because the the ball moves unpredictably in different directions. Often time it feels like life is like trying to hit a home-run off a knuckle ball. When this happens‚ When life throws us something unexpected we must learn to adapt and respond appropriately.. I learned this when first entering choir as a sophomore with the firm notion that being a bold and strong leader was always the best way to be. Life was about to pitch me a crazy surprise. The first time that my idea of being a loud style of
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Finding something I was passionate about was easy in some aspects of life‚ but harder in others. For most people‚ they find what their passionate about very quickly‚ and these passions soon turn into college majors and then after that‚ they turn into careers. I had no clue what I wanted to be when I grew up‚ and time was running out to decide. After all my life of switching careers that ranged from saving the world‚ to wanting to be a sports director‚ I never knew what I wanted to be‚ but after taking
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Christina Franks June 28‚ 2011 Eng090 F6 I moved from Detroit‚ MI to Ypsilanti‚ MI‚ for a better living. It was December 29‚ 2008. I had just given birth to my daughter. My daughter was born at 9:45p.m‚ weighing 5lbs and 3ounces. I named my daughter Saphira Parthenia Franks. Saphira died at 36 weeks‚ due to still born. The doctor told me” Sometimes this happens without a reason and you will be able to have more children”. I already had my mind made up‚ that I would wait until I turn thirty
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My Life at Catherine Hall: When I came to this school‚ I was in the fifth grade. At first‚ I didn’t like it at all. I got in trouble to much‚ and that was the main reason I didn’t like it here. Through fifth grade I was not a good student‚ had bad grades‚ and had too many levels to count. By sixth grade‚ I was starting to mature and wasn’t getting bad grades as often‚ but I was still getting in trouble. By seventh grade‚ I was getting good grades and barely got into trouble. I think the main reason
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was among some of the residents that were eating lunch so I decided to sit and converse with her for a bit. As I did she began to inform me that she was Jewish -not Christian. I apologized and she proceeded to tell me about a sensitive chapter of her life. She said when she was young she lived in Germany‚ she told me stories about living in the country under Hitler’s control. She said that Hitler took over her home and her family and forced them to work for days with little food so she would eat the
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place where the language‚ the food‚ the people‚ school and everything else is brand new. Those type of situations‚ shape your way of living in a constructive way that will affect the rest of your lifestyle. That’s the same situation that made me have a life change into a whole new story. Almost 15 years ago‚ my mother had to make a decision that will affect her and affect the love ones around her. An option that will make her leave everything she ever loved and wanted behind forever. The option was to
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I learned most emotions from school. You would think I would have learned most of my feelings from my home life‚ but I think my parents did the best they could to cover them up and make it seem like everything was fine and dandy. I grew up in a museum of sorts‚ or
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Being a military child‚ I’ve made a few big moves during very important stages in my life. Before elementary school started‚ I moved away from all of family in South River‚ New Jersey to live in Augusta‚ Georgia. At the beginning of 6th grade‚ I made the biggest move of my life to Vicenza‚ Italy. Three years later‚ during my first few months as a freshman in high school‚ I moved right back to Augusta. During these moves‚ I’ve always spent a few months feeling out-of-place‚ shutting into myself and
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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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One of the worst injuries that has ever occurred to me was having my fingers burned by extremely hot water. It was a cold‚ dark day at 7:31pm‚ and it was just me‚ my older brother‚ Gideon‚ and my younger brother‚ Theodore. I was 9 years old‚ Theodore was 2 years old‚ and Gideon was 12 years old. Every day I would drink some hot tea‚ because I tended to be extremely sensitive to the cold. And when I say sensitive‚ I am talking about that if I was drinking regular temperature water‚ I would be shivering
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