During the year of 2010‚ the summer before eighth grade year. I got the chance to participate in a five day youth mission trip in Galveston Texas with my church that went by the name of Oakwood Baptist Church. During the mission trip there would be many different activities that our church group would get to be a part of‚ such as an outdoor dodge ball tournament‚ indoor carnivals‚ and our very own Vacation Bible School. I was able to take part in this amazing adventure‚ and I couldn’t wait for it
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Jonathan Lathi Shannon Murray English 1301 April 8‚ 2013 Bump in the Night Lying in bed‚ I was sleeping soundly unaware that my life was going to be changed forever. It was 5 am on a Thursday; everything was turning out to be just another day at the beginning of the summer. All of a sudden I was shaken awake. I was slow to open my eyes so I was not aware of what was happening yet. I was unaware that my life was about to change forever. I finally opened my eyes and was very startled to see the face
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homework then put him to bed. Nights like those mom was pulling overtime and was working night shift. I could see how hard mom work to maintain the home and feed her offspring. Life wasn’t terrible and it sure wasn’t depressing‚ it was a learning experience. My tenth grade summer I applied to a caddie program at the Country Club of Detroit‚ in Grosse Pointe
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High School Wind Ensemble “From the beginning‚” the conductor whispered‚ while bringing his arms up in a stance which made him look like he was ready to fight a raging battle against ferocious warriors. I could feel my palms sweating as I touched the cold metal of my saxophone‚ bring it up to my mouth into ready position. I quickly glanced around me at the other ambitious players‚ each one of them barely sitting on the edge of the black band chairs‚ nearly bursting at the seams with excitement
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One accomplishment in my life that will have an impact on my college experience is when I won the championship while I was coaching my first year of basketball. I was quite reluctant to volunteer to coach basketball with my friend at first.I never was too vocal and I thought that I lacked the fundamentals when I played just two years ago.My course load that semester was rather large and I had no clue how I went upon coaching. Although my doubts‚ I signed up to coach that season. As I progressed
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My favorite age to work with is preschool children. However‚ I can deal with kids up to about eight. After kids turn eight they just become awkward and annoying lifeforms that argue. Older kids morph into mini little teenagers and I just cannot unless I absolutely have to. I find it difficult to motivate older kids and even harder to find things that they don’t already know or hold their interest. On the other hand‚ preschool kids are full of life. I adore there energy‚ fearlessness and compassion
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qualify for my high school’s Nation Honor Society‚ I had to fulfill 20 hours‚ atleast‚ of community service. My mom and I occasionally volunteer to clean the Rouge River behind my house or work at Gleaner’s Food Bank‚ but this specific volunteering experience was different. The event that impacted me the most was when my job at Open Door Ministry was being the “runner”. This meant‚ once all the donated food was packaged and ready to be distributed‚ I ran it to people’s cars and laid out the food
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Patricia Harrell Amber Jones Eng 111-B8ii 29‚ January 2015 It was about a month ago I was on the phone with my sister. She recently broke up with her boyfriend and now she say she ended her relationship with Shawn her bestfriend since the fifth grade. Knowing that Darlene can sometimes be hasty in her decisions to end friendships rather than confront a problem (we once had a similar situation) I asked her if she was sure she was doing the right thing and had actually discussed this with Shawn
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start to see how the impact of maternity leave provisions on mothers. The FMLA has required employers to provide employees job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons. Some qualified medical and family reasons include personal or family illness‚ family military leave‚ adoption‚ pregnancy‚ or the foster care place of a child. The act started off by saying that “…it is important for the development of children and the family unit that fathers and mothers be able to participate
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How I came to America? Have you ever been through an experience where you moved to an unfamiliar location by yourself? I had the opportunity to do just that when I left my hometown in Hong Kong and come to America for a better education. I was only thirteen years of age at the time. Giving me the chance to come the U.S was the greatest gift that my parent has ever given me in my life. I appreciated them for providing me this valuable and precious chance for my thirteen years old birthday present
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