Archive for the ‘ High School ’ Category
I’ve been debating what to write for my next blog post for some time. There have been a few inarticulate ideas kicking around, but nothing inspiring enough to get me in front of the computer. Then, this morning, it hit me. I’m thankful for so many things in my life — not in a Thanksgiving-I-am-thankful-for [ READ MORE ]
This story occurred many many years ago when I was in 8th or 9th grade. Everytime I think about it my heart starts racing, and I remind myself how lucky I am to be alive. It was the middle of the summer and my friend Mike LaNasa and I were going to Geauga Lake with [ READ MORE ]
Tennis has been a huge part of my life since I was very young. My mom swears that I started playing tennis at age 3, however I don’t know this for a fact. I’ll take her word for it though Anyway, my mom was a YMCA tennis instructor in Solon when we lived there. I [ READ MORE ]
As you probably already know my name is Art. What’s funny is that when you’re named Art everyone expects you to be good at it. Thankfully for my sake I was/am. I have always been a good artist and show creativity in everything I do. Art, for me, was an outlet. It allowed me to [ READ MORE ]
In the Summer between 5th and 6th grade my family moved to Aurora, Ohio. There were a number of reasons why we moved, but I am grateful for the impact it would have on my life. Aurora was an excellent school system and I finished my last 6 years of public education there. A sweet [ READ MORE ]
One memory from high school stands out among many others. It illustrates clearly what type of person I came to be. My junior year I decided to take chemistry even though I had no idea what to expect except that everyone knew that the teacher, Brian Rohrig, taught a difficult course. On the first day [ READ MORE ]