After receiving back my first essay, My Transition from High School to College, I was very pleased with the final grade. However, if I didn’t turn in a rough draft before the due date, I would not have received as good of a grade. For example, I made a few comma splice mistakes throughout my essay that affected the sentence structure and didn’t allow for my sentences to flow smoothly. My text contained two or more sentence structure...

At the beginning of this semester, I was introduced with a lot of new rules about writing. Coming into college I was a decent writer and understood all the basics, but throughout the weeks I learned more and more ways to bring essays and assignments together that made me an even better writer than I was before. My time in this class not only helped me write well organized essays for this class, but it also influenced me to do he same in the...

A lifetime goal specifically has the name “lifetime goal” because this is what proves your worth out of all goals you set in life. In my previous journal and essay, I stated that becoming a professional soccer player is what will truly submit my lifetime goal. Like all goals, especially this one, nothing is given for free. I believe that in order for me to accomplish this goal, I will need to spend countless hours dedicating my time...

My junior year of high school was a tough time for me. It was a disappointing time for the most part but things changed for the better good. From the beginning I was never a well rounded student, and never had the motivation to do any assignments, projects, and more. However, my junior year of high school was the worst of them all. I was extremely focused on other things, specifically playing soccer and hanging out with friends. I was so...

Friends are more than just friends. What do I mean by this? Friends are what we as people want in life more than anything. Having friends is what keeps us sane throughout our day to day lives. I believe that without the friends I have today, I wouldn’t have made it this far in life. Friends are those who will be there for you when times are rough, complicated, and especially when life couldn’t be better. I’ve seen a lot of...

My dad has always been a hard-working man. My dad was never really interested in school, but still managed to make it to a high position in the business world. He did a very minimal amount of school over in Holland. After school wasn’t really working, he joined the military but then quit after he found out he wanted something else in life. Eventually, he found a job in a wear house that distributed Dutch tulips all over the world. He...

This is one of my favorite pictures in my photo gallery. This picture was taken my junior year of high school in one of the biggest soccer games I’ve ever played in. My team and I made it to the Conference Championship Final with the determination and motivation to make school history with winning our tenth championship. As you can see in the picture we witnessed an unbelievable moment that we as friends and teammates will forever cherish...

There have been multiple assignments and essays in Writing for College Success that I have felt really confident about due to what I have learned throughout the semester. I just recently turned in a specific assignment that I really enjoyed writing. This specific essay was about how I will manage my time doing homework, hanging out with friends, and avoid procrastination. I completed my assignment with three important parts to my paper. These...

Managing money will always be important throughout life. We as people today can only survive off the money we work for. I believe that there are three important aspects to managing money. Monitoring how I spend my money, using a budget, and last but not least spending money and saving money wisely should always be the basics. Monitoring how I spend my money is very important in the long run. Not only will I noticed where, when, and how...

My dad always told me that if I put my heart to something I love, I can accomplish anything. I’ve been following his words ever since. I believe that in order to be passionate about something, you set everything else aside and grind for what you want in life. Saying so, my passion for the game of soccer is unreal. I came here to Old Dominion University to continue playing soccer at a very high level of competition. This did not come easy....