Bedraggled, disheartened and blanketed with mud, I sat on the sidewalk blubbering while the tears dripped down my knee. As I watched the salty droplets trickle down my dingy leg and meld with the crimson driblets oozing from my ragged shins, I felt a certain overwhelming feeling of helplessness, of defeat. After a comfortable amount of time was spent wallowing in self-pity, my relentless attitude proficiently mustered the nerve to get back on my very …showed first 75 words of 491 total…

…showed last 75 words of 491 total…the foundation of anything I had ever surmounted any achievment I had ever made. I was trying, therefor I wasn’t achieving. After this my grades gradually began to raise jsut in time to allow me to pass for the year. Now, the new obstacles of my senior year and college lay ahead and I am ready to give it all I’ve got while I eagerly embark on my adventure to a successful future!