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Public speaking used to be my biggest fear. I would do everything in my power to avoid it. I knew I would have to overcome this fear but I didn’t know how or where to start. Three years ago I was given the opportunity to be one of the captains of my field hockey team during a big tournament. The only catch was on the last night of the tournament we have a big team dinner where the captains give speeches to each person on the team. While writing the speeches with my co-captain, it started to feel more and more real, and all I could think about was presenting them. As we were sitting through dinner I was so zoned-out and distracted and couldn’t believe that I was about to speak in front of this many people. Dinner was over and it was time for us to give the speeches. My legs were shaking, as was the paper I was reading off of. I was scared to look up so I kept my eyes glued to the paper, to make sure I didn’t lose my place. I couldn’t wait for it to be over, I felt my eyes were getting blurry. But soon enough it was over and I felt the biggest wave of relief. After this, I was captain for the next 4 tournaments and every time it was easier and I would get much less nervous. To this day I am still grateful for that opportunity and how it impacted me. During my time in high school, I started to take on more leadership roles and started to enjoy getting involved. I even got the opportunity to read the opening prayer at my high school graduation, which is something the younger version of me would have never thought I would do. I realized now how important it was for me to push myself that first time because it forced me outside my comfort zone, helped me become a better leader, and made me more confident.
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Robbie Beard
In my personal life, an important experience for me involves visiting a company that I have been wanting to work at since a young age. This company, named Gemmy Industries, is one that specializes in producing various holiday decorations, as well as everyday items. Two factors that amplify this experience is the fact that I was not only visiting with a close friend of mine, but also the fact that this company is quite secretive; there is probably a higher probability of winning the lottery than getting a tour at this company. I remember it like it was yesterday, the feeling of sheer excitement, and nervousness filled me as our incredibly nice uber driver pulled up to the Gemmy headquarter building. As my friend and I made it past the front desk, we immediately took notice of how nicely the cubicles were mapped out. We then saw the various employees drawing up new ideas for various holiday decorations on their wacom tablets. What excited me the most was definitely meeting an employee named Steve Ross, who has been working at the company for over eighteen years, and was the mastermind behind a lot of the products that I grew up with. Not only did my friend and I talk with him for almost an hour, but we also got to learn a lot of interesting insight behind the prototype and production process of certain items he created, which involves the utilization of different materials such as resin, spin mold, blow mold, soft pvc, and vinyl. This tour managed to completely change my life in the sense that it helped in establishing various employee connections, and helped to expand my knowledge on developing and producing products, which is something I have been destined to do at this company since a very young age.
Keywords: cheerful, accomplished, nervous, excited, brave, achievement, determination, success, knowledge, patience
This experience is fairly recent, but was a very memorable experience. Getting recruited to play water polo at Bucknell was an eye opening moment as I had been playing since I was 9 years old. I also was never completely sure it was something I wanted to do, but getting recruited made me take a step back and evaluate what I had put into the sport and what that made me as an individual. I had been dedicated to the sport and had to make a choice to continue this dedication. I felt proud and rewarded as my dedication had achieved something bigger than the sport itself, also an opportunity to study at Bucknell.
Pride, dedication, patience, opportunistic, rewarding, achievement, talent, success, recognition, perserverance
When I was about 14, I prepared a performance piece for a mid-season piano recital, Solfeggietto by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. This was a casual recital, no crazy intricate performances that showcased the best of our abilities, but rather an update to what we’ve been practicing. During practice, I recall being satisfied with the speed and volume of my piece, and prepared to perform on stage with it. Except once I arrived at the music center, my piano teacher guiltily informed my mom and I that, of the small group of players who had said they could attend, I was the only one who was actually able to show up. But he was determined to make the performance happen, so he ushered in the random woman who was in the waiting room, and I performed the song, which was maybe 2 minutes long, to three people. The setup was strange, I was facing them rather than being set at an angle, playing on an electric weighted keyboard. But I had practiced, recorded myself, and played at various speeds, so everything should’ve been fine. But it wasn’t, because I fumbled the performance enough for it to be obvious to my very small audience, and I probably threw any attempt at dynamics out the window. The entire event was probably done within 10 minutes, but I was embarrassed and disappointed with myself. It is a constant reminder of how a perfect practice will not always be replicated on stage. I was probably nervous from the strange performance I was having, but I still don’t enjoy participating in artistic performances.
Adjectives: perfect, fine
Verbs: perform, practice, fumbled, replicate,
Emotions: embarrassed, disappointed, nervous
Central Terms: piano, Bach, speed, only one
My personal experience is my transition through college my freshman year. During the first semester I started to change as a person. My personality was changing, my beliefs, thoughts, opinions, and I started to express myself in different ways. Initially, I didn’t think much of it. When I went home after a few months of being in college, I felt quite strange. I knew I was different from when I left my hometown, but when I went back, I slipped back into my “old-self”. Soon after I came back to college I once again slipped into my “present self”. I felt internally confused and conflicted. I didn’t want to lose the person I was before, but at the same time, people change, especially when going to college. Resisting the change only made the stress worse. I felt like I had no option but to switch between the two inorder to stay connected with my friends from back home because my past self is how they see me; my college friends saw me as something else. I was ashamed to associate with my past self and life while at college. It was a battle between my past and present self, pushing away one another depending on where I was.
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I have always searched for academic validation. Ever since I was young and realized I was actually good at school. Most humanities subjects came easy to me and although I didn’t particularly like it at the time, I was good at science too. It became a part of who I was, my identity. I was smart. I was quickly humbled when I came to Bucknell. I had never had such challenging or fast paced classes. I always put effort into my work but now it seemed almost more than I could handle. My anxiety and insecurities feed off that need for academic validation, to prove I am good at something. Although I might pass or get a good grade to normal standards, and rationally I know it was okay, I still can’t help feeling anxious, frustrated, hurt, and worthless when I don’t measure up to my, admittingly outrageous, academic standards. This really came into play when I decided to pursue chemistry at Bucknell. It is a subject that I’m not naturally good at, my mind simply doesn’t work that way and that’s part of what I love and hate about it. It challenges me and pushes me in new ways, but it does get painful when I don’t do as well in my STEM classes compared to my arts and humanities courses. I changed the theming of my project because I felt more passionate about this topic and like I could easily represent this inward struggle.
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Pressure
Fear
Frustration
Pain
Validation
Expectations
Education
Insecurities
Academics
Struggle
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The summer before my senior year of high school, I went white water canoeing on the St. John River in Maine for a week. I had done this many times before, but not this specific river, as it was only deep enough to paddle every 5-10 years. Paddling the first set of rapids on the river is what I chose as my experience. As we approached the rapids, I felt excited as the adrenaline and anticipation pulsed through my body. I had waited for this for 10 years as this was a very iconic river, and the five of us paddling had grown up together with the dream to get the chance to complete this trip. As we entered the rapids, I felt calm and prepared as I easily executed each stroke through the rushing and chaotic water. My best friend and I had been sharing a boat since we were 7, so despite the class 5 ranking, the rapids felt somewhat familiar. A new found feeling of independence took over as I realized that I was about to embark on my 7th week-long canoeing trip without parents, technology, and communication at the age of 17. I was so happy to be on this river with my best friends, completing yet another adventure. It would quickly become one of my favorite memories.
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