Music has changed my life forever. In middle school‚ I was extremely timid and exceptionally quiet. I was never involved in school activities or sports. I showed up‚ did my work‚ and went home. One day‚ I heard about the band program and thought to myself “That sounds cool.” The sound of the bright brass trumpet‚ jazzy sounding saxophone‚ and the ravishing tone of the flute. I registered for band class through my school administration. Enthusiastic‚ yet‚ anxious. On the first day of band class I
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Martin Luther King Jr. has changed everyone’s life with only one speech. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist Minister‚ and he marched and protested which today is known as the Washington for Jobs and Freedom. But you probably know him for his “I Have a Dream” speech which changed the lives of many many people including me. After being arrested a total of 29 times and even getting his house bombed‚ that did not stop Martin Luther King Jr. from changing the world. Martin Luther King Jr. said in his
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Instinctively‚ my lips moved along‚ the notes inches away from escaping my mouth. At the last moment‚ however‚ my jaws clamped shut. I simply could not bring myself to sing in front of my friends. I held it in‚ silent in the backseat. For me‚ singing turns the usual flow of life into a vibrant explosion of activity; it’s my retreat from the frenzy of daily life. When I sing‚ my mind remains in a blank state‚ lost in concentration. Despite my passion for singing‚ I still tried my best to hide it
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At the age of Fifteen i lost my father‚ not knowing how to react i became coy and detached from school. It was Junior year where i realized that i was‚ in many ways‚ hurting myself. Gradually i became more friendly and cared more about my academics. One day at lunch while i was eating alone‚ a guy named Greg came up to me and started talking to me. It was the first time i felt comfortable talking to someone‚ without them having a clipboard in their hand‚ and without me laying on a couch. We spent
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went through except for the people who were slaves because you weren’t there and you don’t know. I use to think that I knew what the women‚ children‚ and men went through in slavery but I didn’t until I read Incidents in a life of a slave girl. Jacobs’s purpose for writing Incidents in a life of a slave girl was to show other women how she was treated and how hard it was to escape the gasp slavery had on her. Think of a time when you thought everything was alright but then figuring out that it’s not
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times before coming to Southwest Licking school. Before starting my fifth-grade year‚ my family moved to Granville to take advantage of a smaller school in a family oriented community. Despite being new to the school. I decided to try something new and out of my comfort zone- I joined the Taiko Drum group. This experience would foster discipline‚ commitment‚ and my love music. Little did I know how this one move would change my life over the next few years. I decided to continue in the band at Watkins
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I am a 34 year old single mother of 2. My life has been good‚ but with all things there have been some challenges. In life everyone has to encounter challenges‚ they make us who we are and often times have say in who we will be. Life altering experiences do not have to be bad all the time it could be passing a test‚ the birth of your children or something simple as your dog getting out of the fence. However‚ for me it was death is the most life altering experience. In transition from childhood to
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perspective of the heroines. In Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚ Linda would have preferred to stay chaste‚ or at least marry her colored suitor. This is displayed when she states‚ “I wanted to keep myself pure; and‚ under the most adverse circumstances‚ I tried hard to preserve my self-respect; but I was struggling alone in the powerful grasp of the demon Slavery; and the monster proved too strong for me. I felt as if I was forsaken by God and man; as if all my efforts must be frustrated; and
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Looking back to the class of 1941‚ the year I graduated I now see that I was an immature 18 year old that had no idea what to do in life. I had always thought I knew where I wanted to go the whole time‚ but now I see there was someone anchoring me to the small town of Pebbles‚ Pennsylvania‚ and that someone was no other than Ariel Sacator. Ariel was the most outstanding young woman in Shores County. I had the largest crush on her ever since primary school‚ and she had one on me. We were made for
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tell the truth but the parents who tell you this hide your face from things that might hurt you. The truth can be interpreted in many ways that all come back to one central idea. J cole has changed the way I think about world . When I was young kid‚ about four or five years old I was exposed to rap music. My family would listen to old rap music and the current rap music at that time‚ which would be 50 cent and Nelly. Ever since I have been listening to rap music. Since I was young‚ I didn’t notice
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