Experiment with the stream-of-consciousness narrative. think about something that has happened to you recently. you might relay the events of a school day, a visit to a friend’s house, a trip to the store, etc. tell about the event in a stream-of-consciousness narrative. in doing so, you should— as virginia woolf does in her speech—explore a new concept, draw a conclusion, or find a solution to a problem. in other words, you are using a relatively simple story of commonplace events to discover a not-so-simple element of truth. your narrative should be at least 250 words.

A trip to an store close to my house something I always do it’s second nature to me and it’s something I always do because I want to or because I have been told to go to get something either something small as it’s not a big store it’s small tiny usually boring and one doesn’t think of the places one visits each time they become second nature second nature or third or fourth nature how many places one does visit and one doesn’t remember how the entrance actually looks like or the ceiling or the cashier’s hands one works with already created images when entering or recalling this places the usual photographs mental photographs of a regular old normal store what with their products and their lights and their price tags and the same for all the places even our houses our school places where we spent thousands of hours places where we don’t even know how we enter them how are the knobs arranged or the chairs or how the light strikes a window Nothing yes sure  nothing in specific not a concrete experience of that place whatsoever but not today today I’m going to look at the cashier remember his hands the lights the ceiling was it broken or was it perfectly painted how does it look how does each place look and how my mind would work if I actually had the strenght to look at everything without preconceived images

cinderrella becuase she is an old character and well famous

i have learned a great many things from participating in varsity football. it has changed my entire outlook on and attitude toward life. before my freshman year at [high-school], i was shy, had low self-esteem and turned away from seemingly impossible challenges. football has altered all of these qualities. on the first day of freshman practice, the team warmed up with a game of touch football. the players were split up and the game began. however, during the game, i noticed that i didn't run as hard as i could, nor did i try to evade my defender and get open. the fact of the matter is that i really did not want to be thrown the ball. i didn't want to be the one at fault if i dropped the ball and the play didn't succeed. i did not want the responsibility of the team because i was too afraid of making a mistake. that aspect of my character led the first years of my high school life. i refrained from asking questions in class, afraid they might be considered too stupid or dumb by my classmates. all the while, i went to practice and everyday, i went home physically and mentally exhausted.

yet my apprehension prevailed as i continued to fear getting put in the game in case another player was injured. i was still afraid of making mistakes and getting blamed by screaming coaches and angry teammates. sometimes these fears came true. during my sophomore season, my position at backup guard led me to play in the varsity games on many occasions. on such occasions, i often made mistakes. most of the time the mistakes were not significant; they rarely changed the outcome of a play. yet i received a thorough verbal lashing at practice for the mistakes i had made. these occurrences only compounded my fears of playing. however, i did not always make mistakes. sometimes i made great plays, for which i was congratulated. now, as i dawn on my senior year of football and am faced with two starting positions, i feel like a changed person.

over the years, playing football has taught me what it takes to succeed. from months of tough practices, i have gained a hard work ethic. from my coaches and fellow teammates, i have learned to work well with others in a group, as it is necessary to cooperate with teammates on the playing field. but most important, i have also gained self-confidence. if i fail, it doesn't matter if they mock or ridicule me; i'll just try again and do it better. i realize that it is necessary to risk failure in order to gain success. the coaches have always said before games that nothing is impossible; i know that now. now, i welcome the challenge. whether i succeed or fail is irrelevant; it is only important that i have tried and tested myself.

the topic of this essay is how the applicant has matured and changed since his freshman year. he focuses on football. one of the strengths of this essay is that it is well organized. the applicant clearly put time into the structure and planning of this essay. he uses the platform of football to discuss and demonstrate his personal growth and development through the high school years. what he could have done better was spend more time describing himself after he made improvements. as it is, he only tells us about his newfound confidence and drive. this essay would have been stronger had he actually shown us, perhaps by including a story or describing an event where his confidence made a difference

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