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Tonsils and Adenoids taken out.
When I was around the age of 3 I had a very bad speech impediment which caused me to hear like I was under water. I would go thru life not really being able to understand what people were saying and people could barely understand what I said. The doctors thought that I should have surgery to get my swollen tonsils and adenoids removed to fix my speech problem. My parents one morning woke me up very early and took me to the hospital and I got the surgery helping me finally hear and speeck . -
Broke my Foot.
When I was four years old my mom dragged me to my brother's baseball game and I decided to go play on the jungle gym. After jumping around in my flip flops I decided to climb the rocket ship at garden street elementary school. After scaling the side of the ship my mom told me to get down. Being the boy I was I thought it would be faster if I would just jump to the bottom. After jumping I broke my foot and was in pain causing me to wear a cast the rest of the summer leaving me handicapped. -
Splitting my head open on a rock.
When I was 5 years old I was following my brother around my backyard with his friend. We were playing on a rock in my backyard and after my brother and his friend jumped a gap I decided to follow even after them telling me not to. After missing the jump and falling 5 feet into a bunch of rocks my head was cut clean open. My white shirt was completely cover in blood and my mom was freaking out. At the time my dad was at work so my mom called my neighbor to help her take me to the hospital. -
Started kindergarten
I was sick of watching my older brothers go to school every day and leave me home alone not having anyone to play with and have to wait for them to come home in order to have fun. It seemed like going to kindergarten took forever to come and I thought that it was so fun the first day it was more play than work. We would get lunch every day and then have the opportunity to play Lincoln logs and meet all the other kids in my class. Kindergarten was a much simpler time to be alive and more fun. -
Started playing Lacrosse
When I was 6 years old I started playing lacrosse and found an early passion in my life. I went from being a die-hard Yankee fan to exchanging my bat for a lacrosse stick. At the young age of I decided to play with my older brother on his team and I was the goalie for kids almost 2 years older than me. After planing on and off I really got serious about Lacrosse Middle School and early High school trying to follow my brother's paths and try to beat the big name teams like Yorktown. -
Grandmother passed away.
When I was in the fourth grade my grandmother got very sick. for about a year we would go to the city and visit her in the hospital and bring her food after she had her stroke. At such a young age I did not really know what was happening but I kinda had the idea. My Grandmother and my mom were extremely close so it was really hard watching my mom being very upset over her being sick. One day when I came home from school my mom told me she passed and I didn't realize I would never see her again. -
Found my love for Football.
Growing up in New York and playing football for years I decided I would be a giants fan for life. The year I really passionately start following the Giants, Eli Manning and Victor Cruz started blowing up. After making some unreal plays I started watching the Giants every Sunday no matter what, Win or loss I would always watch. Even better after following them all season they went all the way to the Superbowl and beat the New England Patriots for the second time, making me a giant fan for life. -
Started middle school.
In my opinion, stating middle school was a big step in growing up and maturing. When I was going into the middle school my brother was still in the 8th grade so I would see him all the times in the hallways and I thought that's how high school was going to be. I was very wrong because middle school was a lot worse than high school. In middle school, they would give you some ¨freedom¨ but in actuality, they are micromanaging everything. No teacher would ever let middle school boys run around. -
Started Highschool
I started Highschool in the late summer of 2014, My brother had just graduated from the Highschool a year before and I did not know what to expect. Even though I was a little nervous I was excited at the same time. The first day of school was so crazy walking around with what seems to be giants aka the seniors. I would be lying if I told you that I hated high school because my first year I had so much fun as a little freshman walking around talking to all my friends and finally having freedom. -
Senior year
A lot say that your senior year of high school is the most fun and that it will fly by in a blink of an eye. In reality, I am in my first month of school and it's been pretty action full. From going Elk hunting at the beginning of September to right now sitting in in-school suspension really wishing I did not skip Astrobiology. I truly think that senior year is going to teach me a lot of lessons and help me really mature and get ready to go away to college and hopefully make something of myself. -
Went elk hunting.
This fall my father wanted to share with me what he truly loves to do. My father and I drove across the country to chase elk. After going into the mountains for 6 days and 5 nights I really thought that I wanted to leave. After making the 5 mile hike down the mountain with a 50-pound pack on I really thought i wasnt going to miss hunting. Once we got to the truck and i started thinking about hunting i really noticed that I'm gong to miss every moinute of it and can't wait till i can do it again.
