Brainstorm Ideas

The three ideas that I came up with include: starting swimming in fourth grade, my first job at age sixteen, and when my grandpa died.


The first idea was when I started swimming.  I was in fourth grade when I started swimming on a club team.  All I wanted was to just have a fun time.  I had completed all of my swimming lessons by the time I was eight, and I was told that I could not come back until I turned fifteen.  My instructor suggested that I join a swim club and from that day on I have always been on a swim team.  It has shaped my life a lot since I started.  I swam in high school and now I am swimming in college.  I am so thankful that I joined swimming when I did because it is my favorite thing in the world, and I have met so many of my best friends through the sport.


The second idea that I came up with was when I got my first job at age sixteen.  This also helped shape my life in a large way.  I am a lifeguard and swimming instructor.  I have learned so much about little children from this job.  This is the place that I discovered why I wanted to teach speech in a school.  I learned that not only do I like be around little children, but that I would like to help them improve in any way.  I also got CRP certified for this job which came in handy this summer when I had to save a chocking child.  This job has been so much fun and I would never trade it for anything in the whole world.


The third topic that I picked was when my grandpa died.  I was only in ninth grade when this happened and it was very hard for my family.  This was a time when I learned to value and respect other peoples feelings and just enjoy the things in life that you have.  This was a valuable lesson not only for me but for everyone in my family.  I had to learn to deal with death and see how it affected my dad.  It was the first time that I had ever seen my dad cry, and it was that moment that I realized how lucky I actually was to have a loving and supportive family behind my actions, and feelings onehundred percent of the time.