College Admissions Essay: My Love Of Education And Knowledge

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My love for education and knowledge started at a young age. When I was a child I would cry and beg to go to school like my older siblings. Gaining information, whether from an experience or attending class, was a great source of satisfaction for me. It wasn’t until I had relocated that I came to the realization that school was much more than sitting around and obtaining new material. It was a place where I became an individual. Being the new kid developed my character even further than ever before.
Within the first year, after moving to Ridgeway, I became a part of the community. I put myself out there by volunteering and becoming a Girl Scout. In Girl Scouts I was taught to take action. We would clean the tombstones in cemeteries, pick up trash on the trail and in the ditches, supply meals for workers, and mentor younger girls. The urge to volunteer did not die with age. To this day, I still try my best to find time to be a part of this community. Whether I am checking out customers at Fareway, participating in Madrigal, or running the scoreboard at basketball games, I am serving my community. For the past eight years that I have lived and volunteered here, I have been gaining the trust of my fellow students, one person at a time. I strive to be honest and loyal to those who surround me. People, strangers or friends, have come to me if they …show more content…

These two aspects would be responsibility and fairness. As a cashier, there are often times where I will be offered a tip. When I first started working, I was informed that we could not, under any circumstance, accept tips. When I am offered a tip I ask the customer to donate it to charity, or I politely decline. There are other situations in which I must take responsibility for my actions. Whether it is groceries being left behind, change being incorrectly counted, or forgetting to scan all of the groceries, I must report what I did