don’t care what you want‚ Emma. You’ve already taken something import…ant…” She suddenly stopped and left her speech unfinished‚ froze and quickly shifted her eyes to the floor‚ then back to me‚ and back to the floor. She was silent for a few seconds‚ which felt like minutes‚ as if she has just said something she has been keeping back for many years now. I started yelling at her and her eyes met mine. All I could see was how hurt she was and how deep inside‚ she was just like me – allowed to take in an
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US. It wasn’t until after I graduated High School that I began to comprehend the little things in life. Divorce isn’t such a straightforward event to cope with ‚especially when you have just turned eighteen years of age and are preparing to discover yourself in college. However‚ such things were what life had prepared for me. Before I
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I quickly took great liking to Eugenio as his story mirrored my own and that of my father‚ a migrant worker adapting to a foreign country in search of a better life for his family. While devising ways to help Eugenio I had asked to meet with brother Warren‚ an ophthalmologist. After examining Eugenio he agreed to do his surgery for 4‚000 dollars and said he was confident Eugenio’s vision could be restored. With
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when I thought about my family dying and dying myself. This fear caused me to decide to live forever. I came up with all sorts of crazy ideas. Even if they would never work‚ I kept thinking about them and it consumed me. It kept me from living my own life. That lasted up until I was in my 2nd year of homeschooling. I was in 5th grade‚ and I was given the choice of picking a book from a selection of grade level books. I saw Tuck Everlasting and I decided to check it out. At first when I saw it‚ it was
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was called the college of William and Mary. Although I soon dropped out to attend the English war. I served for general George Washington. I was wounded in the war at the battle of Trenton. I was left with shrapnel in my shoulder for the rest of my life. I was also wintered at Valley Forge until I finally reached the
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Molloy College wide-eyed‚ excited‚ and eager to peruse the life her immigrant parents worked so hard for her to create. Now unfortunately for the girl‚ life didn’t seem to go in the path she and her family expected. Her mother had been diagnosed with Breast Cancer. In the way cancer always seems to operate‚ it snuck up on the girl and turned her idea of “future” inside out. Her life began to spiral out of control in way not many people in her life could understand. Suddenly the career-driven‚ caring‚
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My parents moved from Nigeria to Canada‚ where they had four children. Being the oldest‚ I have always tried to play the role of a protector and adviser‚ which is fulfilling when I see them feel comfortable when I’m around. At the age of five‚ my parents introduced me to the game of soccer‚ a game I have been intimately involved till now. This sport‚ being a team activity‚ helped shape my personality and character. A character in believing that working hard to contribute to a team effort is vital
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A rich kid growing up in a loving family provides for an easy life; this life is simple in the early years‚but curves in the road arrive in everyone’s life. I grew up extremely with an extremely close relationship to my “Boppa”. Boppa was invincible; my mom’s dad could build a treehouse in the mountains at seven thousand feet of elevation without breaking a sweat. Nothing could hold him back. When he was told he had 6 months to live‚ this came as a huge shock to everyone to him and those who loved
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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 always considered myself a caring person. Someone who would answer a friend or even a stranger’s distress so long as I could actually make a difference. However‚ in my last year of high school
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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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