West side. It is close to home and it has hot weather. Also it is sponsored by Nike and the basketball is alright and you need a 2.5 GPA to get in.  Utah State is a nice campus.

Nevada
Nevada University has a 84% acceptance rate and it is on the West Side. Also it is a nice campus and can go Vegas when 21. The basketball team is in the same conference as Hawaii and they are sponsored by Nike.  Need a 3.0 GPA to get in.

Oregon
Oregon University has a 74% acceptance rate and it is on the West side. It is sponsored by Nike and the founder of Nike went to Oregon and has a Nike store where i can work. The basketball is good and the campus looks really nice.

Arizona State
ASU has a 60.9% acceptance rate and it is on the Westside. The campus looks nice and they are sponsored by Nike. The basketball is ok and the need a 3.0 GPA to get in. It has hot weather and they are the PAC 12 which is one of the best conference.

Villanova University

“What sets your heart on fire?”

Founded in 1842, this private university is the oldest Catholic university in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It was named for Saint Thomas of Villanova, but we’d advise against answering in any way that may suggest he sets your heart ablaze. That’s just …awkward.

University of Virginia

“To tweet or not to tweet?”

“What’s your favorite word and why?”

“Describe one of your quirks and why it is part of who you are.”

Located in Charlottesville, VA, this public university was conceived and designed by U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. We cannot help but wonder, which side of the “tweet” or “not to tweet” spectrum do you think he’d land?

Texas Christian University

“Take a blank sheet of paper. Do with this page what you wish. Your only limitations are the boundaries of this page. You don’t have to submit anything, but we hope you will use your imagination.”

This optional “assignment” from the university, located in Forth Worth, TX, must leave a blank stare on students faces all the time. Who else wonders what types of submissions (and how many paper airplanes) they get?

Coming Of Age Final

As I’m am getting out of my dad’s car, walking to the gym ready to play my game. I was hyped to play against this team and thinking that I was going to do good like the past games that I played. I was thinking right when I saw the team I was challenging that my team and I was going to beat them so bad and I was going to have a better game than the ones I had in the past. When I went inside the gym I see my teammates and I told it is going to be a easy win.

Right when I step on the court, shaking the others team and hand fisting the refs I was ready to play and blow the other team out. On the tip off my teammate tip it to me and I dribbled the ball and right when I was by the defender I lost the ball and I thought it was going to be okay because it was just one. But then the next trip down the court when I went to pass to my teammate and the person who defended my teammate stole the ball and scored. I was feeling a little frustrated because it was 2 turnovers right when the game just started but then I was bringing the ball down I drove aggressive to the basket and shot the ball and it went off the backboard really hard but then I keep on missing and whenever I drove in the other team would foul me. I was complaining to the ref that he fouled me and the ref didn’t care about it so i got more frustrated about it because the ref wouldn’t call any fouls for me, I was turning over the ball a lot, and my shots weren’t going in. Then when Second half came I did the same things as the first half.

Getting more frustrated as the game was going until the scoreboard hit double zero and saw the score, we lost by 15 points. Walking to the bench, crying as I pick up my stuff and walk out the gym. Driving home my dad is talking to me about the game and asking me why are you crying?. As I responded crying “ I did so terrible”

And then he said don’t worry about that game because you have good games and you have bad games but when you have bad games you know that you need to improve to always have good games. I took what he said to heart and then the next day after I woke up, I went straight outside to grab a basketball and a tennis ball and started to dribble the basketball and throw up the tennis ball and did this for 30 minutes. After that I woke up my dad and told him to bring me to the gym. When we went to the gym we did drills that improve my shooting, dribbling, and getting contact when driving to the basketball. The next game I had I did good with 14 points and less than 3 turnovers.

As I grew older I was coming of age because I was determined about basketball because when I had a bad game I took it to heart to get better so I never have a bad game. But even though I have a bad or a good game I am always determined to get better at basketball so I can get to the next level. I am more determined about basketball because I want to atleast get into a D1 or D2 college with a scholarship for basketball and after that maybe go NBA or overseas to play. I will always have determination so I can get better and basketball and the others things I do in life.   

Abstract 3 people story

When the game hit 0:00 in the 4th quarter and seeing the other team winning the championship instead of my team winning. I was furious when it happen because my team and I was up the whole game until the 4th quarter when the other team caught up and started to get the lead. In the 4th quarter I was so frustrated with my teammates because they started to give the game away by turning over the ball and will not give me the ball. Looking at my teammates looking all sad because we lost the championship game but it was all they fault.

Cruising down the street with my friend, an old lady struggling with grocery so my friend and I help her bring it to her room and she was being thankful for helping. Bringing the grocery to his room she grab a gun out of her bag and pointed the gun and me and my friend with her ugly smile with her eye closed like she sleeping. Then she starts laughing and tells my friend and I that she is just playing around and so gave my friend and I $100 each.

Pulling up to the drive way with my dad, my sisters and my mom crying their eyes out seeing their dad coming home from his long mission with the army. Running towards him with enormous smiles while he was running to them too. Hugging for a long time being so overjoyed that our dad can stay with us forever.

Coming Of Age Draft

As I’m am getting out of my dad’s car, walking to the gym ready to play my game. I was hyped to play against this team and thinking that I was going to do good like the past games that I played. I was thinking right when I saw the team I was challenging that my team and I was going to beat them so bad and I was going to have a better game than the ones I had in the past. When I went inside the gym I see my teammates and I told it is going to be a easy win.

Right when I step on the court, shaking the others team and hand fisting the refs I was ready to play and blow the other team out. On the tip off my teammate tip it to me and I dribbled the ball and right when I was by the defender I lost the ball and I thought it was going to be okay because it was just one. But then the next trip down the court when I went to pass to my teammate and the person who defended my teammate stole the ball and scored. I was feeling a little frustrated because it was 2 turnovers right when the game just started but then I was bringing the ball down I drove aggressive to the basket and shot the ball and it went off the backboard really hard but then I keep on missing and whenever I drove in the other team would foul me. I was complaining to the ref that he fouled me and the ref didn’t care about it so i got more frustrated about it because the ref wouldn’t call any fouls for me, I was turning over the ball a lot, and my shots weren’t going in.

When second half started I thought I was going to be better but that didn’t happen it was the same as the first half turning over the ball and shots not going in. When the game was over I was crying and all mad because I did bad and we lost. Going home I was still crying about how I did and my dad talking to me and saying good that you are crying because that means you have a passion for basketball.  After what he said when we got home I was thinking about the game and I could not sleep that night. The next day I went straight to the park and started to practice my dribbling and shooting and even though the days I never go to the park I still practice my dribbling and shooting even though I didn't have a basketball hoop. I knew I was determined about basketball because the next day I had that bad game I wanted to get better and what I could improve on. The next game we had I don't even look at the other team or talk to any of my teammates, I was just focused on what I had to do this game for my team and I to win. With that game I scored with 14 points with less that 4 turnovers and a win for my team and I.

That game that I did bad in is the most important game I had because it showed me that I was determined to get better even though I had a bad or a good game I would still need to go to practice so I could improve my dribbling and shooting so I could be a good dribbler like the pros and a good shooter like a pro. Now every game I have I scored at least 10 points or more but I still not satisfied with that because if I want to go to the next level for basketball I have to score over 20 points.  

Complaint Letter Redo

98130 Kalke Place

Aiea, Hawaii, 96701

September 21, 2016

Mcdonald's Restaurant

99-115 Aiea Heights Drive

Aiea, HI 96701

Dear Mcdonald's Administration,

I and my family have been eating mcdonalds sometimes every month. Your great prices, fast service, and good food make us want to comeback more sometimes.

However, i had a problem lately with your food. 2 months ago i went to your restaurant in Aiea to have your delicious triple cheese burger that I saw on the Mcdonalds commercial. When I went to our Mcdonald's i saw the Triple Cheeseburger that i shows on the menu that comes with the Mcpick 2. When it came to order the register was very nice and ask me what i wanted and i told the Triple Cheeseburger and then when i got the food i sat down at the table with my family, I opened the box with the Triple Cheeseburger and it looked different to me then when i saw it on the television commercial. So I felt like this was a waste of money because it looks different from the television commercial and I felt like there are just trying to make people want to eat at your restaurant because you make the food look so good on television but it reality it doesn't look the same. Many restaurants don’t do this to there customers, for example Wendy's and Jack in the box make the food look like the ones that the people see on television. They make sure they get what the customers really want to eat instead of giving them food that doesn’t look like the food on television.

I think you should start doing is to make the food like the ones that the people see on television so they can get what they paid for instead of thinking that it was a waste of money on food that looks different from television.

Love,

Rocky Ramones

Risky Business Final

1.5 million kids every year feel like their world is falling apart after their parents divorce. The kids feels a great loss also sad, angry, and anxiety and they also feel guilty because they feel like they caused the divorce. Divorce is an big issue on the teens because after the divorce the teen starts to do differents things since their parents are divorced. Whenever a teen parents get divorced the teen becomes very angry at themselves which make them become very violent, have social adjustment, and have a change in academic performance.

While teens feel aggressive when their parents get divorce it could be a good life lesson to them. It would be good because “Kids can learn from their parents that some problems can't be fixed, and that peaceful disengagement is an alternative to remaining mired in conflict and chaos”(Alterman). “Kids of divorce achieve their education and career goals and have the ability to build close relationships." It was also reported that as many as 42 percent of young adults whose parents have divorced "received higher wellbeing scores as compared to young adults from non-divorced families”(Alterman).

Divorce is something that 1.5 million kids go through a year but, some of them will get angry at themselves which will make them aggressive since their parents divorced. For this reason many teenagers will blame themselves for their parents behaviour because it is emotionally easier to deal with.  It is common for teens  to formulate beliefs about how their behaviour is the reason their parents are divorcing. These beliefs can result in teens being angry at themselves. While being angry at themselves the teen is also likely to be very compliant and extra helpful to one or both parents as a means of trying to make up for the mess they believe they have created.

Divorce is a big deal to teens because out of the 1.5 million kids of the world go through divorce every year and most of them get a social adjustment after their parent divorce. After a teens parents get divorce they will start hanging out with different friends and stay out late with friends. They will also start giving attitude to their parents and will start doing drugs with friends and doing other stuff.

When a divorce comes a teen will feel aggressive because they think it's all their fault so they will start doing aggressive things on other people. In school will play a big role when a teen parents get divorce because they will start giving big attitude to the teacher and start missing school. They also will start not doing the work and get bad grades. Which will make the school that they go to go lower in academic and it will seem like that school is bad.

In conclusion whenever a teens parents get divoreced the teens will feel aggressive. But it could also be a good thing because it could make them have good choice in the future and could be a life lesson. Anyways divorce will cause aggression which is bad because it will lead to them being violent, having social adjustment, and have  academic problem. That's why I think aggression is bad when it come to a divorce to a teen.