Six and a half years ago‚ on a sweltering August morning‚ I began my freshman campaign. I remember stepping out of Jones and thinking‚ “Wow‚ every girl here is ridiculously pretty.” Hyperbole aside‚ I was raring to launch. During that fall semester‚ I had a public speaking class on Tuesdays and Thursdays that started at 7:30 in the morning. I can never remember‚ but it was either just before or just after the time change‚ when it’s still dark out at 7:00. Regardless‚ even under such uncanny conditions
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It happened on September of 2014‚ the year that changed my life forever. I moved from Honduras to United States. From a small country to one of the biggest countries in the world. It was‚ still is‚ a different environment from living in a big city to a “small” city in the south of the United States. I left all my friends‚ family‚ and college studies. I left everything behind. It all happened so fast‚ my mother told my brother‚ Samuel‚ and I‚ “Would you like live in the United States?” The answer
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It was almost 5am on July 17‚ 1996‚ when I was rushed to the hospital. I was balled up in the back seat of my mother in laws car‚ biting down on a towel because the pain was so unbearable. I heard him say “it’s ok baby… ” just as another jolt of pain came. As his voice faded I could feel him rubbing my back‚ and I tried my best to listen to his voice and forget the pain. It was impossible though‚ the baby was coming and there was no turning back now. As we arrived at the hospital I was quickly
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Has your life ever been changed dramatically? How was it changed‚ and if so‚ how did the change affect you? People change a lot in 6th grade. The key is to handle change well‚ so you can thrive for a lifetime. In the difficult transition from 5th to 6th grade‚ you take on more responsibility‚ make new friends‚ and schoolwork becomes more challenging. In our 11th to 12th years of life‚ we have taken on more responsibilities on and off the middle school campus. Because our parents think we are
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I spend a large portion of my time on the family farm while not participating in 4-H activities. We raise livestock‚ have some farmland‚ and are very active in conservation. Being a stout young man‚ I normally have the role of holding down the lambs and calves while marking‚ cutting‚ and vaccinating. I help in preparing fields and the last couple of years I have spent some time in the tractor plowing and planting. Since I was 8 years old‚ I have spent the hot summer months spraying mesquite‚ cactus
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never find more mistakes in my rough drafts until the minute I submit the paper to be graded. There is a point where no matter how closely I read the sentences and check punctuation or citations my brain starts to glass over even the really obvious mistakes in the paper. For this reason‚ I start the revision process by having several different people look at the paper in different locations like the library‚ writing center‚ Starbucks‚ or a restaurant. After I’ve weeded out all the mistakes‚ I rewrite
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become rich doing this‚ but it’s what I love‚” she said. She refers to a woman who essentially changed my life‚ Corinna Sowers-Adler. A mentor‚ a teacher‚ a director‚ and a friend who I’ve only come to know for a little less than a year now. This refers to the wonderful world I hope to be immersed in for the rest of my life‚ theatre. Corinna and I were conversing on our way to Starbucks with the rest of my new theatre family‚ Gaslamp Academy of Performing Arts‚ a program I had just enrolled in for
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2013 there were a record high of 56 murders in my home city of Trenton‚ NJ. My great-grandmother lived until she was 102 years old‚ so at the time‚ my thirteen year old brain never thought death could impact my family. I walked around Trenton’s streets no matter the time of night‚ witnessed various fights‚ and occasional gun scares- but no matter how dangerous the situation became‚ I could never see the gravity of it‚ and it’s long-range impact on my life. I was oblivious to and failed to realize the
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The Death of my grandmother a life experience that changed my Identity My sense of independence was shattered when my grandmother departed from this world. I lost my grandmother and this experience shattered my perspective of life. Losing a loved one was like having a wisdom tooth pulled without any Novocain. In spite of this painful occurrence happening to me at twenty-four years of age‚ emotions such as shock‚ anger‚ and guilt‚ came into play creating chaos. I rerun her death in my mind‚ yet unable
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infant who wouldn’t digest anything he was fed and vomited frequently‚ and it was a nightmare for my parents as they brought me to the hospital in Stamford Connecticut the doctors gave my parents only one option‚ surgery. This surgery saved my life which laid the groundwork for the person I am today‚ my view on society‚ knowledge‚ work‚ love‚ and happiness‚ the things that have taught me about life. Pyloric Stenosis is an uncommon condition in the stomach and small intestine which thickens. Pyloric
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