My equivalent life experience essay can be broken down by the basis of the Army values loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage.
Loyalty: I learned loyalty when I was young and on the Junior Olympic Water Polo Team. We were fifteen going to high school at the hype of testosterone and hormones raging, the time you get into partying, meeting girls, and get in fights. Our team didn’t do that we would always follow up with each other making sure we had good grades, when we went to parties we didn’t drink. We held each other accountable and were loyal to each member on the team. We didn’t want to bring another member down. This is where I recognized what loyalty is.
Duty: Besides being a Boy Scout and in Order of the Arrow; Becoming a lifeguard at the beach really taught me about duty. I had just received my EMT and was in my second year of Lifeguarding. El Nino hit Southern California as I just got off of my year as a rookie and was assigned to guard the beach all by myself. That year we saved more people then the last five years combined and we recovered more dead bodies then previous …show more content…
I was born three months early and weighed one pound six ounces. I was not supposed to live. I went through my childhood a little slower than most. I didn’t say my first word till I was two. I was in and out of the hospital constantly. I struggled with ADHD/ADD, dyslexia, and not being able to sleep. I was always in special classes. I would take a scantron test and fail, take the same test verbally and ace it. I was more street smart than book smart. I was twenty-one in college working two jobs and making over $75,000.00 a year. I realized that all my issues that I thought were weaknesses and was embarrassed about were actually my strengths. I never quit and fought through everything and truly learned what ADHD/ADD, etc. were. I knew I could and can accomplish
Loyalty: I learned loyalty when I was young and on the Junior Olympic Water Polo Team. We were fifteen going to high school at the hype of testosterone and hormones raging, the time you get into partying, meeting girls, and get in fights. Our team didn’t do that we would always follow up with each other making sure we had good grades, when we went to parties we didn’t drink. We held each other accountable and were loyal to each member on the team. We didn’t want to bring another member down. This is where I recognized what loyalty is.
Duty: Besides being a Boy Scout and in Order of the Arrow; Becoming a lifeguard at the beach really taught me about duty. I had just received my EMT and was in my second year of Lifeguarding. El Nino hit Southern California as I just got off of my year as a rookie and was assigned to guard the beach all by myself. That year we saved more people then the last five years combined and we recovered more dead bodies then previous …show more content…
I was born three months early and weighed one pound six ounces. I was not supposed to live. I went through my childhood a little slower than most. I didn’t say my first word till I was two. I was in and out of the hospital constantly. I struggled with ADHD/ADD, dyslexia, and not being able to sleep. I was always in special classes. I would take a scantron test and fail, take the same test verbally and ace it. I was more street smart than book smart. I was twenty-one in college working two jobs and making over $75,000.00 a year. I realized that all my issues that I thought were weaknesses and was embarrassed about were actually my strengths. I never quit and fought through everything and truly learned what ADHD/ADD, etc. were. I knew I could and can accomplish