Pretty new background, isn't it? I do
like it. A change in topic certainly calls for a change in colors,
and we are switching from my adventures in Europe, and my views on
the world, to school preparation! That is to say, I have engaged
full throttle into the wonderful world of scholarship funding for my
college. This is a weird, weird place to be.
The purpose of this blog has always
been two fold for me by the way. It's been a way for me to better
myself, and to keep my family abreast of what I'm doing, as picking
up the phone is something I struggle with. The topics are only
generally organized and generally in a pattern, I know. But the
whole point of the blog for me, when starting, was to prove that I
could, in fact, stick out posting a full year. And look, I managed
it! I could be focused and dedicated enough to keep to a schedule
with relatively few hiccups. I could be, in other words, reliable.
I was very proud when the end of the
year in Germany came because of this, but then I realized one thing.
I enjoy blogging! So I've refocused to blog into something that will
still help me, but hopefully still be interesting, for the summer.
College Scholarships.
It doesn't sound all that interesting,
I know, but you would be very surprised. I'm hoping that my blogging
will allow my to continue filling them out too! After all, if I don't
what will I blog about? I've filled out a few already, thinking of
this post.
The first scholarship, the Amish Dutch
Furniture Heritage Essay, I really struggled with, as it asked how my
cultural heritage would affect my vocational aspirations, creative
value to my future employer and how I will serve my community. The
essay itself, once I got past my hurdle, wasn't hard to write. I can
churn out essays fairly easily. No, the hardest part was defining my
cultural heritage. To me, I am an American. My heritage is
Scots-Irish Norwegian predominantly, but my heritage is an American
heritage. That wasn't what they wanted though, and I knew it.
These people wanted to know what my
culture was, and I couldn't answer. Hm. I had lots of broad
strokes, but no defining picture from all of these. So I spent
several days re-writing the first paragraph before I finally decided
that I could manage this. I wrote about where I grew up, and spent
most of my life, because that was a culture I knew, and it was a part
of my heritage, though not in my blood.
So I wrote about a coal mining
heritage, and how bravery, resourcefulness, and generosity from that
culture would help me later on. The biggest hurdle though was
defining my culture, where I came from. I admit, I probably still
didn't write what they were looking for, but I think I was closer.
The next two are always a favorite of
mine. Why? They were quizzes! No joke, these thing are all of, you
answer a few questions and enter in a chance. It's less scholarship
and more drawing, but still, they can be done fast and easy.
The next scholarship I did was on why
it was important to delete cyberbullying. Cute joke with the delete
there, guys. It wasn't particularly hard, though focusing on the
subject was tricky, as my paper kept wanting to be on why it happens,
not why it's important to delete that nonsense.
I also started a Big Dig one which
presumes my future descendents will be living in the same home 200
years from now for some inane reason. If I can't manage the same
home, how are they doing it? Maybe they rented out whatever building
is on that spot in 200 years? This essay topic bothers me. They dig
up this object that I purposefully buried and its supposed to set
their financial worries to rest.
I think a rubber duck would do this
wonderfully myself, though why I would bury a rubber duck is beyond
me still. Now I just have to figure out how a rubber duck is going
to set anybodies financial worries to rest. I haven't quite got that
one down, but I'll think of something.
One Final Byte: Maryland is apparently
a very friendly type state.
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