Thursday, May 24, 2018
5. A Song
I talked about this song in my reflections, but it is important to me so I will mention it again. Country roads words don't really speak to me, but the meaning this song has for me is significant. This song was Lynbrook football's victory song. I have a lot of good memories associated with this song. The entire brotherhood of the football team and the sport itself is now tied to this song. Football was a big part of my high school life and this song is directly linked to football so in a way this song is part of me.
6. Favorite book
One of my favorite books I have read in high school was Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. This book was very enjoyable because of the absurd humor. It really got me thinking how people could be so creative and funny. This book spoke to me because my friends and I tend to use a similar style of random absurd humor. The book was very well written and I enjoyed it very much.
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Senior Reflection 3
3)
It is too hard to pick just one great memory from all of high school so I had to pick two. My favorite memory from all my years of football was my first varsity football win. It was the first game of the year and after a long and hard-fought battle, Lynbrook football came out on top and won the game. This win was earned, not just given to us. The entire game had some of the most exciting moments in my life. After the game, as everybody went to the locker room to change, we played the Lynbrook football victory song, country roads, and this is where the memory goes from good to great. All of my brothers in one place singing the same song with such enthusiasm. This was a truly powerful moment. The ability of twenty or thirty young men to be able to share and celebrate one thing is amazing. That song still reminds me of all the good times in football, a time I will never experience again. The second memory is very similar. It comes from league finals of wrestling my senior year. I was wrestling a match that would decide whether or not I would go to CCS. This meant that this match either meant I could wrestle for another two weeks or my season was over and I might never wrestle again. The guy I wrestled was decent at wrestling, but I knew I was superior. Even so, I had so many nerves fighting this guy for my wrestling career. This was it, it was now or never. I fought and fought until I was finally winning by two points. I finished the match and saw I won. I was going to CCS. this moment I remember jumping off the mat shaking my opponent’s hand and rushing over to my family and team to celebrate. This was one of the true highlights of my wrestling career and high school life.
It is too hard to pick just one great memory from all of high school so I had to pick two. My favorite memory from all my years of football was my first varsity football win. It was the first game of the year and after a long and hard-fought battle, Lynbrook football came out on top and won the game. This win was earned, not just given to us. The entire game had some of the most exciting moments in my life. After the game, as everybody went to the locker room to change, we played the Lynbrook football victory song, country roads, and this is where the memory goes from good to great. All of my brothers in one place singing the same song with such enthusiasm. This was a truly powerful moment. The ability of twenty or thirty young men to be able to share and celebrate one thing is amazing. That song still reminds me of all the good times in football, a time I will never experience again. The second memory is very similar. It comes from league finals of wrestling my senior year. I was wrestling a match that would decide whether or not I would go to CCS. This meant that this match either meant I could wrestle for another two weeks or my season was over and I might never wrestle again. The guy I wrestled was decent at wrestling, but I knew I was superior. Even so, I had so many nerves fighting this guy for my wrestling career. This was it, it was now or never. I fought and fought until I was finally winning by two points. I finished the match and saw I won. I was going to CCS. this moment I remember jumping off the mat shaking my opponent’s hand and rushing over to my family and team to celebrate. This was one of the true highlights of my wrestling career and high school life.
Senior Reflection 2
2)
Currently, my most prized possession, and probably the most expensive thing I own, is my coin collection. I started collecting quarters when I was about twelve years old and continue to do so today. I collect standing liberty quarters. The book of coins I have spent years collecting does have a good amount of monetary value attributed with it, but what makes it my most valuable possession is the fact that it is one of my few hobbies I do with my dad. I watch sports with my dad, but nothing compares to spending a day with him at a coin show. We walk around and talk about our lives and look at coins. He introduced me to coin collecting and just like his dad introduced him to it. My dad and I have sent hours and hours at coin shows in huge convention centers. We almost always go to In and Out afterward to get food. These coins that I collect have lots of time and money invested in them and is something that my dad and I have in common.
Currently, my most prized possession, and probably the most expensive thing I own, is my coin collection. I started collecting quarters when I was about twelve years old and continue to do so today. I collect standing liberty quarters. The book of coins I have spent years collecting does have a good amount of monetary value attributed with it, but what makes it my most valuable possession is the fact that it is one of my few hobbies I do with my dad. I watch sports with my dad, but nothing compares to spending a day with him at a coin show. We walk around and talk about our lives and look at coins. He introduced me to coin collecting and just like his dad introduced him to it. My dad and I have sent hours and hours at coin shows in huge convention centers. We almost always go to In and Out afterward to get food. These coins that I collect have lots of time and money invested in them and is something that my dad and I have in common.
Senior Reflections 1
1)
The single most influential person in my four years at Lynbrook was my football coach, Coach Palmer. He took over the junior varsity team my freshman year and since that day I have had the utmost respect for him. He sacrificed so much for the team even though he received very little reward for his work. He stuck with a football team for four years. A team that never got the record he wanted and had little support from the school. He hardly slept in order to coach the team and support his family. Coach Palmer gave his all into whatever he was doing, whether he was parenting, coaching, or working. He gave his all and made sure he got all his responsibilities done. I have tried, not always successfully, to emulate everything my coach stood for and taught. I would put one hundred percent into my football workouts and my wrestling practice. I would always try my best at school and work hard to help my community. Coach Palmer has not only told me how to work hard, but he showed it as well and that is why he has had the greatest impact on me at Lynbrook high school.
The single most influential person in my four years at Lynbrook was my football coach, Coach Palmer. He took over the junior varsity team my freshman year and since that day I have had the utmost respect for him. He sacrificed so much for the team even though he received very little reward for his work. He stuck with a football team for four years. A team that never got the record he wanted and had little support from the school. He hardly slept in order to coach the team and support his family. Coach Palmer gave his all into whatever he was doing, whether he was parenting, coaching, or working. He gave his all and made sure he got all his responsibilities done. I have tried, not always successfully, to emulate everything my coach stood for and taught. I would put one hundred percent into my football workouts and my wrestling practice. I would always try my best at school and work hard to help my community. Coach Palmer has not only told me how to work hard, but he showed it as well and that is why he has had the greatest impact on me at Lynbrook high school.
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