Changing my Life Essay Roberta Clark Strayer University CHANGING MY LIFE There are many reasons why I decided to return to school. Wanting a better education‚ money and most of all my sense of accomplishment are the reasons I am now in school. I decided to return to college after leaving school nearly 40 years ago. It has been a long road of getting here and have had many roadblocks in my way. I got married at the age of 17 and became a mother at the age of 18. My husband was very
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community. People believed that participating in collective activities were extremely important. They did not value intellect as much as they valued the social aspect in building relationships. On the other hand‚ Shanghai seemed to focus on living life more independently. People concentrated on how they could help themselves improve before they considered helping others. Unlike the people in Australia‚ people in Shanghai believed that your intelligence defined you. I was torn between two completely
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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. When I was in Hong Kong‚ my grades in school were not as high as was expected of me. Also‚ my attitude towards reading and studying
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supposed to be right after christmas break ended‚ but we had a snow day so it was cancelled. I wished it hadn’t been so I could just get it over with‚ but i was gonna have to wait. We were scheduled for another game later that week. I woke up with a phone ringing and an answering machine saying that school was cancelled due to boiler issues. I sat in bed thinking I had once again gotten lucky and we had no game‚ I was wrong. We were
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really contemplate those plans changing entirely in the blink of an eye. I had never thought much about it‚ personally‚ until I was faced with Death himself. I don’t think anyone really contemplates tragedy until it knocks on their front door. In fact‚ it doesn’t even knock – it forces itself in and threatens to leave you with nothing but heartache and suffering for the remainder of your miserable life. Traumatic events can occur in numerous ways‚ at any time in one’s life. Some are lucky enough to get
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“Never put your key to happiness in someone else’s pocket.”~Anonymous. It was the Fourth of July‚ and my parents were planning a small party with our next-door neighbors. By this time I was in third grade and very close to a friend my age that lived next door. He had a little brother‚ who I thought was pretty intimidating for his age‚ considering he never obeyed or listened to anyone‚ and made up his own rules‚ like a visualante. On the other hand I had two sisters. The older one‚ Ronnie‚ I thought
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A big event that has changed my life was when my older brother moved away to go to the navy. This changed my life cause I did not know if I was ever going to see him again. When he told me he was leaving and not going to be back for awhile i thought he was leaving because of me‚ I was a little brat back then so yeah and at the age i was i thought everything was my fault. The day my brother left was probably the saddest thing to ever happen because me and him would always hang out and play video games
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over set-backs in my life __3____ Please indicate how strongly you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. 1 = Strongly disagree 2 = Somewhat disagree 3 = A little disagree 4 = Don’t know 5 = A little agree 6 = Somewhat agree 7 = Strongly agree 1. I like most parts of my personality. ___5___ 2. When I look at the story of my life‚ I am pleased with how things have turned out so far. _7_____ 3. Some people wander aimlessly through life‚ but I am not one of
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Stephanie Hernandez English 100 Professor Walters 07‚ December 2012 What it really takes to Get Far in Life. My life has just been a total nightmare. I had never imagined that I would have to go through half of the things that I had gone through. Life had messed me up really bad. I never asked for anything. I just did what I was told because I was obeying the rules. I had always lived with my grandparents. They are like my parents since my real parents were never around when I was
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It was a Saturday morning in the fall when Adam’s life changed forever. He had been working as a hit man for the Russian Mafia for a little over 12 years now‚ one of their best workers. He had always desired to have a family‚ but the life he lived was too dangerous to have anyone to look after besides himself. He had been associating with a local woman named Maria. They met at a farmers market about four blocks from Adam’s home. After listening to her aspirations and values‚ he was almost certain
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