Scholarship Essay To Receive Richard Greene Scholarship

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When I was thirteen years old, I hooked the most important fish of my life and never reeled it in. It was a nice, bright, and sunny day, not a single cloud in the sky. I had never gone fishing before but I was confident I had it all planned out through the countless number of YouTube fishing videos that I would watch. I had tied a simple overhand knot at the end of my hook and casted my line out. Sitting patiently, relaxed, and with my feet hanging off the dock, I waited until a fish bit on my hook. Out of the blue, a sudden rush of adrenaline hits and I feel a fish at the end of my fishing line. After an attempt to set the hook, I let my first fish slip through my grasp in a split second. I was like a fish out of water, realizing that I had incorrectly tied on my hook.

Fishing is the perfect metaphor for life, providing a wealth of depth and meaningful lessons. Through this misstep, mess-up, or misunderstanding, it yielded me an opportunity to learn, develop wisdom, and grow. The bite initiates the hardest part of the fight, and you have to work harder than ever just to land the fish. The price of success is hard work and determination. I have found that I am fortunate to carry a passion for fishing in my heart. I’ve learned many things from it that apply directly to successes in life, in relationships and in the evaluation of nature. Finding the abundance lurking in the depths, I hope to attain to seize the biggest and luckiest catch soon, the Richard Greene Scholarship.

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Fishing has taught me valuable life lessons that can be applied to nearly every aspect of life like patience, resilience, conscientiousness, and precision. Fishing became a metaphor where I could lay things out for comparison and see a little better into other events unfolding in my life. I am a student who strives to make high grades, involved in many extracurricular activities, a student-athlete and is driven to always put forth the utmost amount of effort. These are characteristics and factors that make me qualified for the scholarship, but it does not set me apart from the rest. What sets me apart, and what I think is unique and special about me, is my combination of work ethic and drive to succeed.

Fishing and excelling in school has led me to develop a strong work ethic and a strong ability to prioritize, manage my time, and make sure that I always get my work done on time. Still, this doesn’t make me extraordinary or different from the rest. What is more extraordinary is that I’m always willing to go above and beyond to do a better job, not to get praise or expect to get a reward. But because you should approach everything in your life with the drive to exceed, work hard, do the right thing, so that when a difficult situation arises you’re ready and prepared. In conclusion, through my passion for fishing and experience in extracuuricular activities, I’ve attained the skills necessary to be a good leader.

Receiving the Richard Greene Scholarship will boost my self-confidence, knowing that I not only completed a very important task but also took the responsibility of creating a foundation for getting me closer to getting me closer to my career goals. The Richard Greene Scholarship is like my mounted fishing trophy. It genuinely interests me and appeals to my natural sense of character.

Fishing as in life, one learns that getting the right results comes after careful preparation, knowledge, skill, and planning. One must be willing to get down and dirty when attempting to catch a fish. Sometimes in fishing, you have to throw caution to the wind, follow the fish around, jump into the shallows, explore the innermost depths and fight. The same is true with life, where you are never going to be successful or ever find fulfillment if you aren’t willing to take a few risks and get a little roughed up in the process. Failure teaches you in ways success cannot. It is important to face every failure with great ferocity and tackle it head first. When a fish slips my hook and gets away, it’s easy to succumb to frustration and want to give up. Every fishing failure can teach you something valuable; whether it’s about your technique, gear, or even yourself as a person, and if you pay attention to those lessons, they can make you better.

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