Addiction hit my family hard before I was even born. In November of 1998 my grandfather went missing. Police and search teams searched for my grandfather for months and found no leads. It has been 18 years and my grandfather still has not been found. I really wish I was able to meet my grandfather and at least figure out what happened to him. Addiction is a ruthless ruler in this world‚ and it does not care what it takes from families. My grandmother told me that my grandfather was involved with
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“What’s amazing is‚ if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting‚ they would be more motivated. It’s so far away in time that they can’t appreciate what it means for their whole life.”- Bill Gates. There are many great and not so great things about schools. Gunstream is very important to me because it is such a friendly and positive aura. It is safe to say that anyone that goes to this school can think of many great things‚ people‚ and memories
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Throughout life‚ the obstacles we face and overcome leave a lasting impact on our lives. The summer before my freshman year of highschool‚ I lost myself facing one of my greatest obstacles when my father left my mom‚ two brothers‚ and myself. His absence brought a stage of confusion and sadness upon my life. Throughout my childhood‚ my father and I were inseparable. He was my role model and the one person I could always count on and turn to. When he left‚ my world was turned upside down. I went
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With life‚ there are many obstacles to overcome such as growing up‚ finding a job‚ and gaining your education. Behind each of those obstacles is a goal that can change your life‚ my goal started as I was growing up. Obstacles are known as a barrier‚ and my plan was to get past that. I had a certain interest and that happened to be science. Science would always make me feel wiser and more intelligent compared to my classmates. As I grew older‚ my interest in science grew stronger as well. When I was
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The love I had for the game myself was unreal. My grandpa and my uncle took note of that and made sure that everywhere I went I carried a football. I already knew football was something I enjoyed watching but it wasn’t until second grade I actually got to pad up and play. I was a natural‚ I played offense
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Throughout PFC I have learned and gained many new important factors in life whether they are new skills to lifelong friends. Being in PFC has exposed me to new ways of learning and becoming a better leader in the future. From the beginning‚ I have inherited new skills through the trainings conducted and last minute conflicts on the freshman days of service I have been a part of. The trainings were not just a way of torture‚ waking up on Saturday mornings dragging myself to work so I can sit there
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world I come from is filled with trouble. Growing up has been awfully challenging for me. On one side of my family‚ there are well educated people who know their responsibilities and understand right from wrong‚ and on the other side there are troublemakers who seek to enjoy themselves as much as possible (with the exception of a few) with little to no responsibilities. During a major part of my childhood‚ I had been best friends with one of those cousins for a long time‚ to the point where I myself
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I was born in 1758 on a Virginia farm on April 28th. My family and I weren’t a very rich family but we made do. We lived in a small house and I had two sisters with 5 brothers. My dad worked as a carpenter and planter. We didn’t go to school because we were tutored at home. We liked being home schooled but it wasn’t a very good education though. At the age of sixteen I attended a better college for a better education the college was called the college of William and Mary. Although I soon dropped
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many hardships in my life. When my parents divorced‚ my grandpa died. Also at this point‚ my mom and dad started fighting for custody of me. All of those events occurred within one calendar year. In addition‚ I assimilate all of those experiences‚ I learn and there are many things to be delighted about‚ nevertheless you have to go through those experiences to get to what I been though. I reckon that all experience is make me unique I have a strong emotional a better look at life I learned to find
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In basketball‚ always dribble with your head up. No‚ this is not something I learned from one of my coaches or any of my teammates. This is one of the many lessons I learned from a young African refugee. It began on a snowy day‚ peering through my frost bitten window at the basketball hoop across the street. Amongst the falling snow there was someone I had never seen before with a basketball in his hand and a smile wider than I thought the blistering cold would allow. At first‚ I was hesitant to
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