My College Essay. :D

“I can’t find him,” I yelled at my mom, as I ran from room to room in my house. It had been an entire hour since I had last seen my beloved dog, Cliff. An entire 60 minutes. Into the dusk of the night, outside, I went in search of him, and suddenly it hit me. Earlier in the day, I had let Cliff out into the back yard to play, and had forgotten him. My heart dropped and my eyes began to water endlessly. Hysterically, I began to scream at my mom, “Let’s look for him, come on!” WE walked out into the front lawn and ran down the entire street. By the time I had made my back to where I had started, I was hyperventilating and had lost my breath. Gazing out into the open road, I tried not to think of the possibility. But something caught my attention, something lying there in the middle of the road. I tried to make myself believe it had been a broken tree branch or shrub. But as my body moved closer to the figure, the realization that I would never Cliff again had become more and more real. The cars to my right moved more and more speedily now. I stood there, waiting for an opportunity to cross. By chance, I had stepped out into the open and reached what had seemed to be a broken branch. Unfortunately, That’s what I had wanted all along, that it had truly been a broken tree branch, but what awaited me there was the dreadful scene if Cliff’s lifeless body, lying there on the pavement road. It was a life lesson, a brutal one. It honestly changed me; it made me realize that I couldn’t just keep wondering around like a horse through an open prairie, being careless and unconcerned. Since then, I have become more careful and watchful of my surroundings. In relation to the high school environment, teens are usually distracted or oblivious to some of the occurrences of the natural world. As to me, I am aware. Managing time effectively and competently, I strive to overcome many challenges and obstacles. Others rely on me to carry out tasks in a group, always responsible and cautious with assignments. Maybe I’m just paranoid all the time, who knows? But the reality is that I will never let an incident like that ever occur again, whether at the University of Florida or in my own back yard. I will take control of my situation.