Back to category: Acceptance Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. cornell college essay Important Question posed: Who and how has someone influenced you to be the person you are today? Every week for the past three summers I¡¦ve paid a man who insults my short, pudgy figure and makes me run in the blistering heat. I endure this treatment not only because I want to, but also because I know that if I do not, I will let myself down as well as an influential friend. A typical conversation during my private lesson between my tennis coach Ogidi Obi and me sounds like this: ¡§Get off your lazy butt, Greg.¡¨ ¡§I¡¦m sorry, Ogidi.¡¨ ¡§You should be playing every day. Why aren¡¦t you?¡¨ ¡§I have a lot of homework these days. My classes are getting tougher.¡¨ ¡§What do you do each day for fitness? 250 crunches? 1000 jump ropes? 1-mile run? Not enough. Do twice that a day.¡¨ ¡§Ok, I¡¦ll start tomorrow.¡¨ ¡§You don¡¦t have the time and energy to do fitness and homewo... Posted by: Gelinde Cobbs Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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