Questions to think about

What are my achievements?
Wow! My achievements are numerous. I am a proud, hardworking person, so I see nearly anything I accomplish as an achievement. A couple of my recent achievements are my season in track this year, finally getting high honors, tackling the clutch, and of course getting accepted into this years summer scholars program at UNO.
I pretty much can pick up any sport thrown my way, but track for some reason is just my natural, God-given talent. This season was in particularly tough for me though; in shot, I came off a season where I ended the year scratching all three of my throws at the state meet. Then in discus, the pressure of performing as well as my Class B girls 7th place throw was felt at every single meet and even in practices. Not only that, but in basketball season I got injured a couple times. And with basketball season being right before track season, those injuries effected my track season. I hurt both of my knees and my right elbow, which really effected me in throwing because I am right handed. Then once I did start healing up in time for the meets and started fully participating in track practices, I pulled my hamstring really bad and I was out of practice for about two weeks. And once I did go back I wasn’t given the 100% go-ahead, so I had to try even that much harder to fully get into my ‘groove.’ So with all that I faced, I am very happy with my Nebraska Class B girls 6th place discus and 5th place shot put, with a personal best in shot put.
Then in the classroom, with my toughest and most time consuming schedule yet, I finally got high honors. I have always gotten honors at Roncalli Catholic, but never high honors. Then in the streets, literally; I do not know many people to drive a stick shift as their official first car. I am one. Practicing was not all that fun either. I did have other cars to drive before my ’97 Toyota Corolla I have now, but they were not truly mine. Therefore, I am unique!
And this program speaks for itself; I am speechless about this because it is such a great experience and opportunity.

What issues matter to me?
I whole-heartedly believe in global warming, but that is too much to talk about and I do not want to be political about that issue. On the other hand, one issue I will get semi-political about is the homelessness and the poverty rate in the United States. Yes, as a US citizen, I believe we can go into other countries to help them with a starving population, economic wealth, natural disasters, etc. but why not confront that issue in the states first of at least acknowledge it. Also as a left-wing-Republican, I can admit that the current government officials are not doing the best job possible the handle these issues (ex. Hurricane Katrina relief). We must find, by any means possible, a proactive and effective way to deal with all the troubles of our own population before we put our all into some other country’s issues. The US does not always have to be a ‘Super Man.”

Who has been an influence on me?
That is a difficult question. Personally, I do not look up to that many people because really good influences are hard to find. But those people, who do influence me, in my opinion, are nearly perfect. I know no one is perfect. And I also know the people who do influence me do have some flaws. Those people are Kaeli Bixler for her influencing me in my many sporting events; then the people who influence me with their overall character are my brothers James Thompson and Jisike Nnawulazi and my basketball coach of 8 years, Kenny Long. Each of these four people have taught me, in some way or another, to have a positive attitude towards life, to never give up what I am striving for, to be level headed, and how to keep and maintain my confidence and my composure. I admit some areas are stronger than others, but I am still learning. It is a work in progress.

Why do I want to go to college?
I want to go to college to better my education. I want to go to college to become successful in life. And I want to go to college to better equip myself for the society in which we live in today. Now I just have to narrow it down to what college I want to go to. And that is going to be a long road to travel down. But for now I know that I want to go to college, I just have to figure out which college is the right one.