Running Head: FOREVER CHANGED Page 1 Forever Changed FOEVER CHANGED Page 2 Earning my CNA’s was the most significant‚ life changing moment I’ve ever had. This journey began as a high school freshman and took four years to achieve. It was the first long-term goal I had ever set for myself at the age of fourteen. What I didn’t see coming was how it would change my life in such a positive way. As a high school teenager I took all the required Health
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My introduction Write a recount about the most inspirational moment you have encountered I sat in the chilling atmosphere of the courtroom. It was my first day as an intern witnessing the trial of a devastating accident that to a two year old boy. Joel Sonnenberg had burns over 85% of his body. He also lost his fingers on his right hand‚ his left hand entirely‚ his ears‚ and skull. It’s was a miracle he didn’t lose his life. Within minutes the judge called the court to order and called Joel
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Silence was published in 1966 by a Japanese Catholic author‚ Shusaku Endo. The setting takes place in the 17th Century‚ in Japan. Priest are banned and the government becomes more strict on Christianity‚ which then pushes people into hiding. Father Ferreira’s two former students‚ in Rome‚ are in denial to believe that the missionary could betray his faith. This is where we get introduced to two former European Catholic Priest‚ Father Rodrigues and Father Garrpe‚ they want to travel to Japan to
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To Silence a Mockingbird The quietest people are often the most powerful because a person’s facial and body motions can‚ for the most part‚ speak louder than words. For example‚ Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas hasn’t spoke up once during verbal arguments in the past five years. This shows that even the quietest people can still make a change and be powerful. Some other examples are in the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ characters like Atticus Finch and Boo Radley both show that
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I wake up surrounded by suffocating darkness‚ gasping for a breath that won’t come‚ my heart pounding. I don’t know what time it is and for a minute I don’t know where I am‚ I’m still trapped in whatever hellscape I was in. It takes me another minute to realise that I am home in my bed‚ and another minute to calm my racing heart and even out my breathing. In and out‚ in and out‚ over and over again until I’ve calmed down. At this point I’m too exhausted to go to find my parents so I settle for trying
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The novel Silence written by Japanese author Shūsako Endo and the film interpretation of it directed by Martin Scorsese‚ who is a renowned director for his other films Taxi Driver‚ Goodfellas‚ and The Wolf of Wall Street‚ are truly two works of art that transcend storytelling and the way one views things‚ in my opinion. A surface explanation of the plot of the story; is that it revolves around two Portuguese Jesuit priests‚ Rodrigues and Garupe‚ who find out that their teacher‚ who was sent to Japan
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acting irrationally. My friends would always do things with spontaneity while I would get left behind sitting alone shrouded by my fear. As life gradually moved on‚ I grew to overcome my fears and not overanalyze situations with the help of a few moments in my life. One event I remember with startling clarity was when I was seven. Like many children‚ my brother and cousins loved to ride roller coasters and enjoyed the thrill that accompanied it. However‚ I never relished the execrable feeling of
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A Small Moment in Time An influential person in my life that made me rethink everything I was doing was my 4th grade teacher. In lower grades I was always advanced‚ and I knew more about everything than everyone else. In kindergarten I was put in a class to test my advancement for a year. Then after that year of testing I was offered to skip 1st through 3rd grade as long as I did summer math advancement help. My mom declined the advancement wanting me to be put with children my age‚ but this is
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My proudest moment was when I was 9 years old. It was the first day I had been back to horseback riding lessons since I was 6 years old. I had stopped riding when I was six because my horse had thrown me off‚ the winter was pretty harsh on my asthma‚ and my riding instructor told me I needed to take a break. So when my grandmother offered to pay for new lessons for me I was thrilled and I took up the chance right away. When I started horseback riding I was only 5 years old‚ and I went to the lessons
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extra push I needed. I sat down with a pen and a piece of paper and began to write. With each word my view of the world shifted. Everything became brighter‚ each noise became just a little bit louder‚ and each action became sharper. I finally had the moment of clarity that everyone was raving about. And it all started with a feeling. When I get the urge to write it’s the most miraculous feeling in the whole world. Sweat coats my brow‚ my palms become damp‚ I become nervous that this image that crowded
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