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Challenge: Shortly after I got my license in July, I needed to find a job. I went to many places like Tj Maxx, Cinemark, Cheers, and the arcade. While I was at the mall, I wanted a lemonade from Auntie Anne's. I got my lemonade and since I was already up there, I asked if they were hiring. The worker told me they were and I applied online. A few days later and I had a job.

Fear: When I got my temps a year ago, I was terrified of driving. I would get stressed out on the road and freak out. Over time I got used to driving and slowly got more comfortable. I passed my drivers classes and test and now I drive by myself.

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Challenge: How does it feel to fly alone to a foreign country? I have never flown alone, but I have flown several times. The closer the day came, the more anxious I became. What if I get lost or miss my connecting flight? I did not know what the airport looked like. The only thing I knew was that the airport is huge. When I arrived at Chicago airport, exhausted and full of uncertainty, I realized that I had successfully completed the first part of my journey. But what next? I'm unsure what the people around me are saying. But I know one thing for sure: my next flight is in an hour and it's going to be very tight. I was still standing in several endless queues. Now time was flying by and it was time to board!!! I was losing every shred of hope. I asked everyone with my last ounce of strength. You won't believe me, but in the end I actually made it. If I learned one thing, it's that hope dies last.

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Personal Goal: Sleep Schedule- School was starting soon and my sleep schedule was all messed up. I was going to bed at 6 a.m. then waking up at 5 p.m. To fix this, I stayed up for 24 hours so I could lay down to go to sleep at a reasonable time. I started to take melatonin every night around 10, after a week or so I started to get tired around that time and didn't need the melatonin anymore.

Act of Kindness: My friend had recently gone through a break up and needed someone to hang out with. I went to hang out with her and bought her food. We hung out all day and by the end of the day she felt a little better.

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Goal: I wanted to make varsity my freshman year. growing up I jumped around from sport to sport, I was good at all of them but I didn't really like to play them. then 7th grade I started tennis and I fell in love with it, not just how fun it was but I became obsessed at being the best tennis player at Lancaster, the end of my 8th grade year my coaches told me and my dad that I made a 10x improvement from 7th to 8th grade. Then I met Mr Clark and he took the time with me to work on my game and make me the best. he said he saw a younger version of him in me, he said he saw so much potential in me. which that really made me happy because I felt like in every other sport I was always getting overlooked. Then the start of my freshman year I made varsity by beating the seniors and in my 10th grade year I went undefeated.

fear: I would always care about what people thought about me. I don't know why I would but I just would, and then I started actually believing what the Bible would say and what God thought about me and I just don't care anymore what they think about.

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Challenge: Well working on my driver's licence I drove my fifty hours, I did my driver's ED, I did everything I needed to do before my driver's test. With everything done it was time to take the test so I went to the BMV. The guy giving the test was super strict about it, and for good reason. So I did not pass the first time but I practiced driving more. I wanted to drive before school started and it was the beginning of the month. After a week of practicing again I finally passed my driver's test and could drive.

Kindness: My aunt has two kids now. A six year old and a one year old. My aunt is busy with her job and cannot watch the two kids all the time. My six year old cousin started school so that was not a problem. So my mom and I went to Columbus early in the morning to get the one year old kid. So we would drive an hour and half to watch my cousin. Then at around four in the afternoon we would drive forty five minutes to return my cousin.

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Challenge: Last year, I was one of the best kids on the cross-country team, but from overtraining, i ended up getting a stress fracture on my tibia , which ended my whole sophomore season. it was very challenging because I put so much work in the summer training and couldn't pay it back in races. I had to do 3 months of physical therapy, and my injury was gone, then I was ready for track and had a great season.

Fear: I was always afraid of failing, but then I found some strategies to not think about it. Now I'm never afraid

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Kindness- Helping someone who got left out

I had to go to a fair for the FFA and me and my friend were in a group and we say that a girl was talking to anyone or have any friends so we went over to her and let her join us.

Personal goal- Get money and save it

I've been looking for a job all summer I applied everywhere and then I finally got one back and got a job. I have been trying to save my money.

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1. Challenge: I transferred schools 8th grade year. It was all new people, I didn't know anybody so I was nervous because I was starting all over. I only knew my cousin, so I would always hang out with him, he helped me meet some new people and make friends and since that point I felt normal again.

2. Fear: I was always scared of public speaking or just being in front of people. I was worried I'd embarrass myself or look dumb. I started to force myself to talk more and participate more and worry less, and eventually I've gotten way more comfortable Infront of others.

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Fear I had to get over: I struggled with first impressions and talking to new people i was always so scared of what everyone thought of me but I got better at talking to people.

challenges I over came: I struggled to cut off toxic friendships I had in my life but when I finally did i felt a lot better

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Kindness: Giving Jayson and Dom stickers. I've been winning a lot of stickers in class recently, and I noticed that Jayson and Dom seemed sad because of that so I gave them some. They now are really happy that I shared stickers

Challenge: Being shy and quiet. I used to be quiet and shy around people I didn't know or just new people in general. But I feel like the more I've became older I have been less shy and more confident.

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Challenge: At the beginning of cheer season last year I dislocated my knee and it set me back a lot with stunting and just overall progress I should have been making. I went to physical therapy and when basketball season came around my knee was doing a lot better and I did very good.

Fear: When I first got my permit I was super scared of driving and never wanted to, but over time my dad took me driving a lot more and I got super comfortable with it and now I really love driving.

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Kindness: My Moms friend that is like an aunt to me has 3 kids all under the age 4 and I always volunteer to babysit them. I don't do it for money or anything I do it because they helped me out a lot through out my life and I feel as if I should give back.

Challenge I've overcome: I've always had a fear of public speaking but as I'm getting older I realized that its not as deep as I think it is in my head. I have always thought if I care everyone else will too. That's just not the case nobody is going to care like you care.

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Fears: I always used to care what others thought about me so I would change things about myself such as, the way I spoke, how I dressed, and how I acted just for people to not "judge" me.

Challenge: I have a hard time learning how to deal with my depression and anxiety, I used to think I was suffering alone and had no one to express my feelings to or just talk to, but I have realized that others suffer with the same thing and I'm not alone and I don't have to be ashamed of something I cant control.

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Personal Growth:

Learning to be Independent ; I had to be more mature and start taking care of myself and my mom when I was younger while she was going through chemo. I learned to take care of myself & gained patience to help her make a full recovery and support my family.

Personal Growth:

Advancing in Art ; I struggled with commitment, patience, & confidence in my art. It took years to get where I am in skill wise, lots of practice, patience, and connecting with artists. Now I'm a CCAD college preview grad, 2024 & 2025, and with plenty of art college and communtiy connections and am proud of my skills.

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Challenge: When I had to have surgery on my shoulder, I had a hard time doing physical therapy and getting strength back. I had to do 4 months of PT but now it was all worth it because it doesn't hurt anymore and I can play sports again.

Fear: Failure has always scared me because of the pressure I put on myself and also the pressure other people but on me. Understanding that not everything is going to go as planned and being able to work through problems has allowed me to mature and become less afraid of failure.

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Kindness: Id say my biggest act of kindness had to have been the day I signed up for big brothers big sisters (BBB). I've always wanted to give a kid today what I didn't have growing up. BBB allows me to meet with my "little" once a week, to hangout and talk with them. I hope to be able to help a kid mentally or just give them an extra friend!

Personal Growth: I play club volleyball every year, and this year I will be playing my second year at this new club APEX. This is my 4th year playing club all together and I will usually play regional which is where my team doesn't travel too far. This year I decided to try out for an American team which means I will be traveling in and out of state for games! So, I went to a lot of extra volleyball clinics this summer and I made an American 17's team!

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Challenge: I have gotten injured a lot due to sports. I have sprained both my ankles multiple times, I've torn my meniscus in my knee, I've also sprained a ligament on the bottom of my foot and ive had many minor injuries. I have gone through all sorts of rehab and exercises to get me back onto the field. I'm still figting through injuries but It is great to still be playing with all of my past injuries

Goal: My 8th grade year I made a goal that I would start varsity on football. I trained for 2 years but I wasn't able to because I was undersied and there was a senior infront of me. That year I trained like I never have before and now I am starting varsity

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Fear: I used to be very awkward and nervous when meeting new people but during the summer I went out a lot. This forced me to talk to people and get out of my comfort zone and now I find it pretty easy to talk to people and make new friends

Challenge: I slightly tore my adductor ( inner thigh) during a powerlifting meet. For weeks I had to rehab it and stretch and do PT with my coach

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1 Kindness: Me and my friends saw that a student in our grade didnt have any friends so we started inviting him to events outside of school, and we still are friends with him now.

2 Challenge: Once I was able to get my permit I struggeled the process of getting a car, then my parents made me make a plan to get a car, so I put in all my money for a car then they put in there share, and finally I was able to get my permit and a car.

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1. Challenge: Growing up, I have always played sports, but I have consistently struggled with one thing among them all: the mental part of sports. Getting older, it eventually got better, but it still comes around every once in a while.

2. Goal: Having a good mindset in sports. It hasn't always been easy, but it is a necessity needed to succeed.

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personal growth: I never have been the type of person to talk to someone without them talking to me first, until this year. Over the summer I have realized that I want to put myself out there so people can see who I am. Now I try to talk to more and more people every day.

kindness: I had a friend freshmen year who was not a very good friend, she would always start drama with me and others, so we stopped being friends, but over the summer I realized she changed and got better. We slowly became friends again and now she is one of my best friends.

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Goal-Being a more organized person.

I was a mess and i always lost things. I could never find the things i needed and it would stress me out. I decided it would make it easier if i got organized. I started taking the time to put things away neat and eventually i was not struggling anymore, So it made it easier to stay organized.

Kindness-helped family friends.

My family friends own a small pet grooming business. One of them fell sick and could not help with the business, so they were not going to be able to keep up with all the clients and cleaning. So i went in for a couple weeks and helped out until they were all better so they were able to stay open.

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Challenge: cutting off my friends because im realizing theyre not good people and starting to surround myself with better people, along with not letting old friends back into my life

Personal Goal: Saving money - I wanted to remodel my bedroom so in order to do that I had to save up lots of money to be able to start putting hardwood flooring in, then paint, and put more shelves in

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1. Personal Growth. Getting into Junior Fair Board was a long process of filling out forms and going to interviews. After the interview, you have to wait on an email saying you got in. After I got the email, I was so happy that I filled out the forms to grow as a person and meet new people.

2. Overcoming a fear. I found out I had a fear of public speaking when I got older, and we had to talk to the class. I got really sweaty and my legs started to shake. I've struggled through it, and sometimes I still get nervous to do public speaking. I´ve overcome my fear by talking to people more.

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Kindness: Using manners everyday. It is a small act of kindness and everybody should do it but it goes underlooked a lot of time. By saying please and thank you could go a long way for some people especially if they're having a bad day.

Kindness: Mowing my neighbor's yard during the summer. Both my neighbors around me are very old and it was something that took not that long to do. It made me feel good because I was helping somebody and I also got to make their yard look nice.

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Kindness: I enjoy surprising people by cleaning for them. When I notice someone in my family or someone I'm close to are stressed out I will clean for them so they are able to come home to a clean environment.

Challenge: I've always struggled with what I want to be out of High school. Everyone around me always knew what they wanted to be besides me. I've always been into learning about mental health and helping people around me. I've decided that I would like to pursue a path like that outside of Highschool.

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Achieving a Goal: Around third grade, I had been taken out for an extra advanced class. I was put in the advanced classes as I got older. After moving high schools, I now have the opportunity to graduate early. I have the ability to take college level classes for my senior year if I wanted.

Fear: I used to be really scared of my self expression and how others would see me. I've realized many people get scared of what other people see of them. I was able to start getting over it by just wearing what I wanted and no one said anything.

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Fears: I used to be really concerned with what others thought about me. In turn, I would change my behavior and such to fit what the other person wanted from me.

Kindness: I volunteer at the local library during the summer and sometimes during the school year. It has made me happy and glad that I am able to help out people in the community.

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challenge:I never really liked my natural hair and I would straiten or curl it almost everyday and then I realized it was frying my hair and I started to only put heat on it once or twice a week and try different hairstyles to avoid putting so much heat on my hair.

goal:Last school year I was really bad about getting to school on time and I realized I needed to stop making excuses for myself and get up so I started by waking up earlier and forcing myself to wake up and get ready and then I slowly adapted to it.

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Challenge: Starting 9th grade, I started struggling with anxiety. Especially with talking to new people, when I realized how bad it had gotten and that I wanted to find something to improve it. I started talking to my mom with what has helped her and went to see someone for it. With becoming more open to putting myself in uncomfortable situations, it got better. It can still be a struggle today but now I have ways to deal with it.

Goal: Working made me like saving money, seeing the money pile up in my savings account. I made a goal to buy my own car. After a couple months I was able to save 2,000 to put down on my car now! I got a really good deal on it and it was just the car I wanted to be my first car.

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Challenge: Saving money- After I got my pets I made a goal to make enough money to get them food, toys and pay for vet bills. Met my goal by being able to buy pet food and needs.

Challenge: Finding friends- I had less friends, finding friends help me know people in class. I started talking to people and made new friends.

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Kindness: There was a new girl on the bus who was sitting near me and my friend group, so one day I introduced myself to her, and she was really nice and introduced her to my friend group, and we became friends. As we became closer we would talk more on the bus as we went home and even message each other outside of school.

Kindness: When I was younger, I volunteered a lot for events that the church I went to held when they needed extra hands or even when they were offering, and I built a reputation for helping out whenever and offering to help out with the kids' group and within the church. I would help out all the way until the church eventually closed

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Fear: I've always hated presentations because I had to speak in front of the class, I would get sick to my stomach whenever I had to, and I felt horrible. Now I realise that everyone feels nervous when they have to speak publicly and that helps me with calming down because I'm not alone.

Goals: My friend helped motivate me to go to the gym when I didn't want to. At first, it was a struggle, but after some time, I got into a rhythm and started to enjoy going with him. He started making me go every day, and after some time, I started to go without him

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1. Personal Goal: I may share more info about training for a 5k. I first fell in love with running, so I made a goal to a run 5k. Then, I trained for the 5k with my running buddy; we had a strict schedule and ran for a few months even through small injuries. Lastly, I actually ran the 5k, and I was proud of my time. I learned that hard work and discipline pay off.

2. Overcoming a fear. I used to be afraid of public speaking, and I had to take a public speaking class in college. First, I had to work though the fear and make plan; I learned some tips to help make public speaking easier since I did sign up for this class, but I knew I was so nervous. Then, I practiced in front of a camera and then a few of my friends. Last, I actually conquered my fear completely by giving two speeches in front of my speech class. I learned that it is important to face our fears. You do not know what you can overcome if you do not try.

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Overcoming a Fear: I used to be afraid of failure, when I was younger I was terrified of failing but I feel as if the older I got the more I realized that its okay to fail and that failure is just something that is apart of life so I just taught myself how to cope with failing.

Achieving a Goal: About a year ago I decided that I wanted to be able to cook for myself. I was always interested in cooking and I wanted to be good at it. So I started to learn to cook by getting help from my parents or following recipes and so far after a year of practicing and learning I feel as if I've become a solid cook.

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Challenge:

The friend's I used to have weren't good for me at all in the way they were bad influences, so I had decided I needed new friends to make better choices,so I decided I hang around better people who make better decisions.

Fear:A fear I used to have when I was younger was snakes, but I had recently overcame that when my friend went to go buy a snake from a pet shop and I started liking them more.

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CHALLENGE/ A year ago I made the decision to come to the United States for a year. At first I had doubts but I decided to do it, and I had to leave my family and friends. I arrived last month, and when I landed I didn't understand anything, but over time i understand more and improve.

GOAL/  Become champion with my soccer team in Argentina.

My motivation to achieve this goal was my classmates to the team, my friends and my father. To achieve this, we trainer twice as hard with more intensely.

At the end of the year we managed to win the championship.