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NicoleBartzak
158-88-8457 For most second semester seniors school is a breeze, homework is a joke, and the desired GPA maintains a C average. While I look at these students with envy and can admit that not only do I completely understand their state of mind, but wish that I could be doing the same, I am not. For me, senior year has been the hardest year of my life; opening my eyes to evils in the world that I never thought I would have to experience first hand and having to stay strong through them and get past them while still dealing with academics, college applications and all the other normal stresses that teenagers feel overwhelmed with. Although many things happened to me this year that I would consider tragic, looking back in the end of it all, which seemed like to took forever to reach, I appreciate all that they have made me realize, how they have made me grow and get stronger as an individual and opened my eyes to the harsh realities of the world. My main moral that I philosophized in the end was that life is what you make of it. Every decision, action and statement affects you later in life and from that realization I have promised myself to make the most of my life and I'm sure that end results will be astonishing. After dealing with my parents' problematic divorce in sixth grade, I had never been close to my dad but promised to act as another role model and parent figure for my two brothers who, just like me, lost a parent in their home, but they actually missed him. Two years ago when my oldest brother, who is currently sixteen, decided to move in with my dad I tried persistently to convince him to stay with my other , my mom and I, but my pleas proved to be hopeless and eventually he moved out. During September of this year, after my brother had been living with my dad for about a year and had just broken up with his girlfriend of two years, he told me he needed to talk to me about something and it was an emergency. My brother, who I again remind you is sixteen, started talking about the girl he had just broke up with and how she was extremely distraught over his decision. The girl turned to my dad for advice and help on how to get my brother back and when the girl was at her most vulnerable point my dad claimed to her his love and came on to her sexually and romantically over the computer. The girl printed out the conversation and all legal precautions and steps were taken to have my dad, who was working as a police officer, stripped of all his weapons and some of his rights, and to have my family as well as the girl and her family, protected. Not only did this situation force me to lose my father, that I never really considered to have anyway, but I also had to come to terms with the fact that my father was the pervert online that parents were scared their children were talking to. It was a situation that, prior to this event, I had a hard time believing happened anywhere and now it was happening in my life, and my dad was the pervert. Although I thought I could never get passed the embarrassment and horror of the situation, I sit here now, confident that not only did I make it through the situation, but I stood strong for my family and am making the best of a bad situation that I can. I held my brothers and stopped them from crying, I consoled my mom when she couldn't believe how she had ever married such a man, I convinced my brother that he couldn't blame himself for moving in with my dad and bringing his ex-girlfriend around and in the end I learned from the whole experience. After the incident with my dad, while everyone was still facing the shock and horror of the situation, my boyfriend of three years found out that his cousin had AIDS. His single, twenty-two year old cousin that has a beautiful three year old son had contracted AIDS from her last boyfriend. Her ex-boyfriend knowingly gave the disease to her and they called to tell her she might possibly have it after they broke up and he was lying on his death bed. After I heard the news I soon after saw her and her son. I couldn't comprehend what type of a monster could look at a woman, taking care of her child and decide to take her life and kill a baby's mom. Afterwards when I looked at the little boy I cried for what he was going to have to deal with in the years to come. He already didn't have a father and by the time he was a teenager it was possible that he wouldn't have a mother either. She made a wrong decision, because she trusted someone she thought she loved, and ended up ruining her life, as well as her family's lives as they found out they were going to lose someone they loved. My reason for writing this letter isn't to share a sob story that will evoke pity, but instead I consider it a plea. While I know that my grades through high school haven't been horrible, I do not consider them a fair representation of my true capabilities. While I take full responsibility for having slacked off some I must also explain that until this year I never had a realistic concept of the world and therefore no strong motivation or understanding of why I need to do well or the great impacts decisions you make now have on end results. Right now, I have a good life regardless of everything I've been through; I love my family, I love my friends, my boyfriend and my job and looking back I consider the life I used to have before everything happened as being too good. I was spoiled and naive, being handed a good majority of things instead of earning them and living in my own little bubble. However, this year has awaked me to how quickly things can change and how one bad decision can ruin your life. So again, this is my plea. I too, like my father and my boyfriend's cousin have made bad decisions in my past. Slacking off and taking for granted my natural intelligence to get me by in school instead of working hard to be all I can was a mistake, but unlike them I am realizing it ahead of time and making a conscious and determined effort to change. Allow me to prosper to my fullest at Wisconsin. It is my first choice and I see myself succeeding and doing great things from there on out. This is also my promise. I am devoted and set to work to my highest potential in your school and am hoping that you'll give me the opportunity and promising that if you do, you'll allow me to show you the incredible things I am capable of, both in and out of the classroom.