Topics in College Writing 19 September 2011 Volunteering in Costa Rica A significant event in my life‚ that has recently passed‚ was when I traveled to Costa Rica. At the end of my junior year of high school‚ I decided that I wanted to graduate a half year early and travel to do a volunteer project. After my early graduation I traveled with a volunteer group out of Europe to Costa Rica for two months. This event has taught me many knew things and has influenced me to look into more volunteer
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An accident last year changed my attitude towards life . That accident had a great impact on me ‚ it taught me to treasure what i have and to treasure those people around me more . Although the accident was not life threatening ‚ it was still the scariest thing i had ever been through in life . It was an accident that no one would have expected and wanted it to happen . The accident happened sometime last year during the june holidays ‚ while i was having my council annual camp . It was the
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experience‚ event‚ or person has had a significant impact on your life? When my Uncle Yaakov died‚ it affected my mother more than it did me‚ but it was how my mother reacted that impacted me. Once we heard the news that my Uncle Yaakov died in a car crash in Detroit while traveling for the Rebe...my mother let out this long‚ angstful wail and the wail still rings in my ears to this day. My mother went into a deep depression; she became this whole new person. At age 6‚ I did not understand why my mother
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I had my life set. At the age of 15 I had no worries‚ no qualms about life. My daily routine comprised of going to school‚ coming home‚ resting for a while‚ waking up‚ going out with friends‚ coming back home‚ sleeping‚ and then repeating the same thing the next day. I didn’t care about my homework‚ or even classwork for that matter. Why? My dad. He was the shelter to my ’whatever-who-cares’ lifestyle. He gave me designer clothing‚ watches and accesories more expensive than many of my classmate’s
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My Life Changed Leaving the clinic on that very day tears poured down my eyes as I tried to swallow the news the doctor had just given me. I grabbed my cell phone dialed 7 digits… no answer I hung up the phone and sat in total shock and disbelief‚ as I was about to start my car and leave my phone began to ring my throat tight palms sweaty I answered and muttered two drastic words I’M PREGNANT! The person on the other line must’ve been as shock as I was to hear those words “WHAT” they asked as
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An important event changed my life - going to the university Everyone knows how Cinderella changed her life after meeting the prince. I have my own Cinderella story. I was a little girl who was always in shame. I studied hard but always got bad scores. All my friends were my neighbors. I had never gone to a far place without keeping my family company. However‚ an amazing change happened in 1989. I did not meet the prince‚ but passed the universities’ entrance examination. As lucky as Cinderella
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one time‚ in one place to watch a football game. It was against the Florida Gators and the city was abuzz with “GO CANES” signs and Miami jerseys. I was there too‚ experiencing something that I didn’t know‚ but something that would change my life forever. My dad (who played for the Hurricanes from 1983-1987) and I walked into the colossal stadium. As we reached an opening to get to our seats I saw the field for the first time. It was beautiful‚ and it caught me off guard. Game time inched closer;
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Essay When Life “Hit” Me About a year and a half ago I got into a car crash that was horrible. That moment changed my view about life entirely. All my life I had been waiting until I could get my driver’s license and my first car so my friends and I could ride around town‚ go on road trips‚ and go out on the weekends independently. When I finally got my license and my dad brought my 2008 Nissan Maxima to the house‚ I was thrilled. From that day on‚ the most important thing in my life was that car
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My Significant Event Angela Marshall Professor Kenneth McClelland Strayer University/Introduction to Psychology July 18‚ 2014 Briefly describe your significant event (one to two [1-2] sentences). In 1993 I begin my journey to join the Marine Corps; two weeks before taking my oath I found out that I was 3 months pregnant with my son Brandon. This pregnancy would not only prevent me from joining the Marine Corps‚ but would also change my life dramatically. Describe your event in terms
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Life is not simple. You won’t know what challenges come to your life in the future so you can only think what you had been through in the past. When I was a student in High School‚ I was a shy person; just doing what my parents wanted me to do and never cared about what was happening around me until I was encouraged to participate in a contest. The Nguyen Thuong Hien Prize in presentation was the most important event that changed my life. When I studied at 12th grade‚ I was a shy student‚ and I
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