Personal StatementHmmm………What should I tell you about myself? You, the person who will decide my fate, my fate, whether I would go to CU-Boulder, whether I would go live in Colorado, go snowboarding in the mountains, meet a lot of interesting people and experience the most wonderful experience… I better do it myself, I look worthy. First of all, I want you to know that I am an unparalleled person, whose outlook on life is one of complete optimism. Over my 18 years, I have made friends with people from all walks of life. I grew to empathize with almost every one of them, gaining the greatest understanding of a variety of remarkable characters. One of my favorites, a homeless woman named Polly, recounts the most incredible love stories and the many men she has met in her 54 years of life. She lives under a bridge and begs for a living, and yet she looks so happy and dandy, and she can make me smile any day. She's the kind of person who makes me appreciate all the little things that people like me normally take for granted. I come from a family where the parents struggled to start over at 30 in a new world, America. They came here to seek refuge from a country whose leader had abandoned his people, leaving them in a four-year nightmare in which more than two million people were killed. This country is Cambodia. The parents came to America, having survived so much evil and cruelty, not knowing a word of English, but they persevered with the desire for a better life for their two daughters. One of them, the oldest, is me. My father made me start training in the martial arts, Tae Kwon Do, when I was 13 years old. He wanted me to have self-discipline and self-confidence…well, I guess I should thank him because all that training worked. Tae Kwon Do is a way of life for me. The principles in which I practice are integrity, self-control, perseverance, and indomitable spirit. This might sound cheesy, but if you think about it, it's actually very ethical. My father introduced me to martial arts and my 14 year old sister introduced me to snowboarding at 16. I love snowboarding! Basically, I taught myself how to ride aboard, well… by observing my sister's skills. I plan to pursue Taekwondo and snowboarding for the rest of my life! I can't stress enough how much I love it! My parents and I have high expectations for m...... middle of paper ......from the National Honor Society (and I would also like to thank the reader for having the tenacity to make it all the way here). My involvement with People to People has taught me qualities such as personal responsibility and integrity. Thanks to the Jets TEAMS and my participation on the Granby tennis team, I learned the importance of teamwork and group dynamics, and by being a webmaster for a completely non-profit company. , I learned to be self-sacrificing and understand how rewarding it can be. I hope that all these cases have already been sufficiently developed in the previous paragraphs that I do not need to do it again. If not, then maybe I really don't have what it takes to become a member of the NHS. I believe I have now demonstrated that I possess the qualities of scholarship, leadership, character and service. I also believe that if I am fortunate enough to be included in the NHS, I will not do anything that would undermine the prestige and respectability associated with the National Honor Society. But ultimately, it's a choice that's up to you, the reader. Now that I have had my…