It was four weeks before my graduation‚ the day that my swimming test was appointed. I arrived at BMS Pool feeling really nervous; my heart picked up speed and I could feel my palms cold and sweaty. My aunt Jannel accompanied me because I could not imagine going there by myself. When we walked in‚ I saw no one was in the front desk‚ but across from the desk I could see the swimming pool‚ and my ears were greeted by splashes and squeals from a bunch of little kids taking a swimming lesson. They seemed
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When I was nine‚ I watched my mom run herself ragged to try and support us. She was finishing her college degree‚ while working two jobs and raising me. My parents had just gotten divorced and I was scared and sad and didn’t understand what was happening. My mom and I were incredibly tight on money‚ and things were terrifying. I was a ten year old worrying about my next meal. As girls wore hoodies that read “Hollister” and “Aeropostale‚” I was wearing mix-matched outfits we had found at goodwill
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The first time I got arrested It all started one warm summer night in Lynn‚ Massachusetts back in good old 1998. I had just almost passed my sophomore year in high school falling one credit shy. I was going to summer school for fifteen minutes every Friday morning and this is how my day started out. It was like any other Friday going to school to hand in some assignment and going back home to sleep for a few more hours but this day was different. My friend Sean called me up just as I got home
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The last time I saw my Grandfather he was walking along the beach with his metal detector. Actually it was not the last time I physically saw him‚ but it was the last time that I would see him and be able to talk to him person to person‚ eye to eye. I remember my surprise as I stood at the rail on the boardwalk looking down upon the steaming sand‚ noting nothing remarkable until‚ from the corner of my eye‚ I spied his figure. He had a figure that I had grown up knowing in silhouette distinct
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Growing up‚ I always kept to myself and never got close with many people. My PFO experience has changed this about me. Being able to work with everyone in PFO in a different way this past year has allowed me to build a unique relationship with each person. One of my most memorable experiences was from Night of Gratitude. For this show we rehearsed for only a total of 24 hours before we put on the show. In the 24 hours‚ 20 teens‚ including myself wrote songs and poetry to perform in honor of 10 people
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fairy tales have changed in time. Originally fairy tales were dark and not for children‚ but overtime have become more for children. I remember when I was growing up‚ my mother would read me fairy tales. They are a common story that is read to children because it makes them imagine living in a fantasy. I am writing this paper to inform the reader about the overall information about fairy tales. I will provide the reader with information that they did not know yet. For example‚ I will give information
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Since the age of five sports have been my life. I have played just about every sport; basketball‚ baseball‚ soccer‚ football‚ lacrosse‚ and hockey. There have been numerous takeaways from playing all of these sports through out my life that have shaped me to be the individual that I am today. First sport I ever played was soccer and I was more of a fan of running around the field and not giving a care in the world to the soccer ball‚ so turns out that sport was not for me. Next sport up‚ basketball
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HOW THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS HAS CHANGED OVER TIME? The periodic table has changed a lot since the first one was created‚ it has also expanded and has more elements it has also changed the weight of other elements.‚ it was first created in rows and columns and all different confusing symbols and equations‚ the periodic table today is a lot more structure and easier to understand. The periodic table has is always being changed s new discoveries are being made and new theories are being developed
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My mom has multiple sclerosis. Having been diagnosed with the disease almost eighteen years ago‚ my mother has never been healthy in the time that I can remember her. Because of this‚ I have been accustomed to a different childhood than a majority of my friends. There were a lot of things that I didn’t do with my mom as a child that many other families do. We did a lot of traveling when we were younger‚ but we stopped taking trips after I was seven years old. Although my aunt and uncle always stepped
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your mind‚ can send you on a path to develop your dreams into a piece of paper or Microsoft word. Everything you dreamed or imagined‚ passionate about or love can all turn into words a couple of pieces of paper. I love reading and writing. That is my passion. For a person who lives in their dreams‚ writing helps me write out all my thoughts. I was a late bloomer. Most kids my age learned how to read when they were 4 or 5. I‚ however‚ learned how to read at 8. The doctor explained that I would
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