Creative Writing

My Story

Throughout high school I was always that person who took the most difficult classes, spent hours upon hours volunteering, and joined every sports team I could.  After-school camps, volleyball, robotics, anything I could possibly think of.  My friends all said I was crazy.  They said that with all these things that I did, I wouldn't have time to do well in school.  They said my marks would drop.  Unfortunately, they were correct.  I had to take 2 extra years of high school to get enough credits to graduate.  I had failed english twice, and computer science once.

My family encouraged me to go to university, but I knew I wouldn't do well.  Thanks to all my networking and volunteering that I did, I was able to land an entry level job at an engineering firm.  My family was amazed that I was able to land the job, seeing how I was lacking education.  Unfortunately, my lack of education started to show through.  I was fired from my job and had to move back into my parents house.

I was determined at this point to make a name for myself.  My parents said they were willing to pay for me to go to collage, but I knew that if I did that, I wouldn't be able to make a name for myself.  I would just be another guy in another job.   I wanted to be famous, Neil Armstrong famous.  I was going to beat the world record for largest free fall, set by Felix Baumgartner.  After years of work, and many failed attempts, I was able to successfully claim the record, my name was spoken with respect around the world.