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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cancer and what it does to a person. My grandmother had died from lung cancer before I was born‚ so I never was exposed to the gruesomeness of the disease. Bo was twelve years old when he was diagnosed with a rare form Leukemia. Prior to being diagnosed with Leukemia‚ Bo was an normal active boy‚ who was friends with everyone. I was three years older than Bo‚ but we lived in a small community where everyone knew each other. Bo Johnson was friends with a lot of my friends siblings and we all would hang
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I was a goofball growing up‚ but once I matured‚ I was destined to do great things. My life has been filled with ups and downs‚ but‚ somehow‚ I was able to get through them. I always did things differently from everyone else. Also‚ I had to work harder to be successful. I was always considered different compared to the other kids; I had to work really hard to achieve my goals of being on the football team in high school‚ to get a scholarship to ASU‚ and to be drafted into the NFL. When I was
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from my slumber in a stupor. Half awake and half asleep‚ I stumble into my kitchen and blindly reach into my fridge for a bottle of water. To my brain‚ it is all I can comprehend in my trance‚ to my throat it is sweet relief‚ and to 663 million people; a cold and clean bottle of water would be a gift from God. Before I dedicate the rest of my essay to the 663 million people who live without safe water‚ I need to address my own personal conviction in writing this essay. Throughout my life‚ I have
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Music is what my life runs on from day to day. Without music‚ my life would be a lost cause. So all thanks to a German instrument maker and his son‚ the clarinet was created. Johann Christoph Denner and his son Jacob‚ improved the chalumeau by adding a register key to the instrument‚ and later the chalumeau received the Boehm flute key system (Bellis)‚ which created what my musical life all started on: the clarinet and family. The very first original clarinets had only two keys to be played –
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For a majority of my childhood‚ the sport of baseball was the one activity I loved above anything else. Nothing could compare to the exhilarating freedom and satisfaction of bolting full speed around the bases‚ determined to steal‚ beating the "Throwdown" by a fraction of a second. The massive dust cloud kicked up by my cleats and the thunderous boom of the umpire shouting‚ "Safe!" made me feel empowered. It was in moments like these‚ when I was in control of my own fate‚ choosing whether to stay
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not been for him I would have never had the chance to make that opportunity happen. Music has been a big part of my life since the age of five. My mother had me participate in major community events as I was growing up‚ and in my school’s musicals. Singing was something I used to channel most of my energy to‚ and as I got older I valued watching others perform. When I first saw one of my favorite bands‚ Pierce the Veil‚ play in 2012 at Vans Warped Tour‚ I was beyond excited‚ and it wasn’t just the
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Roller Coaster of a Year Have you ever had to do something so dramatic in your life that it changed your whole personality? These changes in a person’s life can alter everything not only in their own life but the lives of the people around them. A change of this magnitude could include just about anything. The change that will be talked about is an abortion that a couple went through. Some people believe abortion is murder to the unborn fetus. An abortion also has its psychological effects
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close friends. He was my first best friend. Coincidentally‚ we found out that we actually lived very close to each other. Since our houses were so conveniently close‚ we often visited each other. The two of us did everything together. Jeremy was the leader between us. He would be the one to come up with the games we played. I was just happy to hang out with him. I thought the two of would be friends for life‚ however it was not meant to be.
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