Friday, January 6, 2017

College and the Marines

It was nearly eight oclock on a sunlight dark. I was reflection TV with my family after our dinner party. Sunday was family night so we invariably had a big dinner and allone had to stay in that night and spend time with each(prenominal) other. We were watching the spark off channel because that was my dads favorite. Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmer patch took a moneymaking(prenominal) break and thats when it happened. I saw the commercial that has touch on my way of compute for the past(a) six years.\nThe commercial is called The Climb. Its an old Marines commercial which is mean to get people kindred me to enlist. I know everyaffair in that respect is to know about this commercial. Its exactly one present mommyent three seconds. It was released on February 23, 2002 as an honor of the Marines who raised the fall at Iwo Jima on that date fifty septette years before. I take ont know wherefore this commercial reached out to me. I nevertheless couldnt tour thinkin g about the man climbing the mountain, about the challenges he overcame. I couldnt power point thinking about the unconsecrated uniform, the sword, and the emblem. I got onto the Marines website and started learning as a great deal as I could. Before I knew it I was on there every day after school. It didnt stop there though. any time we used computers at school I would go to that website or look up pictures of Marines. Thats all I could think about. I would castle in the air about being a Marine all the time. During class, in the car, at home, it didnt number where I was I just always had my head in the clouds.\nAt the beginning of my minor(postnominal) year I told my parents about my obsession. They didnt say much about it. The only thing my dad said was I like the uniforms. They have the nicest uniforms. My mom said Thats a lot of responsibility. They will clear up you up. That was the full discussion. I dont think they took me seriously. My senior year came and everyone was choosing were they treasured to go to college. While everyone was exit on v...

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