My Uncle Ross is a person I admire greatly. His life has been a continuous struggle. He is a person who has faced much adversity and yet remains positive. When I hear about what he faces on a daily basis‚ I can’t quite imagine how he handles it. When I hear about his struggles‚ mine seem so insignificant. He is someone that I can look up to and find inspiration from as I face struggles of my own. Uncle Ross is my mother’s brother and the youngest of four children. He grew up in a quiet neighborhood
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It was the first day of 6th grade for Michael Brown in the United States. Michael came from a Military family who spent the last 12 years living in France and had never been anywhere outside the Country or to a public school before.As Michael sat in the driver seat of his mothers car‚ eating what was left of his breakfast‚ he could taste the bitter taste that lay upon his tongue from his gut wrenching stomach.He felt scared‚ nervous and unprepared. As Michael’s mother began to pull up to his new
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One of my largest life decisions was making the switch. The switch changed my life in multiple ways. It introduced me to several important people in my life including friends and coaches. The switch also gave me numerous opportunities I would not have had otherwise. The switch was not easy to adjust to at the time‚ but I will never regret it. It has become a major decision in my life and now is a significant part of my memories. The switch occurred in eighth grade when I transitioned from basketball
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being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes‚ nothing was the same. Glucose levels‚ insulin dosage‚ shots all over‚ bruised fingers‚ blood everywhere. Reality came crashing down on me as I realized that this disease of mine would burden me for the rest of my life. At least‚ that’s how it seemed in my naïve‚ four-foot world. Eventually‚ I got over that trauma‚ but I am still witnessing the effects of this event that happened so many years ago. That experience jolted me into a hyper-progressive maturation and
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next 6 weeks‚ I spent nearly every day standing by the bench in the cold October weather‚ forced to support my teammates this way. When my parents realized that the issues in my stomach had interfered with the sport that I have been playing my entire life‚ they finally
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a handful of life-altering events. As a freshman‚ I began struggling with severe anxiety‚ which has persisted ever since its conception; however‚ I have been working arduously to overcome this issue and have become significantly better at handling my anxiety and panic attacks. The summer before my sophomore year my mother remarried and moved me and my family from Atlanta to a small town in Northwest Georgia. This move was incredibly hard on me: I was unaccustomed to small town life and did not know
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There are many people in my life that have inspired me‚ and I look up to many people‚ one in particular is my grandma. There are so many things that she has gone through many situations good and bad in her life‚ but she has never let it set her back. It was never easy for her‚ she didn’t have the best life as a kid it was very hard. Her dad was an alcoholic and they didn’t have much money. At least she knew what she wanted‚ maybe she didn’t know exactly what she wanted long term. She
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I remember when It was the beginning of May and I knew my days with my friends were numbered I was going to a different‚ I wanted to spend as much time I could with them. Life at child discovery center also known as GRCDC was amazing I had been there for four years and I had so many friends and when you went to a new grade there was no way you could get separated from your friends cause all you would do is go to a different class room like there would be two classrooms for each grade it was so awesome
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want to focus on are music‚ sports‚ and religion. I chose those three because they have the most impact in my life‚ along with a few others‚ but those are the main three. I’m living my life with at least one of the three all of the time. My parents like to be engaged in my life a lot‚ so they ask what I listen to‚ what I’m most interested in‚ and that also has a big effect on my life because when my parents can relate‚ I know that a certain trait came from their
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I met my mentor as I opened my front door on a brisk fall Friday night‚ November 11‚ 2011 to be exact. He stood at about 5’3‚” which made me laugh a bit because I was taller and I would be calling him my mentor. The style he had was that of a preppy college student. The voice he had was so loud that it echoed throughout my house as we first chatted. Out of all the attributes that make up Francisco‚ the one that will forever be stuck in my brain will be that of his enormous smile. Francisco always
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