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I think the majority of people have been bullied at one time or another. I know I’m defiantly not alone in this, but it still really effected my childhood. I rode the bus home to and from school everyday. On my bus there was this girl. Yes it might sound weird to be bullied by a girl, but at the time I was really shy. I never stuck up for myself and just laughed it off. Honestly it helped me a lot because now it is very hard for people to effect my mood. I try my absolute hardest to not let little things upset me for the whole day, like I would let her.

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We were going into 9th grade, and I was super close with a group of guys i’d been friends with since middle school. When I had to move I was destroyed.

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When I was growing up our family friend’s daughter, Marit, and my sister were very close. Our familys were very close and Marit was at our house almost everyday. She was the most caring and gentle person I have ever met. Her family, the Swensons, are amazing at tennis. She was a top ranked player at her age, and her brother graduated early to play professional tennis. She was a totally normal girl, until one horrible horrible day. On that day in 2016 we found out that she had developed terminal brain cancer. It was unimaginably hard for us and a million times harder for her family. I will never let her death be in vein as I continue to reflect on it and learn from her regularly. On the day we lost her after months of fighting I promised myself, I would learn her kindness, compassion, how she made everyone feel valued and loved.

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I went to a small public school in Minnesota called Mounds View Highschool. During my time there I joined “NHS”. A requirement of that is to spend 10 hours of your time volunteering in your community. I reached out to a local charity and they invited me, my girlfriend, and best friend to come help them pack “covid boxes” for the homeless. They would have things like rapid tests, tissues, and basic medicine. When we showed up there was nobody there, but across the street was a foodtruck, and a line of homeless. I went over and asked them if they had sent me the wrong information on what we would be doing, but it turned out they were unaffiliated. I called the person who sent me the info for that day, and frantically she appologized because the event was canceled. There was no point in going home now, so we asked if we could help they said yes, and the rest was history.

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In high school I chose to start playing club lacrosse. It tought me a lot about respecting the game and other competetors. I learned how to be a competetor

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My team only one 1 game. We had 3 all confrence players, but still lost everygame. I had to dig deep to why I started playing and learn its not allways about wining.

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When I was in about 10th grade I had to decide wether to invest my whole life in the game I love and make that my plan a. I decided that i didnt want to do that. Afterall even the best players in the world dont make much money. I want to invest my time in more profitable ventures

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I learned a lot in boyscouts. I was forced to complete it by my family. A lot of people always talk down on it and try to make fun of me for it, but I dont care I wouldnt stop because of that

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I obviously just started at HPU. I have already learned so much and come a far way in just the past couple of weeks. It has taught me time managment, and so many other skills.