Broken Conception

There was a girl I knew in middle school that I knew from my neighborhood. Her and I would walk home together and hang out after school together. She was a one of the coolest people on the block. But I remember one day in school there was a drug search, and she was brought in for questioning. Even though I didn’t know for sure if she did drugs or was even involved, it crushed my whole idea of who she was. After that I tried to avoid walking home with her and seldom hung out with her unless it was with a group of people. I think that the whole incident is part of the reason I've chosen to forget who her name was. The only thing I can remember about her is that she had big turquoise eyes, red hair and may or may not have been a druggie.

Family

There are several events within my life that have influenced me as a person and ultimately shaped the person I am today. When I was young my dad put me in cub scouts. While it was not my favorite experience to start, it did teach me certain values and made me stay with it. Because of cub scouts I went on to join boy scouts and ultimately become an eagle scout. My dad was in the Army before I was born and so when I was young he instilled into me cleanly habits and the importance of respect. My parents both went to college and so they had the same expectation of me. However my dad didn’t do well in college and really struggled. He has told me on several occasions the great lengths he has taken to make sure I have good study skills, turn in my homework, don’t procrastinate, try my hardest, don’t skip class, and many more. I think that my father sees a lot of himself in me and has made it one of his goals to make sure that I grow up in a better environment than he did and that I succeed where he was just average.  My mother pushed me to join robotics and the first year she pushed me to join I resisted but the second year I did so reluctantly. But it was one of the best experiences I have ever had. Because of robotics I was able to work with engineers and create a robot that could complete difficult tasks. In my second year I became a team captain and became eligible for an internship which I applied for and was accepted into. This internship gave me my first look into what I would be doing after I got my major in college. The most important thing that I think robotics did for me was it introduced me to my girlfriend. If it wasn’t for my mom pushing me, I would never have gotten the experience that I did and I would have never fallen in love.

At the Kitchen Table

The picture is of my father during his time in the Army. In the photograph my father is sitting at my mother’s kitchen table at her childhood home before they were married. He had been in Germany during the Cold War and was a part of an intelligence group. He has a nice looking beard and clean cut hair. He is sitting at the kitchen table with his sleeves rolled up and a beer in his hand with a look of content on his face. It makes me wonder if he is happy because he is finally home with my mom or if there is a different reason for his happiness.

Ohio

Nickname: "The Buckeye State"
State Animal: Thorned Shore Scorpion

Notes: Home of the greatest college football team in the nation the Ohio State University Buckeyes, Ohio is noted to be the end line of the Ice Ages ancient glaciers. The top half of the state is made up of flat plains where corn and soy beans are grown, while the the southern half is filled with Indian burial mounds and fossils from its time on the ancient sea floor. Ohio boasts the most leaf fall per person during the fall season and takes advantage of this by burning it's refuse for fuel during it's mild winter months. Ohio is also viewed as the birthplace of aviation as the Wright brothers bicycle shop where the first airplane was constructed is located in Dayton, Ohio.