{"id":10612,"date":"2014-06-10T11:43:03","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T16:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/?p=10612"},"modified":"2015-05-04T11:15:50","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T16:15:50","slug":"summer-camp-reflections-ivan-vidishev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/10612\/summer-camp-reflections-ivan-vidishev\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Camp Reflections: Ivan Vidishev"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"drill\"<\/a>According to Bill Cosby, “In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” My name is Ivan Vidishev and I am eighteen years old. I attend the Marine Military Academy, a college preparatory, private boarding school located in Harlingen, Texas. Ever since my childhood, I have always strived for a successful future. I knew that in order to achieve my goal of success, I must stand out from others in an inspirational way. I constantly pursue to better my physical, mental, and moral aspects in my life, while setting my standards above and beyond the normal.<\/p>\n

After my first year as a cadet at the Marine Military Academy, I was offered a job as a cadet instructor for the Academy’s rigorous summer program. If I chose to accept this offer I knew that I could be one step closer to achieving my significant goals, mentally and physically. I pondered this proposal for a long time and decided to give up my long, relaxing vacation, in exchange for training towards a better future.<\/p>\n

I loved being a cadet instructor during summer camp, because it changed my life for the best. Despite all the late nights I spent making sure campers got a good night’s rest, I found much good in it. I discovered that it made me more durable in so many ways that I cannot possibly put into words. I felt the delight in meeting new people, because some campers would return in the fall for the academic school year. I would be able to see them rise and\"Cadet<\/a> blossom, to watch them achieve goals of their own. This made me feel like I was leaving a mark of my own on those campers’ lives. I felt important in the shaping of their future. This feeling of pride and\u00a0fulfillment almost gave me butterflies in my stomach when I had the privilege to see my campers graduate. I enjoyed this immensely, and as a result being an MMA summer camp cadet instructor was what I ended up doing every summer. Many cadets call me dull, but I believe that devoting my mind to work and sacrificing my liberties will definitely make my future more prosperous and successful.<\/p>\n

As a cadet instructor at summer camp, I pushed myself further than I have ever pushed myself before, meanwhile breaking my limits and forging new goals. I learned my strengths and weaknesses, mentally and physically. Through these experiences, I have acquired many skills and lessons that I will utilize throughout my future. My journey to a thriving future will not end, for every new day is a new experience. I am confident that this knowledge will assist in guiding me towards my road to success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to Bill Cosby, “In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” My name is Ivan Vidishev and I am eighteen years old. I attend the Marine Military Academy, a college preparatory, private boarding school located in Harlingen, Texas. Ever since my childhood, I have always strived […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-testimonials"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10612"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10619,"href":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10612\/revisions\/10619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}