Tag: high school

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Enjoy Right Now

I miss conditioning week. It was always the toughest part of the football season. And honestly, it was probably the worst part of the season. But I miss it. Conditioning week was the first week of every season. Practices were held on the track, and our coaches were always dead set on getting us in …

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Don’t Be an Insect

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook …

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Learning from Failure

Failure. It’s never fun, but failure can be one of your greatest teachers. During my junior year of college, this lesson struck me right in the face. I really wanted to get an internship. I was studying mechanical engineering, and I knew I needed to have an internship on my resume if I wanted a …