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When I was in 5th grade my family moved from a small suburb in Minnesota to much closer to the cities and it was a lot of change for me all at once.

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Transferring from a public school to a private one was a drastic change for me because I had to make new friendships with people, but everyone I met had already established their own closed-off friend groups.

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My first year of middle school was a struggle because it was an entirely new environment with people that I didn't know. I had to restart all of my friendships in a completely different school environment.

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I was incredibly close with my grandfather and I cherished every memory I shared with him. I would spend almost every other day with him and during the summer of 7th grade, he passed away from dementia. It was a hard time for me to recover, but I learned that I should never take people in my life for granted and that anything can happen to anyone.

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During the summer before freshman year, I got into a violent biking accident and got a concussion. I was taken out of all of my high school sports for the Fall and Winter seasons which set me back behind everyone else.

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During the Spring of 2019, I joined a local landscaping company and it was a life-changing experience for me because it opened me up to the work environment and helped me learn valuable lessons from people older than me in the workforce.

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My Freshman year was a struggle at first because I was taken out of all physical activities due to my bicycle accident that I suffered from over the summer. I managed to find my people pretty early on, but bonding with the sports teams I was on while not being able to play became a challenge for me.

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Before COVID-19 had taken its course I was given the opportunity to travel to Germany and visit my grandparents. This experience was life-changing because I had never been out of the country before and it was incredible to learn the various European cultures and ways of life.

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After extensive physical therapy, I was cleared to make a full return to sports for the next Fall season. This experience made such a positive impact on my life because I love sports and the bonds made from playing them and overcoming such a brutal injury in order to return to what I love.

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My friend group took a road trip down to Copper Mountain in Colorado to go skiing for a week. This trip was a great escape away from all of the day-to-day struggles in life and helped me clear my mind from all current events and just enjoy something that I love.

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Just like everyone else, it is easy to go on and on about how much COVID-19 damaged our high school experience, and it made learning extremely difficult.

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During the quarantine phase of COVID-19, I started to develop extremely unhealthy habits and lost motivation to do various tasks. This was an incredibly low point in my life and it was very hard to overcome some of the habits I had formed.

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Returning to In-Person learning Senior year

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Returning to In-Person learning Senior year

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My High School opened its doors again to in-person learning which for me was a staple to how optimistic I was towards my senior year.