Vacation Get Away

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Sunset sailing in Key West Florida sets the picture perfect scene. When my mom told me that my two cousins and I were going to Key West to visit my brother Franky we knew we were in for a great time. What put the icing on the cake was it was winter break and a change from the cold Baltimore weather to warm Florida sounded amazing. Leaving my stress in Baltimore I flew out of the BWI to Key West. Unlike most vacationers in Key West we stayed the week on a 125 foot schooner instead of a hotel room. My brother was a mate onboard the Liberty Clipper. He lived and worked on the boat all summer taking out different groups on sunset cruises. Since we were staying on the boat we had to sail everyday since it was his work which a little rough sometimes after a late night. The crew would man the sails while the rest enjoyed the sunset and open bar. During the day when we weren’t sailing we spent our time at the beach snorkeling. The snorkeling here is great we even saw sharks on two different snorkeling trips. We also got everywhere by bike most people don’t drive there which makes everywhere you go a fun ride. At night we would get on our bikes and go out for a night on the town. This vacation taught me to always take some time out of your busy life to lay back have some fun and relax.

My Own Boss

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To be the owner of a successful company would be my ideal job. From a young age I have been exposed to family and friends who were successful in running their own company. I have always been drawn to the idea of being your own boss with no one to answer to. Although being the owner can bring stress and responsibility I find the positive perks outweigh the negative. The idea of starting and running a successful company is a dream shared by many Americans. My ideal job is one that shows that anyone who works hard to start a company can be successful.

The Bad with the Good

My worse education experience takes me back ten years to fifth grade. Mr. Quinn was my weird and out of the ordinary teacher who was famously known for eating chalk. Most people thought he was funny because of his unorthodox way of teach but for a shy fifth grader like myself he wasn’t very funny. Most of the year I would try to avoid talking to him or being called on him in fear of what he would do. Then my worse fear came true after missing a week of school from being sick. When I returned to math class I had missed a lot and had no idea what was going on. The week I spent at home I was receiving work that I was suppose to be doing but I decided my teachers would take it easy on me since I was sick. I couldn’t have been any more wrong. As I sat in my seat hoping not to be called on I was called to the board to do a problem that I had no idea how to do. As I stood at the board sweating with fear Mr. Quinn stood on his desk giving me an earful as I tried to make something up with the whole class laughing. This may not seem like a horrible experience to you but it affected me for the reset of my academic career. Traumatized from this it left my scared to go to the board for the rest of my academic career.

Although I have had many great educational experiences, the one that stands out to me the most is pre-school. Believe it or not I have a clear memory of my pre-school. My pre-school was a private school run but all nuns. Most people picture nuns to be mean but the ones that teach pre-school are the nicest ladies you have ever met. I think the reason I appreciate this so much is because this where my educational career began and it was such a good one. Not only was I having a great time at recess and nap time I was also getting a head start for kindergarten. I clearly remember when I had to start pre-school not wanting to go then after the first day I loved going everyday.

Follow Your Dreams

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My belief to always follow my dream was inspired from my brother. My brother became grateful for life at a young age. Faced with illness his whole childhood made him realize how short life is and to always follow your dreams. I didn’t come to appreciate this quality of my brother until I got older. When I was younger I always thought he was just trying to be different and didn’t really understand him. As I got older I realized he was simply just following his dreams not letting the opinions of other people effect what he wanted to do. From before I can remember my brother always wanted to be a marine biologist. As he got older and it became time for him to make a college decision it was an easy choice to go to school in Florida. Most people were telling him marine biology is not something you can make a career out of but he didn’t seem to care what they thought. Not only was he going to major in marine biology with not much support he also was going to a new state where he knew no one.

The reason I admire my brother so much is because I could never do what he did. I don’t think I would have had the courage at that young age to go to a state so far away with no friends. I have learned from my brother to not be afraid to take chances, follow my dreams and not worry about what other people think ,or what can go wrong. Half way through college he decided he wanted to be a writer and while at University Tampa he decided to major in both English and marine biology. During summers he was literally living the dream, spending his summer break sailing from Hawaii to California doing scientific research and one summer on a boat in Key West. After college he followed his dream of being writer which led him to graduate school at American University for English. This is just inspiration for me to follow my dreams even if its hard path. At times I feel like just taking the easy way and not going after my dreams because the path seems to hard. My brother has showed me that if you just take a chance and go after your dreams you have nothing to lose and might just live your dream.

The Connected Generation

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When I was trying to think of one word that best describes our generation connected stood out to me as the best fit. I chose the word connected simply because we are always connected whether it is on the internet from our homes, school, or work. We have become so obsessed with being connected that our cell phones have evolved into personal computers with internet capabilities. Our generation is obsessed with having the newest and best technology. This leads to corporations coming out with new products to keep our generation constantly and better connected.

Just Do It….or…Just Buy More Nike

Portland, Oregon is home to the worlds leading sportswear and equipment provider, Nike. Nike holds a reputation for providing the best sports gear on the market. It all starts with their name while most people automatically assign the name Nike with sports it actually originates from a Greek goddess. Nike is the Greek goddess of victory, by naming their company this Nike was saying that if you wear Nike you will be victorious in whatever sport you’re playing. What makes Nike is their loyal base of customers.

In the athletic world Nike is number one over any other brand on the market. Being an athlete I’ve tried every sports brand and Nike hands down is the best product in my personal opinion and is the same for other athletes I have been in contact with. Many athletes refuse to wear anything other then Nike shoes or cleats. Some athletes even wont wear anything other then Nike socks showing how much that little black check represents. In the world of sports if your wearing some no name brand athletic equipment your going to be looked down on. If you wear Nike you will automatically be associated with the best even if you’re not the best athlete. Nike was smart enough of a company to know to get the best athletes to endorse their company to expand their market. The biggest endorser that comes to mind is Michael Jordan or as Nike deemed him “AIR Jordan”. After Nike endorsed Michael Jordan the market for his shoes went of the charts. During this time when they launched the air Jordan’s every basketball fan wanted to be Michael Jordan. Nike knew this so well that their commercial’s song lyrics were “I Want to be like Mike”. After these commercial showing MJ with his Nike Air Jordan’s dunking from the foul line every basketball fan in America wanted them.

This led to even more top athletes endorsing this brand. As soon as you get big time athletes to endorse your brand there’s no looking back. These athletes are role models to millions of kids which opens the market for Nike. Kids all around the world see their favorite basketball, baseball, golf, football, lacrosse, soccer, player wearing Nike then they’ve got to have it. Parents will buy their kids anything these days and Nike is the number one brand. They think if they wear Nike their going to play like the pro’s or at least look like them. Nike is a truly iconic brand dominating the sportswear and equipment market. What sets Nike apart is that they are not just a name associated with sports but a name associated with the best sports products.

My life as a media addict

From the second I wake up to the second I go to bed media is a huge part of my life. When I wake up in the morning the first thing I do is turn the television on and put on the news. When I am home with my parents I regularly read The Sun Paper, but now at my college house I don’t have a subscription so I don’t read the paper as much. This has forced me to get most of my news from the internet. I really listening to music and hearing different music. This is why I spend a lot of time on my computer on Itunes. I buy songs all the time and search for other songs and artist I have never heard of. I also like to keep update on what’s going on in lacrosse. Laxpower.com is the most popular site for lacrosse. I check this regularly to see what’s going on. When I’m not on the internet and I’m probably watching television. I mostly watch espn to keep update on football or whatever sport is in season. I also use on demand all the time. Here you can search for movies and watch past episodes of series like my favorite entourage. Without media I don’t know what I would I would have to pick up a new hobby.