What Life Would Be Like If I woke up one day and I was in the early 1930’s living with 2 kids‚ a slave and a single father that was a lawyer‚ I think that it would not take me long to realize that the household would be hectic. During this era the great depression was happening which is not good for a single father. Even though he is a lawyer it would still be hard to make enough money during the great depression to feed 2 kids and a slave. Even though slaves don’t usually get fed much or fed as
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Some say that life is like a roller coaster. That may be true‚ but no one ever tells you how many ups or downs you’re going to have or the fact that you’re getting on that roller coaster completely blind‚ unknowing to the many inevitable obstacles and loops you’ll go through. Everyone has their own specially built roller coaster that’s unique from anyone else’s‚ and mine looks a lot like a steady‚ upwards track leading to a deep drop when least expected. My childhood was no different from your average
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Drive is something that tons of people have not yet to grasp. The word drive itself is just as powerful as its definition. Having a drive for something means there’s passion in what you’re doing. My drive is to get out of bed every day and be productive. It’s my drive that pushes me to get to work and push myself forward. Having that drive for something isn’t something I would want to let go of either. The problem today is that it’s that it’s hard to have a drive for something since it may take
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On the second day of school during my sophomore year‚ I realized how much Wahlert meant to me. It had become my home‚ the place where I felt like I belonged; school almost even seemed like a break from summer. Over the summer‚ I had become an empty shell and spent my time at the computer wasting the time away; the only interactions I had were with my family‚ and on rare occasion with my best friends‚ when we had sleepovers. To see the people I had missed over the summer was great. All of these things
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Have you ever had an event that completely altered your life? Events can change your attitude toward life‚ your perspective on people‚ and your ability to function emotionally. I‚ personally‚ had three major events that transformed my way of life. In my eighteen years of living I have discovered that most of the time I can be a pretty pessimistic‚ negative‚ emotionless person. It not the best personality to have‚ but I make it work. Now being a negative person‚ I am used to negative thoughts and
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Jonita Cepeda Asst. Prof. Toves EN 100W-Section #8 Date: 2/20/2014 Paper #1‚ Draft #4 My Athletic Life as a Senior Friends were made‚ teams were created‚ and working hard was my life. I practiced to reach my full potential and challenged myself to beat my best score. The thrill of the sports I played gave me meaning to work and work. That is why my senior year was full of accomplishments. It all started by joining a first quarter sport‚ which for me was volleyball. I joined volleyball with
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My decision to have American school life was the biggest transformation in my life. The background of my family was very normal except that my parents were more exposed to English than any other Korean parents. My mom is an English teacher‚ and my dad is an electrical engineer. They both can read‚ write and speak English. I was exposed to English since I was young‚ and I started to learn the alphabet when I was three. I’ve been to an English speaking kindergarten‚ and an English-based international
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Most childhood stories are all about the enjoyment of going to Disney World or spending the summer with the new kid in town. Recounting and reminiscing as if they are the real life Phineas and Ferb. However have you heard of an unhappy or despondent childhood? Known a friend who was cheery and radiant‚ but wondered if that was the real person? Being a darkskin black girl‚ I could relate. During the middle school days of my childhood‚ trying to fit in was a major key. Meaning you could not wear any
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My mother‚ “Regina Hopkins‚” has been a positive influence in my life. She has raised 6 kids all by herself as well as earned a Bachelor’s degree in nursing from a City College in Gainesville‚ Florida. My mother has been through pretty much everything a person can go through outside of war and was still able to be there and provide for all 6 of her kids. In high school‚ my mother wanted to play football and couldn’t because she was a girl and back-in-the-day women were not allowed to play football
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when I was informed I would be an older sister‚ I knew that nothing would be the same. Before I was a sister‚ I never took anyone else into consideration‚ and I was never told to do otherwise. I was around four years old‚ when this news has changed my life forever. When I first received the news that I would have a younger brother‚ I was filled with joy and excitement‚ being that I would finally have someone to play with‚ that is until I found out some shocking news. After a few months of my mother’s
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