An adventure I shall never forget Malia and I were very excited about the trip. We had planned it for more than one and a year and a half. The radio was playing in the background. I heard something about a new rumor about cruises disappearing in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It was like the Bermuda triangle. A new way to sell souvenirs I thought. The bags were packed and our passports were lying on the kitchen table‚ ready to be used for the first time. My family was somewhat poor compared
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States in search of the great American Dream. Her intensions when she migrated from Mexico where to have a better life‚ get educated‚ work hard‚ and superior herself to a better person. Education was the number one subject talked about at home. Since I had an abusive father who had abandoned our family at a very young age‚ my mother insisted the best opportunities for my sibling and myself was to get educated. While living in California‚ our hometown‚ we faced many obstacles to get where we are today
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Where would I be if I would have stayed playing soccer? Soccer was my life I played from the age of 5 till about 14. When I transferred school in 8th grade I wanted to play for Harding in 9th grade. I went to one conditioning and didn’t want to play so I ended up playing softball instead. If I would not have played softball I would never have met my best friend Caitlin Emch. Doing what I wanted to do I got to meet Kaylie‚ Owen‚ and Aviana. On Caitlins birthday‚ I got a call at 7:30am of her crying
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The Want to Quit If someone quits playing a sport or activity‚ then they truly do not love it. For some quitting is the easiest thing to do when things get hard and for others like myself who grew up in a household that never quit on anything‚ especially if they were truly passionate about it‚ it’s the hardest thing you can ever do. All my life I have played soccer. I was born and raised in Springfield‚ Virginia where playing soccer was a yearlong activity. So growing up you could always find me
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Applying Empathy in a Divided World After reading I Never Thought of It That Way by Monica Guzman‚ I have considered ideas and examples reflecting on the ways that sorting‚ othering‚ siloing‚ and/or making assumptions have created social problems. Using portions from the text and personal experience‚ I will show how and when we show empathy is a gift‚ not only for ourselves but for others as well. Guzman provides examples of what sorting‚ othering‚ and siloing are in simpler terms‚ stating‚ “We
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The Future of American Transportation As society continually advances‚ consumers are becoming increasingly dependent on safe and reliable vehicles. In 2010‚ there was an estimation that the number of automobiles had risen to over 1 billion vehicles‚ up from the 500 million of 1986 (Lehner). At the beginning of 2013‚ the Toyota Prius hybrid was the third best selling family car in the world (PopSci). When the latest generation of plug-in electric cars hit the mass market three years ago‚ they evoked
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Thesis Statement: A person who is well suited for a job as a chemist is someone who possesses a lot of knowledge about chemistry and science‚ is extremely cooperative towards others‚ and is skeptical about ideas. Body Paragraph 1: In order to become a successful chemist‚ a person will need to have a lot of knowledge about chemistry and science. Without the knowledge of chemistry‚ you wouldn’t know how to conduct your experiments and revise your tasks. Without knowledge you wouldn’t get a good job
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Going to School Schools seem to be the only place where you can see people yearning for knowledge and desiring to learn everything they wish to. Since we were youngsters ‚ we were told to wake up every morning and prepare ourselves for the school. At that time‚ we did it without interesting or enthusiasm‚ on the contrary‚ we did it involuntarily. Every children are likely to say that going to school is an extremely boring duty since they do not really understand the reason why should they study
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Part one: y I wanna b a doc Medical profession is a very respectable and honored field of expertise‚ the passion that derives me to it comes from various life experiences. Wht things helped me decide that I wanted to b a doc I come frm a third world country and iv seen people die due to lack of docs - - Grandfather died due to lack of proper treatment and medication I hv seen physicians diagnose and help cure their patients and this whole act interests me a lot My interest in
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yourself at what age would i be considered an adult? Well i asked myself that same question many times and the truth is most likely people probably don’t know. People are likely to assume the age where a child would reach maturity based on appearence. The age by which a person should be considered an adult is 16 and older. First of all‚When a person becomes older the brain may declare what age a person may reach maturity. A person’s brain obtains remarkable adjustments when a would reach maturity. The
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